Physics 110

Fall 2005

Instructor:  Dr. Norman Markworth                                                       Email: nmarkworth@sfasu.edu

Office:  322F Miller Science                                                                    Phone: 468-3001 Fax 4448

Office Hours: MTWR 1:30 - 4:00 PM or by appointment

Course Home Page: http://www.physics.sfasu.edu/markworth/PHY110.htm

I.    Purpose

      Physics 110 is an introductory study of fundamental electrical components and circuits.  Each student will become familiar with basic AC and DC circuits.

II.  Materials

      The text for this course is Electronics:  A Survey of Electrical Engineering Principles, fourth edition by Robert L. Boylestad and Louis Nashelsky.  PHY 110L, the Fundamentals of Electronics Laboratory, is a corequisite and the lab manual is Experiments in Electronics Fundamentals and Electric Circuits Fundamentals, fourth edition by David Buchla.

III. Exams

      There will be four major exams, each covering a limited amount of lecture and text material.  The dates of these exams are listed in the course outline on the back of this page.  The final exam will not be comprehensive.  No make-up exams will be given except in the case of an excused absence.

IV. Homework

      Various homework problems will be assigned during the semester.  All homework should be self-sufficient, in other words, all homework should have a written statement of the problem, a drawing of the circuit to be solved, and a clear progression of work to the solution.  The average of the homework grades will count as a major exam.

V.  Lab

      Physics 110 labs will start on the week of January 24th.  There will be eleven labs and a lab exam.  These will be discussed in the lab syllabus.

V.  Grading

      Each major exam will be graded on a 100-point scale.  The lecture and lab grades will be combined as shown below and the same grade will be recorded for both lecture and lab.

      Course Average  =  0.75 * [(Exam I + Exam II + Exam III + Final + Homework Average)/5]

                                   + 0.25 * (Lab Average)

      This means that all exams (including the final) are weighted equally, and the lecture portion of the course accounts for 75% of the total grade.  The grading scale is as follows:

      A   90 - 100           B   80 - 89             C   70 - 79             D   60 - 69             F    < 60

      Students with documented disabilities that need course adaptations or accommodations please make an appointment with me as soon as possible.