PHY 212 — Fall semester, 2011
General Physics II — Electricity & Magnetism
and Light
For information about numeric course
grades, please contact your recitation instructor (see bottom of this page for email address information).
Final letter grades are now posted on MySlice. (12/22/11; EL)
Syllabus Syllabus (click here), including the course calendar. The topics
in the course calendar were updated on 11/14/11. Other minor changes to the
syllabus were made previously on 11/3/2011.
A
important item from the syllabus is that you can
easily (register for and) access Mastering Physics (see below) by using this
link: http://www.pearsoncustom.com/ny/su_phy212.
Required textbook and online access codes
The
following package is available at the SU Bookstore:
University Physics Vol. 2,
Package for SU
which includes the following
components:
- University Physics Vol. 2 by Young & Freedman, 13th
edition
- Mastering Physics with Pearson eText Student Access
Code
- University Physics, Mastering Physics Access Code for
SU
Homework
will be assigned using the MasteringPhysics online homework system at www.masteringphysics.com.
You will need a student access code to use the site. This is included in the
package above, or it can be purchased separately from the Mastering Physics web
site. Access instructions, including MasteringPhysics course ID, are in the syllabus.
Readings
Read along in the text, before and after lectures, based on chapter numbers shown in the Tentative Calendar table on p. 3 of the
syllabus.
Instructor:
Prof.
Edward Lipson
Room 305 Physics Building
edlipson {at symbol} syr.edu
Co-instructor:
Prof. Scott Watson
Room 205 Physics Building
gswatson {at symbol} syr.edu
Teaching Assistants
Note: the email prefixes below in brackets should be followed with @syr.edu.
Thomas Britton {thbritto}
Richard Galvez {ragalvez}
Ogan Ozsoy {oozsoy1}
Sean Sweeney {sesweene}
Haozhi Wang {hwang42}
Tao Zhang {tzhang13}