Phys 101 Homepage
This page contains a variety of information regarding Phys 101. The page
will be updated regularly and used for various purposes as an effective
teaching tool.
Course Notes:
Here are the course notes that you can use for the class: Notes-1, Notes-2
Midterms and Final
All students should comply with the Honor Code. They will be asked to sign the Code on the cover sheet of the exam questions for their exams to be graded: “I pledge, on my Honor, not to lie, cheat, or steal in either my academic or personal life. I understand that such acts violate the Honor Code and undermine the community of trust of which we are all stewards.”
No calculators allowed. Useful formulae will be provided on the exam cover sheet.
The exams will be common and will be administered to all students at the same time. Four questions per midterm exams, and six for the final.
1) MT1 will take place on November 08, 2008 SATURDAY during 10:00-12:00. MT1 will cover Chapter 1-5.
Here is last year’s MT1.
2) MT2 will take place on December 20, 2008 SATURDAY during 10:00-12:00. MT2 will cover Chapter 6-10.
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* Second midterm will be on 20 December 2008,
Saturday starting at 10:00
* You will not be admitted to the exam if you
are late by more than 15 minutes!
* Exam classrooms for each section will be
announced at the beginning of the midterm week on the main entrance of the
Physics Building (where you have the labs).
* Exam will be 100 minutes and it will
include 4 questions.
* You will be asked to sign an Honor Code on
the cover sheet of the exam for your questions to be graded.
* The questions will be from Ch.6,7,8,9,10 of
our Textbook.
* Study not only the problems but also the
concepts in the Textbook.
* There will be a one-page information sheet that
will be supplied to you together with the questions. This info sheet is already
available from:
http://www.fen.bilkent.edu.tr/~phys101/mt2-info-sheet.pdf
* Do not try to guess the questions based on
the material available in this info sheet.
* For practice, you can try the last year's
second midterm questions:
http://www.fen.bilkent.edu.tr/~phys101/2007-mt2.pdf
* Their solutions will be done in the midterm
week in the recitation hour.
3) Final exam will cover Ch. 1-13
(Ch. 12 is excluded)
Date: 09:30-12:00 January 15 2009
Homeworks :
Homeworks will be assigned on a weekly basis on this web page (depending on the instructor's calendar, this date may change) and will be due in one week. Procedures regarding homework groups, preparation of homeworks are all explained in Policies and Procedures. Each homework will be listed on this web-page.
You have to put a cover page to each HW, and then STAPLE the HW and the cover page (with the cover page on top). Otherwise, you will loose 20 points. Make sure that your HW is copy-free and you obey the honor code during the preparation of the HW.
Here is the required cover page
1) Homework 1
2) Homework 2
3) Homework 3
4) Homework 4
5) Homework 5
6) Homework 6
7) Homework 7
8) Homework 8
9) Homework 9
10) Homework 10
11) Homework 11
12) Homework 12
Laboratory: Labs will start on September 22 2008. Lab groups will be announced on the web page listed below. Here are the lab rules. Check the following web page for all the information
1) PHYS 101, 102, 107 & 111 labs will start on September 22, Monday for all sections.
2) Please check your schedule before you come to the labs.
3) Lab manual can be purchased from Physics Department Secretary
Attendance:
Notice that any attendance less than 75% will mean an F from this course. Full attendance is expected from the students (except for cases where you have a medical excuse). Attendance above 95% will be rewarded by bonus points added to the overall score. So make sure to come to all of the courses.