Lectures: MWF, 11-11:50am, York 4080A ; Tu, 8:00-8:50pm, York 4080A Quizzes: F, 11-11:50, York 4080A.
Discussion: W 6-6:50pm, York 4080A Problems: Th 7-8:50pm, PCYNH 120 Final exam: Fr 11:30am-2:29 pm, York 4080A Course Text:
Tipler and Llewellyn, Modern Physics, 5th Edition
Text website:http://bcs.whfreeman.com/tiplermodernphysics5e/ Course Description:See
General Catalog
Instructor and TA Information -
Instructor: Jorge Hirsch, 5310 Mayer Hall, Ext. 4-3931,
e-mail: jhirsch@ucsd.edu Office Hour: Th 11-12 or by appt.
HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS:
Problems from the book will be assigned every week,
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 quizzes will be given on alternate Fridays, the first one
on April 9. There will be lectures on the other Fridays.
There will be no make-up quizzes.
COURSE GRADE will be computed from the average of the
5 quizzes (50%) and the (closed book) final exam (50%). If you need to miss a
quiz due to unavoidable circumstances AND notify the instructor
beforehand, it will not be counted and the final exam will count
10% more.