PHYSICS 100BL, GENERAL PHYSICS LABORATORY

SPRING 2004

CLASS #: 18954

Tuesdays, 18:00-20:50

Room SC1107

Textbook: PHYSICS 100BL LABORATORY MANUAL   by  Department of Physics and Astronomy California State University, Northridge

 

T. Chen

E-mail: taonian.chen@csun.edu

Office: SC1120C

 

Office Hours:

Mondays: 8:50-9:50

Tuesdays: 9:15-10:15

 

Objective: This course covers the first half of the 100 series laboratory practices. It fulfills the laboratory requirement of General Education Section B.1 in the physical science by covering electricity, magnetism, and optics.

 

Prerequisite: PHYSICS 100B/concurrently-taking 100B preferred.

 

Course Schedule

Date

Experiments

Date

Experiments

2/3

Introduction/Organization

 3/30

O-1 Snell’s law and Applications

2/10

Data Analysis

 4/6

Spring Recess  

2/17

E-1 Digital Multimeter (no report)

 4/13

O-2 Refraction and Thin Lenses

2/24

E-2 simple DC Circuit

 4/20

O-3 One Lens and Two Lens Systems

3/2

E-3 Wheatstone Bridge

 4/27

O-4 Double Slit: Single Slit Diffraction

3/9

E-4 Slidewire Pontentiometer

 5/4

O-5 Polarization of Light

3/16

E-5 RC Circuit Discharge

 5/11

O-6 Emission Bright Line Spectra

3/23

E-6 Simple AC Circuit

 

 

 

 

  1. There will be 12 experiments. Lab reports are due at the beginning of the lab period the week following the experiment. Overdue reports will not be accepted.

Each report is worth 10 points      

      2.   There will be a quiz for each experiment. Each quiz is worth 10 points.

  1. Students will also be evaluated based on attendance and lab performance.

Absence and non-participation will affect the final grade. The students with full attendance will get 10 points. The students with absence more than twice will automatically fail the course.

  1. The report/quiz with the lowest score will be dropped.
  2. There will be no make-up session for any missed experiment. However, you have the option of dropping a missing experiment as your lowest score.
  3. The final letter grade is based on the total points accumulated. The highest point is calculated as: 10 x 10 (reports) + 10 x 10 (quizzes) + 10 (attendance) = 210. The distribution of the grades is A: 189, B: 165, C: 135, D: 105, and F: 80, with +, - at both ends. No A+ will be granted.
  4. A special office hour will be scheduled after the final exam so that the students can review their final grades. When the grades are finalized no change of the grades can be made. Do not send emails for grade inquiry.
  5. The students should strictly follow the laboratory safety rules. Should any accident occur, report the accident to the instructor immediately.