PHYS 315 - Electromagnetic Theory I |
---|
Semester: | Fall 2015 | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Instructor: | Cemal Yalabik | |||
Office: | Room SA-228 | Phone 1316 | ||
Assistant: | Ayse Yesil | Phone: 2149 | Room SA-203 | |
About the course: | ||||
This is the first of the two undergraduate core courses on Electromagnetic Theory for students who intend to go on for graduate studies in Physics. | ||||
| ||||
Homework: | Policy | Assignments | ||
Exams & Grading: | (You can prepare notes on a single sheet of paper to bring to the exam.) | |||
First Exam | % | Wednesday, October 14 | 10:40 - 12:30 (EE-517) | |
Second Exam | % | Wednesday, November 25 | 10:40 - 12:30 (EE-517) | |
Final Exam | % | December ?? | ??:?? - ??:?? (S?-Z??) | |
Final (Retake) Exam | % | January ?? | ??:?? - ??:?? (S?-Z??) | |
Homework+Quizzes | % | |||
Attendance | % | (extra credit) | ||
Course Schedule: | ||||
First meeting: Wednesday, Sept. 9, 10:40 - 12:30 in SA-Z03 | ||||
Mondays | 9:40 - 10:30 | Room EE-517 | ||
Wednesdays | 10:40 - 12:30 | Room EE-517 | ||
Recitation: | Mondays | 8:40 - 9:30 | Room EE-517 | |
Office Hours: | Thursdays | 11:40 - 12:30 | Room SA-228 | |
All other times (if available - call 1316 to check) | Room SA-228 | |||
Textbook: | ||||
Introduction to Electrodynamics by Griffiths |
Homework for this week: There will be weekly homework assignments in this course. Homework is due on the Monday of the following week at 9:45, in class, before class starts.
You can view your grades through the Stars system.
FZ Policy
In order to get a D grade from this course, a student must show an overall achievement level of
%. An important part of this achievement must be accumulated through
regular studying, before taking the final exam. The student must demonstrate this by accumulating sufficient
pre-final points from the first and second exams such that the overall average will be over
% even if the remaining assessment grades (i.e. Homework+Quiz+Final)
average to less than or equal to twice this pre-final grade.
(Also, see below for the attendance requirement.)
Therefore a student cannot get a D grade if the pre-final achivement level is below % from the first and second exams.
This means, a student will receive the FZ grade (and will not be able to take the final exam) if the average is lower than % from the first and second exams! (If the average is %, the student will need to receive at least twice that: , from the remaining assesments (Homework+Quiz+Final) to get a D grade - attendance is extra credit - but it may also go negative! If you miss more than 6 hours of lectures, you will need to compensate that by assignments which will take much longer time to do, or you will get an FZ.)
Relevant links: