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PHYSICS 315: FALL 2016
GENERAL INFORMATION
Course Number PHY 315
Unique Number 56045
Course Title Wave Motion and Optics
Prerequisite Courses M 427K, PHY 316, PHY 116L
Corequisite Course PHY 115L
Instructor Prof. Richard Fitzpatrick
Instructor Office Phone 512-650-
Instructor E-Mail [email protected]
Instructor Office Location RLM 11.
Instructor Office Hours Tues. 2–5 pm
Required Text Title Oscillations and Waves: An Introduction
Required Text Author Richard Fitzpatrick
Required Text Publisher Taylor & Francis Group, CRC Press
Required Text ISBN 978-1-4665-6608-
Required Text Seller University Co-op
LECTURE SCHEDULE
Date Lecture No. Topic
08/24–08/29 1–3 Simple Harmonic Oscillation
08/31–09/09 4–7 Damped and Driven Harmonic Oscillation
09/12–09/16 8–10 Coupled Oscillations
09/19–09/26 11–14 Transverse Standing Waves
09/30–10/07 15–18 Longitudinal Standing Waves
10/10–10/21 19–24 Traveling Waves
10/24–10/28 25–27 Multi-Dimensional Waves
10/31–11/04 28–30 Wave Pulses
11/07–11/14 31–34 Dispersive Waves
11/18–12/05 34–40 Wave Optics
HOMEWORK SCHEDULE
Assign Date Due Date Homework No.
08/31 09/07 1
09/07 09/14 2
09/14 09/21 3
09/28 10/05 4
10/05 10/12 5
10/12 10/19 6
10/19 10/26 7
10/26 11/02 8
11/02 11/09 9
11/16 12/30 10
EXAM SCHEDULE
Date Exam Comments
09/28 Midterm 1 In class. Covers all material discussed in Lectures 1–14.
11/16 Midterm 2 In class. Covers all material discussed in Lectures 15–34.
12/09 Final Comprehensive.
- Students who cannot attend the official office hours should con- tact the instructor to arrange a mutually convenient weekly meeting time.
- Homework assignments will be handed out in class on the assign date, and also posted on Canvas.
- Homework assignments are due in class on the due date. Late homework will not be accepted without a valid excuse (e.g., illness, family emergency).
- Students are free to discuss homework with classmates, but all written work must be prepared independently.
- Homework solutions will be posted on Canvas.
- All exams are closed book. Students are expected to provide their own paper.
- Make up exams will only be permitted in cases of illness, family emergency, and time conflict with official university activities.
- Exam solutions will be posted on Canvas.
- All scores will be posted on Canvas.
- Attendance will not be used in the determination of the final percentage score.
- A curve may be used in the calculation of the final letter grade.
- Borderline cases will be assigned a grade on the basis of per- formance in the comprehensive final exam.
- Plus/minus grades will be assigned in the final letter grade.
