Welcome to PHY21702175 G' Bonvicini, Wayne State University

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Welcome to PHY2170/2175G. Bonvicini, Wayne State
University

• The purpose of the course
• Web sites connected to course
• Labs, old text books, etc.
• How to get a good grade

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The purpose of the course

• To provide an understanding of the basic
  mechanisms driving the phenomena you will study
  in your specific field of expertise
• For this class and PHY2180/2185, every hour of
  study is an investment that will pay for itself
  with easier future classes

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Various websites for PHY2170/2175

• Homework site (Webassign.net) and related pages,
  syllabus, Getting started pages, and mailing list
  (to add your email, email phy217_at_motor1.physics.wa
  yne.edu)

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Labs, old textbooks

• Lab is mandatory only for College of Science. It
  is not mandatory for Engineering
• Scott Payson will be here Friday to discuss labs
• No lab in the first week
• Old textbooks (6th edition) are cheap and they
  are fine, but you will need to match chapters and
  homework. Typically, attending students have no
  problems with old textbooks. Non attending
  students have lots of problems with them. I only
  provide a forum on Webassign for those who have
  older books.

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Miscellaneous

• Quiz instructors control 10 of your grade plus a
  5 bonus
• Exam grades are automatically curved to average
  70
• One complaint per student per semester (email
  phy217_at_motor1.physics.wayne.edu with the word
  Complaint in the subject line, also give your
  name to make sure). Points added AT THE END OF
  THE SEMESTER.

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How to get a good grade

• Get organized. Studying together helps. All
  Manoogian rooms are available Friday afternoons
  as is the UGL.
• Do your homework
• Attend the quiz sections and use them

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Homework solving

• You will find that to solve web problems you have
  to find an ALGORITHM (that is, a formula which
  includes input values on the right and the output
  value(s) on the left)
• That is the way science and engineering work -
  your solution usually goes in a computer program,
  or is otherwise used multiple times.

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Mailing list bouncing addresses

• Yajyuam6_at_wowway.com
• Slayer_702_at_hotmail.com
• www.shadifalah_at_yahoo.com
• Map710_at_yahoo.com
• Audriene_at_outlook.com
• either correct the forwarding from wayne.edu or
  email me which email needs substituting