Physics 2220 - Spring 2008

Discussion Sections and Teaching Assistants

• Elliott Barcikowski (Marshall)
• Will Baker
• Mahamadou Diakite
• Justin Peel
• Michael Richardson

TA	Discussion Section	Time	Room
Justin Peel	2220-002/013	7:30 a.m. - 8:20 a.m.	JFB 103
Justin Peel	2220-003/014	9:40 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.	AEB 340
Mahamadou Diakite	2220-004/015	9:40 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.	JFB 102
Mahamadou Diakite	2220-005/016	10:45 a.m. - 11:35 a.m.	JFB 102
Will Baker	2220-006/017	10:45 a.m. - 11:35 a.m.	NS 205
Mike Richardson	2220-007/018	12:55 p.m. - 1:45 p.m.	JFB 101
Will Baker	2220-008/019	9:40 - 10:30 a.m.	LCB 225
Mike Richardson	2220-009/020	2:00 p.m. - 2:50 p.m.	JFB 101

Exam Schedule

All midterm exams are scheduled for 1.5 hours beginning at your registered lecture time (i.e., 12:55 or 2:00). Lecture section 2220-001 (12:55 p.m.) meets in HEB 2008 (map).  Lecture section 2220-012 (2:00 p.m.) meets in JFB 101 (regular lecture room - map).

MIDTERM EXAMS

Exam 1	Friday, February 1
Exam 2	Friday, February 22
Exam 3	Friday, March 14
Exam 4	Friday, April 4
Exam 5	Friday, April 18

The FINAL EXAM is Friday, April 25, 3:30-5:30 p.m. in OSH Auditorium (map).

Homework and Exams

All homework is submitted within the WebAssign environment. Do not disregard the importance of the homework part of your course grade. Your final HW submission must be done no later than 11:59 p.m. on their due date. The purpose of the discussion section is to allow you to get all the assistance you need to help you submit finished and correct homework. Do not disregard the importance of the discussion part of the course. In general, students who attend discussion sections regularly, do better in the course. The actual assignments are accessed individually by each student when they enter the WebAssign website (https://www.webassign.net/utah/login.html). The numerically lowest three homework scores will be dropped when we compute the homework score for the semester.

Each midterm is worth 100 points. The final is worth 180 points, and the homework will be scaled to 150 points maximum. The lowest midterm and the three lowest homework scores will be dropped. I reserve the right to establish an "exam score" (final + best 4 midterms) below which I will NOT give a grade above D+.

You are allowed to bring to each midterm one (and only one) 3 × 5 file card with whatever information on it you wish. You are allowed two (and only two) 3 × 5 cards for the final exam. Bringing or using any other material, except a hand calculator, is cheating. You need to know your TA's name and your discussion section number at the exams. You need to bring a student picture ID to all exams. Any dispute over the grading of an exam must be brought to my attention BEFORE the next exam. The mechanism will be explained in class.

Important Dates

Last day to drop (delete) classes with no tuition penalties is Wednesday, January 16.
Last day to withdraw from term length classes is Friday, February 29.
Last day to add classes is Tuesday, January 22.
Last day to elect CR/NC options is Tuesday, January 22.

Holidays

Monday, January 21	Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Monday, February 18	Presidents' Day
Monday-Friday, March 17-22	Spring Break

Students with Disabilities

The University of Utah provides equal access to its programs, services and activities for people with disabilities. If you need accommodations in this course, contact the Center for Disability Services, 162 Olpin Union Bldg, 581-5020 (V/TDD) to make arrangements for accommodations.