PHYS 274 - General Physics III
(Modern Physics w/ calculus)
Department of Physics &
Astronomy
University of Hawaii
Instructor: Prof. Gary
Varner and Prof. Pui K. Lam (backup)
Class Meets MWF 12:30-13:20, MSB 114
Office Hours: Monday
4-5pm Watanabe Hall 214
(January 9 - May 3, 2017)
Updated 11-MAY-2017 == FINAL
- Course Syllabus (Spring 2017) [pdf]
- Daily quiz (except on midterm and exam days): A quiz (closed book) will be given at
the beginning of each class.
It consists of 2 short questions on materials covered
in the previous lecture and 2 short questions on the materials
to be covered that day. You will need your iclicker for
the quiz. You
have one to two minutes to answer each question.
Grading
Grading is based on an absolute scale.
Total (100%) = quizzes/iclicker questions (15%) + HW (25%) +
(Midterm 1+ Midterm 2 + Final=(60%)).
The combined % for Midterm 1+ Midterm 2 + Final=60%; the highest
score=25%, middle score=20%, lowest score=15%.
Approximate values:
91-100 (A), 86-90 (A-) 71-85 (B) 56-70 (C) 41-55 (D) <40 (F)
Tests
There will be two midterms and a final.
There will be four questions on each midterm, which will be a
combination of quantitative (3) and conceptual (1).
For the two midterms, you can bring a standard size notecard with
formulae.
Tutoring
Click
here for updated info on tutoring at the learning emporium.
Simulations:
Cartoons
that illustrate coherence length in the context of thin film
interference
The java applets used for lecture demonstrations of
interference, diffraction, and atomic orbitals can be found on
the web site falstad.com
Segre
Chart of atomic nuclei.