ARCC Coon Rapids Physics 1328 Syllabus

Spring 2022
Office Hours
Instructor Name: Dierk Hofreiter M 9:30-10:20 ; 1:00-1:50
Office Location: S207 T 1:00-1:50
Office Phone: 763-433-1173 W 9:30-10:20
email: [email protected] Th
Zoom number 763 433 1173 F 9:30-10:20
Also by appointment

Meeting location/time: 11:00 - 11:50 MTWHF

Prerequisites: PHYS 1327 and Math 1401 or concurrent enrollment
Recommended: Successful completion of Math 1401
Required Texts: Open Stax University Physics Volumes 2 and 3 or suitable alternative
Required Material: Scientific calculator, computer, cellphone (for exams)
Required software: Zoom (for computer and cellphone) and Camscanner (or suitable
alternative)
Recommended materials: Old exam packet and homework solutions (provided on D2L)

Common Course Outline Information

• Course Description
Meets MnTC Goal Area 3. This is the second semester of a two-semester sequence of
introductory physics for students with any major. This course uses a calculus-based
mathematical representation. This course also meets requirements for students majoring in
engineering, mathematics, and computer science. Topics include electricity, magnetism, DC and
AC electrical circuits, electromagnetism, and geometrical and physics optics.

• Learner Outcomes
1. Demonstrate the ability to solve computational and conceptual problems in the
following areas:
A. Electrostatics
B. DC circuits
C. Magnetism
D. AC circuits
E. Electromagnetism
F. Geometric and physical optics
2. Demonstrate the following skills as they relate to labs in the major areas of course
content:
A. Collect data using equipment
B. Record and organize data
C. Estimate and propagate uncertainties in calculations
D. Analyze data
E. Interpret results of experiments
F. Individually and/or collaboratively prepare laboratory results with proper
English
 G. Work effectively and cooperatively in a group setting
• Major Areas of Course Content
1. Electrostatics
2. DC circuits
3. Magnetism
4. AC circuits
5. Optics: geometrical and physical

Policies
1. Course Grading
Your total grade will be out of 392 points from the following parts:

Item pts approximate percentage of course grade

5 - 1 = 4 exams 320 pts (80 x4) 82% (20.4% per exam)
10 – 1 = 9 Labs 72 pts (9 x 8) 18%
This setup is subject to change throughout the semester.

The accumulated point total from all sources will determine the course grade.
The grading scale is below.
percentage
A 87%
B 76%
C 65%
D 54%

Because the scale is a fixed percentage, there is not a “curve” for the course. Your grade will not
be based on where you are relative to the average score on an exam. This means that helping
other people learn the material will in no way hurt your grade. Help each other learn and you
will all do better for it. One of the best ways (if not THE best way) to learn physics material is to
try to explain it to someone else. You helping someone else will help them and it will help you
as well.
Exams/Final
Each exam and the final will be worth 80 points each. Currently, the lowest exam (or final
exam) score will be dropped. Exams will consist of at most 8 situations worth 10 points each.
Sometimes a situation will be worth 15 or 20 or perhaps 25 points so the exam will have fewer
than 8 situations. Some questions will be conceptual in nature and not require calculations while
others will require calculation. Copies of old exams (and answers) are available on D2L.

Exams and final: there will be no early or late exams or final. Instead, the lowest
exam/final score will be dropped in calculating the course grade.

Homework
About 3 to 4 problems will be assigned per day of lecture on any given chapter. This homework
is to be done for the purpose of learning the material, but it will not directly affect the course
grade. The homework problems and solutions to all homework problems are available on D2L.

Laboratory
The details of lab grades will be handed out in lab. Each lab will be worth 8 points for a total of
72 points. The details of how labs will impact your course grade are subject to change.

2. “Classroom” Behavior
A. We will be using Zoom for the lecture portion of the course. Right now the number
will be 763 433 1173 and there is no password but there is a waiting room.
B. In the event that my internet connection drops during class, please stay on the Zoom
call until the end of class if necessary. Please be patient. If I am unable to reconnect
during class time then I will make a Zoom recording of the relevant topics and upload
that to the D2L site (with the other Zoom class recordings) for you to watch- I will
likely send an email reminder to watch the video if this happens.
C. This course is graded on a performance basis- attendance to lecture is not mandatory.
However, I recommend attending all classes and will have no sympathy for people
who skip lecture and do poorly in class. I’m hoping what we do in lecture is
interactive and you must be there to interact.
D. Behavior in class is to be responsible and respectful, not disruptive. Disruptive
behavior is defined roughly as gross or persistent behavior that disrupts the academic
process.
E. Treat not only me but also other students with respect- do not use disrespectful
language and don’t harass anyone. Don’t chatter. Do interact during discussions.
F. At the beginning of each class, be prepared to take notes, participate, and have a
calculator handy.
G. I will make every effort to start and end class on time. I will try to deal with
disruptive behavior early so that the majority of students are not affected by the
actions of a disruptive minority.

