Web page: http://www-physics.ucsd.edu/students/courses/winter2012/physics2d/
Please check the web page often for announcements.

INSTRUCTOR: Jorge E. Hirsch, 5310 Mayer Hall, Ext. 4-3931, [email protected]
COURSE COORDINATOR: Patti Hey, 2571 Mayer Hall Addition, Ext. 2-1468.

COURSE CONTENT:
Relativity, atomic view of matter, quantization, atomic models of Rutherford and Bohr, wave and particle duality, matter waves, Schrodinger equation, hydrogen atom, periodic table.

COURSE FORMAT:
Lectures: M, Tu, Th. Attendance is very strongly encouraged.
Discussion Sections: These sections focus on understanding of theory and methodology, as well as problem solving. You are advised to attend these sections and to make them successful by actively participating.
Problem Sections: These sections focus on problem solving, in preparation for the quiz. You are encouraged to attend and ask questions on homework problems as well as on lecture material.
Quizzes: Some Mondays, as detailed in the Course Schedule. Attendance to quizzes is mandatory.

HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS:
Problems from the books will be assigned for each text chapter, solutions will be posted on the web page . To fully understand the material, you should work most of the problems on your own without help of the solution key. Homeworks will not be graded.

QUIZZES:

• Closed-book NON-multiple choice quizzes will be given on some Mondays. 5 quizzes, see schedule.
• All students are required to purchase bluebooks for quiz taking. Your assigned code number and course number should be written on the cover of the bluebook; do not write your name on the bluebook. At the first quiz you will be assigned a 3-digit number. This number will become your code number for the quarter and will be used on each quiz thereafter, in place of your name. You must memorize this number. Please write quiz answers in ink. Quizzes will be returned to you at the Physics Department Student Affairs Office (2591 Mayer Hall Addition) as soon as corrected and recorded. Hours the office will be available for quiz pick-up are Mon. from 3-4:15, Tues. 12-3, Thurs 12-3 and Fri. 3-4:15. Recorded grades and solutions will be posted by the code number on the web. Check your posted grade to be sure your grade has been recorded correctly.
• Partial credit will be given for correct work even if final answer is incorrect.
• Appeals to the grading of quizzes should be made in writing , within one week of the return of that quiz. Do not write directly on the bluebook. Instead, attach a sheet of paper with an explanation for why you are appealing the grade (be specific) and give it to the TA at office hours or discussion sections. Other than for incorrect addition of points, regrades will only be considered for quizzes written in pen (not pencil). If the problem is not resolved after discussing it with the TA, talk to the instructor. Make sure you have a valid reason for appealing and note that the grade may go up, stay the same or go down as a result of the appeal.
• The 5 quiz grades will count towards your final grade. If you have to miss a quiz for unavoidable reasons and notify the instructor before the quiz, the weight of the final and other quizzes may be adjusted accordingly.
• There will be no make-up quizzes.

FINAL EXAM: The final will be a closed-book multiple choice exam and cover all course material. Student I.D. is required to take the exam.

COURSE GRADE: Quizzes 50% , Final 50%. Grading scale (tentative): A: >75 %, B: >55%, C: >35%.

ACADEMIC DISHONESTY:
Please read "UCSD Policy on Integrity of Scholarship" in the 2010-2012 UCSD General Catalog or the link given in the course webpage. These rules will be rigorously enforced.

WHOM TO SEE:
Toni Moore, 2581 Mayer Hall Addition, Physics Dept. Student Affairs Office, if you have any trouble using WebReg to add/change/drop, drop from waitlists.
The Teaching Assistant if you have questions relating to problem solving methods or to grades received.
The Instructor, if you have basic questions about the subject matter, or if you have administrative problems.