Mechanical waves;
temperature scales, heat, thermodynamics and heat engines; kinetic theory and
statistics of many particle systems; geometrical optics, lenses, mirrors and
optical instruments; physical optics, diffraction, and interference.
Professor: Charles Stafford
Office: PAS 347
Phone: 626-4260
email: stafford@physics.arizona.edu
Web: http://www.physics.arizona.edu/~stafford
or http://www.physics.arizona.edu/~asoweb/phys142h/
Office hours: Wednesday, 2-4pm
Grading:
The course will be graded on a curve. The minimum cumulative score to obtain an A can be expected to be roughly 85%. The minimum cumulative score to obtain a B can be expected to be roughly 72%. The minimum cumulative score to obtain a C can be expected to be roughly 60%. Cumulative scores will be determined as follows:
Homework: 150 points
Midterm 1: 150 points
Midterm 2: 150 points
Midterm 3: 150 points
Final Exam: 400 points
Laboratories (if applicable): 300 points
Required Text:
Physics for Scientists and Engineers, by Raymond A. Serway and John W. Jewett (6th Ed., Brooks/Cole, 2003).
Additional References (on reserve in the Science Library)
The Feynman Lectures on Physics, Volume 1, by Richard P. Feynman
et al. (Addison-Wesley, 1989).