PHYSICS 1251 Homepage

Class Meeting: 133 Physics, MTW(F) 8:00-9:00 am.

Instructors: David DeMuth & Jim Eckert

Welcome to the Physics 1251 Archival class home page. Here, you should be able to find most (if not all) of the relevant information regarding the course. Check these pages frequently to keep up-to-date with the course instructions and requirements.

General Information

Course Syllabus , (Postscript version)

Course Overview (Gif)

Chapter Listing of Material to be Covered this Quarter

Important Dates to Rememeber (GIF)

Homework Assignments

All homework is to be handed in at the beginning of the Thursday recitation meeting. Homework assignments for the weeks not shown will appear as the quarter continues.

Week 6, Week 7, Week 8, Week 9 Week 10

Lecture Content

A brief listing of lectures, on a day by day basis is provided here.

Week 6, Week 7, Week 8, Week 9, Week 10

Course Information

Lecture Information

The lectures are scheduled at 8:00 am on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday of the week in room 130 of the Physics Building on the Minneapolis Campus. On occasion, we will also lecture on the Friday of the week. The lectures will be based on the Fishbane, Gasiorowicz, Thorton text.

Recitation Information

Recitation sessions meet at 8:00 am on Thursdays in Lind Hall (section 1, LindH 315, section 2, LindH 320). Recitation sessions will provide the student with an oppurtunity to explore physics problem solving in a collaborative environment.

Laboratory Information

Laboratory meetings start the second week of classes, June 20th/21st, depending on the section you registered for. There are four different laboratory topics to be discussed this quarter, each of which span two contiguous weeks. A full description of your responsibilites in the laboratory are available in your Physics 1251 Laboratory manual or from your TA. There will be no laboratory meetings on July 4th/5th. Click here to view a GIF image of the laboratory meeting dates.

Computer Preparation Programs

Because of the investigative and collaborative nature of the 1251 laboratories, it is imperative that you be prepared for the laboratory session. Before entering the first session (of a two week laboratory subject) you must of completed (pass with a grade of 75% or better) the Computer Laboratory Preparation Program for the associated laboratory (Labs 1-4). Your TA will verify your score just before the laboratory meeting time.

Instructions using the Computer Preparation Programs.

A Problem Solving Stategy

Throughout this course you will be encounter problems whose difficulty ranges from simple to complex. Some straightforward, but not necessarily easy exercises are given at the end of each chapter in your textbook. These allow you to practice using the physics principles presented in the chapter. Appealing to a logical strategy to solve physics problems will offer guidance when solutions to the problems is not apparent. We strongly suggest you solve the homework and quiz problems using this five-step problem solving strategy.

An Introduction to the Five-step Physics Problem Solving Strategy

Instructor Connections

Feel free to email any of us with comments at the following addresses. If you have configured your web browser with your Mail preferences (eg, UofM students would use gold.tc.umn.edu as Mail Server, etc.), you can use the Email - hot-text below for expediancy.

David DeMuth, demuth@mnhepw.hep.umn.edu EMail
Jim Eckert, jeckert@physics.spa.umn.edu EMail
Kimberly Hill, khill@physics.spa.umn.edu EMail
Jianfeng Jiang, jjiang@physics.spa.umn.edu EMail

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Last updated, January1996, D. DeMuth, Jr.