3. Academic Dishonesty/Test Misconduct

A. All students are expected to follow the student code of conduct. I take cheating in my
class very seriously. You are being academically dishonest and violating the student
code of conduct.
 i. Currently, exams will allow the use of the equation packet and notes on a
single side of a 8 ½ x 11 sheet of paper. You are provided with the equation
packet. Print it out.
ii. Storing constants in a calculator or programming your calculator to solve a
quadratic equation is acceptable.
iii. It is not acceptable to get any help of any kind from anyone else (except
asking me questions) on exams. Exams are “closed person/closed internet”.
No using Google (or using other search engines) on questions/concepts or
working together. No use of cell phones or secondary computers for
communication. You will work out your exam solutions on paper and then
cell phones will be used to take pictures and then the document from those
pictures will be uploaded to D2L. Start each problem on a fresh sheet of
paper.
iv. Texting for any reason during an exam constitutes test misconduct.
B. Test misconduct and/or cheating will be treated severely. As the faculty handbook
allows, I reserve the right to affect the student grade in any way up to and including
failing the student for the entire course.

4. Exam emphasis
All material in lecture, lab, and the textbook is considered fair game for exam questions.
Usually, exam questions will cover concepts that are covered in both lecture and the text. I will
not usually give questions that involve concepts not covered in lecture. Lecture, reading, and
YouTube lectures should complement one another in this class. I will emphasize what I feel is
most important out of the chapter and the homework and exam questions will reflect this.

5. Working together (but not on tests)

I highly recommend forming a study group and working together on homework problems. I
recommend the following procedure.
A. Try every problem on your own before talking to anyone else. Get as far as you can
on every problem. Deciding on an approach and setting up the problem is usually the
toughest part- the part that requires the most practice.
B. Get together with other people and brainstorm what concepts are useful for the
problems you haven’t been able to solve. After you have an idea of how to proceed,
stop talking to other people.
C. Try to finish the problems on your own with the suggestions you have received.
D. Repeat step B and C as needed until you are finished, but the important thing is to do
as much on your own as possible. You will not be able to do step B on the exam, so
you had better get used to working on your own.
E. Explain to someone else why you did a problem a certain way. The best way to learn
the material is to teach it to someone else. In explaining it, you will probably learn
something - especially if the other person used a different approach.

Hazards of group work:

The main hazard of working in a group is that the “group” isn’t doing the work- one person or a
few people are figuring out the approach to all the problems and the others in the group are
simply using the approaches. The people figuring out the approach are learning. Typically, the
hardest part of a physics problem is figuring out how to correctly apply the correct general
principles to a specific case. This is what I mean by “figuring out the approach”.

The people simply using someone else’s approach are fooling themselves and will wonder why
they do so poorly on the exams when they “do so well on the homework”. Do not get dependent
on other people to do your thinking for you. You must be able to apply the principles of physics
yourself.

6. Pass/Fail option
The decision to change to pass/fail or away from pass/fail must be made by the second exam.

7. Disability Services
If you are a student with a disability and may be in need of accommodations at ARCC, please
contact me during office hours and seek assistance through the office for students with
disabilities at 763-433-1350. They are on CR campus in room L122.

8. Websites
Websites for the textbooks are https://openstax.org/details/books/university-physics-volume-1
and https://openstax.org/details/books/university-physics-volume-2.

A website that shows how the parts of the content relate to each other is:
http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/hframe.html
This website has a conceptual map of many of the topics in this physics course.

MIT has free online physics materials available at http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/physics/.

YouTube has many lectures that are available that I have organized by unit for you. I looked
through three sources, but there are many lectures on every topic we discuss in class.

Our D2L site will be used as a resource for the syllabus, homework problems and solutions, old
exams and solutions. D2L will also be used for grades and as the way you submit your lab
reports and access and submit exams.

