University of California San Diego, Department of Physics
Winter 2010 Physics 1C Webpage
Physics 1C
Instructor: Melvin Okamura
Time:MWF 3:00-3:50 pm
Location:2622 York Hall

Syllabus         

INSTRUCTOR:                           Melvin Okamura  [email protected]

                                                      Office:  4517 Mayer Hall Extension

                                                      Office Hours:  Thu. 2-3 pm

                                                      Phone:  534-2506                                                       

TEACHING ASSISTANT:          Anthony Hopp  [email protected]    

                                                      Office:  Physics Tutorial Center Mayer Hall Addition 2702

                                                      Office Hrs:   Mon. 1-3 pm

UNDERGRAD TA:                      Christina Deedas  [email protected]

                                                      Office:  Clics (Revelle Library) room 253

                                                      Office Hrs:   Tue 4-5 pm

 

Announcements:

The clicker scores are posted here. (Clicker scores) If you are not listed properly please first check to see that your student id was entered correctly on your clicker, then contact me <[email protected]>.

The final exam will cover the whole course.  There will be a few more questions on ch 29 and 30.  You will be allowed to have two sheets of paper with equations on both sides, calculator and scrap paper for calculations.  You will need a scantron form.

Final Exam -3:00 pm - 5:59 pm Wed March 17, 2010-York 2622

The lecture schedule for the last two week is revised.

week

Date

Topic

Chapter

9

3/1

Exclusion Principle-Periodic Table

28

 

3/3

Lasers/Semiconductors

28

 

3/5

Quiz 4 (Ch. 27 and 28)

 

10

3/8

Nuclear Physics- Binding Energy

29

 

3/10

Radioactivity

29

 

3/12

Nuclear Energy- Fission and Fusion

30

 

There were some errors in the quiz 2 scores.  These have been corrected in the quiz 3 score sheet.

Christina will have office hrs this week on Thur (2/4/10) instead of Tue (4-5 pm in Clics).

The problem sessions will start on Thu. 1/14/10 during the second week.

Chapter 21 from Serway and Faughn can be found here -- Chapter 21