Course Description Classical Mechanics Lab/Electricity and Magnetism Lab are 1-credit courses that are designed to introduce students to quantitative experimental techniques and to help develop the "physical intuition" that is essential to learning Classical Physics. Students in 173.115/116 are expected to perform at a higher level than those in 173.111/112 and the syllabus may include a different selection of labs. The course has one 3-hour meeting per week on Monday evenings 6-8:50PM in Bloomberg 165A. All work is to be completed and submitted to the TA during each weekly class meeting. Course Instructor Professor Morris Swartz Department of Physics & Astronomy Office: Bloomberg 427 Phone: (410) 516-5159 email: morris@jhu.edu Web Page: http://physics.jhu.edu/people/faculty/morris.html Office Hours: Monday 10.00-12.00 Teaching Assistant Anirban Ghosh Office: Bloomberg 421 Phone: (410) 516-5106 email: aghosh@pha.jhu.edu Office Hours: Wednesday 2.00-3.00pm Course Materials All students must purchase a hardcopy version of "Electricity & Magnetism Laboratory Manual", Spring 2010 edition, from Printing Services in basement of Wyman Park Building. That version will remain in the lab at all times. A pdf version for lab prep can be downloaded here (ask your TA for the authentication/password pair). "An Introduction to Error Analysis", 2nd edition, by John R. Taylor. Recommended but optional (Bookstore) Course Schedule Week Labs Jan 25 Introduction Feb 1 Exp 21 Feb 8 Snow Feb 15 Exp 22 Feb 22 Exp 24 Mar 1 Exp 25 Mar 8 Exp 26 Mar 15 Spring Break Week, No Labs Mar 22 Exp 27 Mar 29 Exp 29 Apr 5 Exp 30 Apr 12 Exp 23 Apr 19 Exp 28 Apr 26 Exp 31 May 3 Exp 18 Rules and Regulations Please review lab manual writeup before coming to class. Show up at the Lab promptly, and turn in your lab report before your Lab session is ended (8:50pm). No food or drink in the Lab (State law) and no cell phone in the Lab. Remember your PC usernames and passwords. When you leave, sign off your PC, return all equipment to the way you started, and clean up anything you left behind. Grading Policy Grades will be based upon the best 10 of 12 labs. It will be possible to make-up ONE lab during the last week of class. Grading Scale Lab and Quiz grades will be reported on the following scale: 4.5 - work exceeds our expectations (you do extra stuff) 4.0 - work demonstrates mastery 3.0 - not perfect, but work demonstrates that you mostly understand what you are doing 2.0 - you do not understand some important things 1.0 - you demonstrate that you don't get it 0.0 - you did not show-up or you did not even try to do the work The final grade will involve some rescaling of these numbers.