9. Email
Email from the D2L site for this course is typically sent to your ARCC student email address. I
am unable to modify the address that our site uses. Please check this or setup forwarding to an
address you do check. This is official communication. I will try to respond quickly to email
from you. Feel free to contact me this way. If you are asking a question about a homework
problem, take a picture of your work and include it in the email so that I can see your work.

10. Tutoring
ARCC has free online physics tutoring available through our academic support center. There
may be peer tutors available and a professional tutor (Brian) has tutored physics for many years
and taught this course before. He is an excellent resource for the course. Links to tutoring are
on the PHYS 1328 course D2L page.
 Course Structure
This course consists of a 50 minute daily class. Class periods will include lecture, active
learning exercises, and some demonstrations. Exams will occur after about 14 days worth of
material.

There is a large and growing body of physics education research that indicates the following:
students who passively listen to lectures don't learn the material. For this reason, I will be
including many “active learning” and conceptual activities in class. Further, I will not lecture for
50 minutes with the intent of introducing material for the 1st time to you. Rather, you are to
come to class having read the material (or at least skimmed it) or watched the YouTube videos
and you should be prepared to discuss it. Please come prepared. I want you to know that I am
doing these activities so that you learn the material better.

Success in this course

Please realize that I want you to succeed in this course and will help you in achieving that goal. I
have organized YouTube videos, I will have daily lectures, I have office hours, ARCC has tutors,
and you have classmates. You have a lot of resources at your disposal, but you must use them.

Physics is a demanding course- even more so than a usual course because it is online- online
courses are commonly more work, not less work than in person. Here are a few tips about how
to succeed in this course.
• Be prepared and attend class each day
• Read the book/watch the videos before we discuss a topic so you have a passing
familiarity with it. Read the book/watch the videos after we discuss a topic as well.
• Keep up with the material and study a little each day rather than cramming 8 hours of
studying into a single day (cramming doesn't work particularly well with material that
builds on itself like physics). Waiting until the end of the week to do all your studying
will generally not go well since the material has built on itself so much. I cannot stress
this enough. If you get behind, you will get desperate and make bad choices. Keep Up!
• Plan on actually studying (that includes):
o form a study group and have regular meetings (IRL or Zoom) to go over the
homework and exams
o do at least all the assigned homework – do more if that isn’t enough
o use the equation sheet while doing the homework to get used to the layout and
equations available on the sheet.
o write on your copy of the equation sheet what each equation is used for, when it
applies, what the symbols represent, etc. You can’t use an equation sheet with
your writing on it, but writing on it will help you.
o make flashcards of important definitions and equations
o show up during virtual student help hours if you have any questions and ask them-
don't fall into the trap that many students have in thinking that showing up during
office hours and asking questions somehow indicates failure
o do the old exams at least a couple days before the actual exam and contact me if
needed. Take one in the time that was allotted for them when they were given (55
minutes). Most students don’t realize how pressed for time they will be once the
real exam occurs.
• Do the practice exam until it is effortless to upload your exam answers. Don’t wait until
exam day to learn how to upload an exam- that will just make the exam more stressful.
• Give yourself enough time to study for this class and get enough sleep to function
effectively
• Don’t get behind- trying to catch up while keeping up with a course is very hard to do
• Use the tutoring services at the academic support center- they are available almost all day
every day
 Physics 1328 Homework Assignments
Chapter Problems Notes

