Physics 230 - Winter 2015

Welcome to Physics 230!

Winter 2015

General Information

Instructor: John S. Colton
Email: john_colton@byu.edu
Office: N335 ESC
Office hours: In N212 during the Physics 230 lab periods; otherwise by appointment

TAs:
Tyler Bahr (section 1 only) - bahrtyl11@gmail.com
Brandon McKeon (sections 1 and 2) - brandon.mckeon@gmail.com
Clarissa Veach (sections 1 and 2) - readingfreakcv@gmail.com

Quick Links

The following links are explained more below.

Syllabus: syllabus - Physics 230 - Winter 2015.pdf
Labs: //physics.byu.edu/courses/computational/phys230
Grades: //max.byu.edu

Syllabus

I will bring hardcopies of the syllabus to the first day of class. If you would like to download a pdf version of the syllabus, here is a pdf file: syllabus - Physics 230 - Winter 2015.pdf

Labs

The labs are posted here: //physics.byu.edu/courses/computational/phys230. In case you want to work ahead, be aware that I may edit the labs slightly during the semester...but they should not change too much.

Scores and Grade

I will use the Physics Department's "Max" system to keep track of grades: //max.byu.edu

Exams

Here are exam solutions for this semester. As an added bonus you get to see how long the problems took me (I keep track of that as a way to assess the difficulty level of the problems).

Exam 1, with solutions: exam 1_ws.nb
Exam 2, with solutions: exam 2_ws.nb

Term Project

Guidelines for the term project (includes a grading rubric).
Ideas, advice, and actual projects done