Phys 1250: College Physics I

Course Syllabus

Fall Semester 1999

Instructor: Carl Adler Office Hours: TTH 11:00 - 12:00 AM 
in my office & MTWTH 4:00 - 5:00 PM in my 
CyberOffice (http://carladler.org/cgi-bin/chatform.acgi).
                       
Office: 105N Howell    Phone: 328-6428
E-mail: Prof@CarlAdler.org
URLs: Course Specific <http://CarlAdler.org
      (Almost everything you need is behind the 
picture of the school house on the wall.)
      Course  General <http://www.image-ination.com/ECU/>
      Internet Service  Providers <http://www.image-ination.com/www/ISPs.html>
      Academic Status Calculator <http://www.image-ination.com/ECU/regist.html>

EVALUATION: The final grade will be based on the highest of two options:
A) Each test 20% and the final 40%
B) Each test 15%, quantitative homework 25% <http://www.image-ination.com/1250> ,qaulitative homework http://www.image-ination.com/1250q 5%, and the final 25%
Homework must be completed on the WEB before the day of the test that covers the relevant chapters. Go to the first URL (above) the grades are in the gradebook on the desk (your password, unless you choose otherwise, is your SS#), and the syllabus and other help is behind the picture of the schoolhouse.

1. The homework is accessible at Quantitative: http://www.image-ination.com/1250>, Qualitative: http://www.image-ination.com/1250q
2. There are typically 8-10 problems per assignment (usually 10)
3. To receive credit for an assignment you must score >59.
4. You must complete 12 assignments to receive full credit for the homework.
5. You may work each assignment as often as you want, the problems won't change but the numbers in the quantitative will be different each time. The grade you receive for course credit will always be the highest score you achieved on any assignment.
6. Each time you submit an assignment you will be given immediately the correct answers and your score.
7. Study the questions you missed until you find the error and can duplicate the correct answers before trying the assignment again. -----------------------------------------------------------------------
   1. You must enter your name, password (SS#-without spaces or hyphens) and section number before the assignment will be graded.
   2. The quantitative homework will only (and automatically) be submitted when you score >59. You need to submit the qualitative homework yourself when you achieve a grade >59.
   3. Any physical constants and conversion factors you need for the quantitative homework can be found from the links at the top of the page.
   4. Make sure to enter your correct section number. Even if you get 100 you will not receive credit if you use the wrong section number.
   5. You can access the homework from home using any of the ISPs (internet Service Providers) available in Greenville or from campus using any of the computer labs listed at http://www.ecu.edu/acms/lab/. AOL is not recommended!

You can use your picture to represent you when you talk (or you can use the available emoticons). To use your picture, you have several options:

1. Email your picture to me and I will put it on the chat page sothat you can just click on it.
   
2. Give me a disk with your picture and I will do the same.
   
3. Put your picture on a server and enter the address in the image field as http://your.server.com/yourfolder/picture.gif (or picture.jpg)