5 1 - 17, 19 - 21

6 22 - 32

7 33 - 54

8 55 - 68

9 69 - 81

10 82 -101

11 102 - 111

12 112 - 125

13 126 - 141 133b soln should be at phi = 0

14 142 - 153

15 154 - 167

16 168 - 177

VOL 3 CH 1 178 - 187

VOL 3 CH 2 188 - 212 206a soln should just say lens

VOL 3 CH 3 213 - 230

VOL 3 CH 4 231 - 242

 Physics 1328 Spring 2022
week Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
10-Jan 11-Jan 12-Jan 13-Jan 14-Jan
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Intro/Review Review/CH 5 CH 5 CH 5 CH 5
17-Jan 18-Jan 19-Jan 20-Jan 21-Jan
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No Classes CH 5 CH 5 CH 6 CH 6
24-Jan 25-Jan 26-Jan 27-Jan 28-Jan
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CH 6 CH 6 CH 7 CH 7 CH 7
31-Jan 1-Feb 2-Feb 3-Feb 4-Feb
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CH 7 CH 7 CH 8 CH 8 EXAM 1
7-Feb 8-Feb 9-Feb 10-Feb 11-Feb
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CH 8 CH 8 CH 9 CH 9 CH 9
14-Feb 15-Feb 16-Feb 17-Feb 18-Feb
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CH 9 CH 10 CH 9 CH 10 CH 10
21-Feb 22-Feb 23-Feb 24-Feb 25-Feb
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No Classes No Classes CH 10 CH 11 CH 11
28-Feb 1-Mar 2-Mar 3-Mar 4-Mar
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CH 11 CH 11 EXAM 2 CH 12 CH 12
7-Mar 8-Mar 9-Mar 10-Mar 11-Mar
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CH 12 CH 12 CH 13 CH 13 CH 13
14-Mar 15-Mar 16-Mar 17-Mar 18-Mar
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Spring Break Spring Break Spring Break Spring Break Spring Break
21-Mar 22-Mar 23-Mar 24-Mar 25-Mar
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CH 13 CH 13 CH 14 CH 14 EXAM 3
28-Mar 29-Mar 30-Mar 31-Mar 1-Apr
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CH 14 CH 15 CH 15 CH 15 CH 15
4-Apr 5-Apr 6-Apr 7-Apr 8-Apr
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CH 15 CH 16 CH 16 CH 16 VOL 3 CH 1
11-Apr 12-Apr 13-Apr 14-Apr 15-Apr
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VOL 3 CH 1 VOL 3 CH 1 VOL 3 CH 2 VOL 3 CH 2 EXAM 4
18-Apr Last W 19-Apr 20-Apr 21-Apr 22-Apr
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VOL 3 CH 2 VOL 3 CH 2 VOL 3 CH 2 VOL 3 CH 2 VOL 3 CH 3
25-Apr 26-Apr 27-Apr 28-Apr 29-Apr
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VOL 3 CH 3 VOL 3 CH 3 VOL 3 CH 3 VOL 3 CH 3 VOL 3 CH 4
2-May 3-May 4-May 5-May 6-May
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VOL 3 CH 4 VOL 3 CH 4 VOL 3 CH 4 Flex Flex
9-May 10-May 11-May 12-May 13-May
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11:50 Exam 5

Exam 1 covers VOL 2 chapters 5-7

Exam 2 covers VOL 2 chapters 8-10
Exam 3 covers VOL 2 chapters 11-13
Exam 4 covers VOL 2 chapters 14-16 and VOL 3 chapter 1
Exam 5 covers VOL 3 chapters 2-4

Any schedule changes will be announced in class. Particularly important changes will be
announced more than once.
 Physics 1328 Lab Spring 2022
week Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
10-Jan 11-Jan 12-Jan 13-Jan 14-Jan
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A A
17-Jan 18-Jan 19-Jan 20-Jan 21-Jan
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No Classes TBA TBA
24-Jan 25-Jan 26-Jan 27-Jan 28-Jan
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B B
31-Jan 1-Feb 2-Feb 3-Feb 4-Feb
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C C
7-Feb 8-Feb 9-Feb 10-Feb 11-Feb
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D D
14-Feb 15-Feb 16-Feb 17-Feb 18-Feb
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E E
21-Feb 22-Feb 23-Feb 24-Feb 25-Feb
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No Classes No Classes F
28-Feb 1-Mar 2-Mar 3-Mar 4-Mar
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F G
7-Mar 8-Mar 9-Mar 10-Mar 11-Mar
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G Makeup
14-Mar 15-Mar 16-Mar 17-Mar 18-Mar
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Spring Break Spring Break Spring Break Spring Break Spring Break
21-Mar 22-Mar 23-Mar 24-Mar 25-Mar
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H H
28-Mar 29-Mar 30-Mar 31-Mar 1-Apr
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Makeup Makeup
4-Apr 5-Apr 6-Apr 7-Apr 8-Apr
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I I
11-Apr 12-Apr 13-Apr 14-Apr 15-Apr
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J J
18-Apr Last W 19-Apr 20-Apr 21-Apr 22-Apr
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K K
25-Apr 26-Apr 27-Apr 28-Apr 29-Apr
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L L
2-May 3-May 4-May 5-May 6-May
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TBA TBA
9-May 10-May 11-May 12-May 13-May
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11:50 Exam 5

Any schedule changes will be announced in class. Particularly important changes will be
announced more than once.