Lectures and course responsibility:
Dr. Michael Briley
Office: HS 348, phone: 424-7104
E-mail: mike@maxwell.phys.uwosh.edu
Office hours: M/W/F 2:00-3:00, or by appointment (check my calendar)

Lab instructors:
Dr. Ramanathan Jambunathan, HS 349, phone 424-4430
Dr. Nadia Kaltcheva, HS 354, phone 7107
Dr. Dennis Rioux, HS 347, phone 424-4429

All Handouts from the course are available electronically:

The Syllabus (also in Adobe PDF format: here)
The Schedule of Tests and Lecture (also Online/Interactive and in PDF format)

Having Trouble with Math?

OK, it's not much, but I've written a Math Review which you can either browse or download as a PDF file.

Test #5 - Friday, May 14
(Early Test: Thursday, 10-3PM, HS 364 - Sign up in class)

The exam will cover the material from:

• Chapter 17 (all)
• Chapter 19 (sections 1, 3, and 4)
• Chapter 20 (sections 1-2)

There will be a review session, Wednesday May 12, from 5-6pm... Somewhere up on the 3rd floor of Halsey. Stop by HS 348 for the location.

(The material for test #1 is located here)
(The material for test #2 is located here)
(The material for test #3 is located here)
(The material for test #4 is located here)

Lecture materials on-line (these will be made available as time permits).
Note: The slides have been converted into Powerpoint and PDF formats (the original Keynote source can be supplied if you're using a Mac and have the software). For Powerpoint, the movies/animations must be downloaded separately for Windows (as a self-extracting archive) and MacOS (as a .sit file). These animations will require Apple's free Quicktime package to play. Download them at your own risk - they can be large! The PDF versions do not include the animations.

• Lecture 32 (May 3)
  • Lecture outline
  • Lecture notes
  • Lecture slides (Powerpoint or PDF)
  • Lecture animations (Windows or MacOS 3Mb)
• Lecture 33 (May 5)
  • Lecture outline
  • Lecture notes
  • Lecture slides (Powerpoint or PDF)
  • Lecture animations (none)
• Lecture 34 (May 7)
  • Lecture outline
  • Lecture notes
  • Lecture slides (Powerpoint or PDF)
  • Lecture animations (none)
• Lecture 35 (May 10)
  • Lecture outline
  • Lecture notes
  • Lecture slides (Powerpoint or PDF)
  • Lecture animations (none)
• Lecture 36 (May 12)
  • Lecture outline
  • Lecture notes
  • Lecture slides (Powerpoint or PDF)
  • Lecture animations (just this one - 9Mb)

Important Concepts and Questions by students from the chapters:
These links contain brief outlines of some of the important ideas and concepts from each chapter. Also included are questions which people have asked about the material in the past. If you'd like to contribute a question, just sent it to mike@maxwell.phys.uwosh.edu.

Chapter 17
Chapter 19
Chapter 20

Practice questions:
Here are a few practice questions for each chapter. They are actually questions from old tests. Note that they are not meant to be a study guide or in any way comprehensive!

Chapter 17
Chapter 19
Chapter 20

From the Textbook Web Site:
As always, don't forget the web site for the text too. There you'll find vocabulary exercises, chapter objectives, other practice tests/quizzes, links to additional information, and much much more! Note that from this point on, the chapter numbers in the text's web site are 8 larger than ours, e.g. our Ch 8 = their Ch. 16. This is because we've skipped the 8 chapters on planets (which are covered in 82-103).

Check your grades:

The grades are here for the fourth (from Arizona no less!) test (and through the 10th - and last! - quiz). On Test #4, there were 2 problems the class had trouble with, and these have been turned into extra credit. The class average was 73.

Lab grades are being added as I get them from the instructors (for those of you in 82-104). Right now I only have them for sections 2, 3, and 4. If your lab grade is not listed, be patient.

Note: if you look at your grade and find it to be lower than what you expected, come see me during my office hours or make an appointment.

If your grade is missing, please let me know!

Note: This database contains no identifying information other than your ID number. But let me know if you'd rather not participate (we can work something else out).