E-mail: tyson@adm.njit.edu
Office Tel.:  973-642-4681
Office: Room 484 Tiernan Hall
Class Location: FMH 106 (Thursday 6:00PM to 9:05 PM)
Office Hour:  Friday 5 to 6 PM (and by appointment)

• Class is associated with Physics 231A laboratory. 
   
• Class WWW page can be found at:  http://web.njit.edu/~tyson/p234.html
  Homework assignments will be posted after each class
  
• Assignments are due each week at the beginning of class
   
• An short quiz will be given during each class (except if there is a scheduled exam)
  
• Textbook A: Physics For Scientist and Engineers (8^th Edition), by R. A. Serway and J. W. Jewett
  (ISBN-13: 978-1-111-52428-9, NJIT Special Edition - Phys 234)
  
  Textbook B: Fundamentals of Physics  (9^h Edition) by Halliday, Resnick and Walker
  (ISBN 978-0-470-54795-3)
  
• Supplementary Texts:

(1) Schaum's Outline- Modern Physics  by R. Gautreau and W. Savin

(2) Schaum's Outline - Physics for Scientists and Engineers   by M. Browne

(3) Physics for Scientists and Engineers  by P. A. Tipler

Homework            ~15%

Weekly Quizzes     ~15%

Midterm Exams      ~40 % (total for 2 exams)

Final Exam             ~30% (comprehensive)

• Exam Schedule to be announced
• Students must prepare their own formula sheets (8.5'' x 11" single sheet)

Approximate Grade Scale
B+  75-79
B    70-74
C+  65-69
C    55-64
D    45-54
F  < 45

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           Chapters to be Covered*

Week 1  -   Oscillations (Chapter 15, Textbook A)

Week 2  -   Waves I  (Chapters 16 and 17 , Textbook A)

Week 3 -   Waves II (Chapters 17 (cont.)  and 18 , Textbook A)

Week 4  -   Reflection and Refraction (Chapter 35, Textbook A) and Exam Review

Week 5 -    Interference (Chapter 37 , Textbook A)   and   EXAM I

Week 6 -  Diffraction (Chapter 38, Textbook A)

Week 7 -  Photons and Matter Waves (Chapter 38, Textbook B)

Week 8 -  More About Matter Waves (Chapter 39, Textbook B) and Exam Review 

 Week 9 - About the Atom (Chapter 40, Textbook B)and   EXAM II

Week 10 - About the Atom (Chapter 40, Textbook B, continued) and Exam Review

Week 11 - Conduction of Electricity in Solids (Chapter 41, Textbook B)

Week 12 -  Conduction of Electricity in Solids (Chapter 41, Textbook B, continued)

Week 13 - To be Assigned

       Thanksgiving Recess - Nov. 25th to 28th

       Dec. 7th - Classes follow Thursday Schedule

        Last Day of Class Dec.  8th - Follows a Friday Schedule

        Reading Day - Dec. 9th

        Final Exams  - Dec. 10th to 16th, Comprehensive)

        Exam - Dec. 16th at 6 PM

* Please read all sections of  the chapters before attending class

 

Policy Details

Midterm  Exams
    The general policy is that students who miss a common exam will receive a score of zero for that Exam.. That score will be included in the calculation of your final grade. Students that miss two common exams automatically fail the course. Students who anticipate an absence from a common exam should discuss their situation with their instructor PRIOR TO their absence. In order to be qualified to receive a "make-up" common exam score (a very rare occurrence), the student should present documentation for not being able to take the test as scheduled.  As is the standard policy of NJIT, this documentation should be presented to the student’s Physics 234 instructor AND to the Dean of Students - (973) 596-3466, 2^nd floor Campbell Entry. BOTH the Physics 234 instructor and Dean of Students must concur in permitting a "make-up" common exam. Students who miss common exams that do not present documentation with 7 days of the common exam will receive a score of zero for the common exam.
     In the rare event that the above qualification is met, a separate make-up test for the missed common quiz will not be offered. Instead, the part of the final exam relevant to the contents of the missed test will be considered for giving a grade for the missed test. The instructor will look at the final exam questions from those chapters and normalize this portion of the student’s grade for the missed common quiz.

Final Exams
    The standard institution policy applies to the make-ups for the final exam. In order to get an incomplete (I), the student should have met all the course requirements with a C average standing for the completed part of the semester’s work. Any requests for taking the final at a different time is an anomaly and the student should be sent to the Dean of Students if he/she has a documented reason.

Honor Code/Behavior   
    NJIT has a zero-tolerance policy regarding cheating of any kind and disruptive student behavior.   Any incidents will be immediately reported to the           Dean of Freshman Studies.  In the cases the Honor Code violations are detected, the punishments range from a minimum of failure in the course plus disciplinary probation up to expulsion from NJIT with notations on students' permanent record.
    No eating or drinking is allowed at the lectures, recitations, workshops, and laboratories. Cellular phones must be turned off during the class hours and during exams.