PHYS 211 :: Physics Illinois :: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Welcome to Phys 211!
Final exam massmail sent 4/20.
Important information for late registering students:
- Please carefully read the course website to ensure you are aware of all the course components.
- All students will receive credit for all week 1 assignments.
- All students will receive credit for lecture attendance in week 2.
- Any missed prelectures or checkpoints beginning in week 2 will count toward your 3 drops for each.
- Any missed lectures beginning in week 3 will count toward your 5 automatically excused lecture absences.
- Homeworks 1-4 are open for full credit by 2/8 (same due date as homeworks 5-6).
- Prelab 0 is open for full credit by 2/4.
- Please register at the CBTF to ensure you get all updates from them regarding PHYS 211.
CARE tutoring has begun:
Drop-in Tutoring Hours: In-person Sun, Tues, Wed 12pm-10pm Mon, Thurs 12-10pm Fri, Sat 12-6pm
Remote Sun, Tues, Wed 6-8pm & 10pm-12am Mon, Thurs 6-8pmpm Fri, Sat 2-4pm
Tutoring schedule by course here, https://care.grainger.illinois.edu/tutoring
Important notes for week 1:
- There is a Prelecture and Checkpoint on smart physics due before each lecture, starting with lecture 1!
- Lecture 1 will cover course logistics and lecture 2 is (optional) open office hours to get any questions answered.
- No iClickers will be used in week 1, lecture attendance will not be counted.
- Following lecture 1 there will be video recordings available on the PHYS 211 mediaspace channel covering the week 1 course material. Please watch these between Lectures 1 and 2. The topics cover prelectures 1 (1-D kinematics) and 2 (vectors and 2-D kinematics) on smartPhysics.
- Zoom links for week 1 lectures (you must be logged into your illinois.edu account to access these):
- There are no discussion or lab sections in week 1.
- Homework 0 (in smart physics) is due before lecture 2.
- The welcome massmail sent out Friday 1/14
Lecture
Students must be on time and prepared for lecture.
- No credit will be granted to students attending without their iClicker.
- Your iClicker must be working to receive participation credit.
- You must bring your iClicker and note-taking supplies to every lecture, including the first.
- Please register your iClicker in the student gradebook.
- Be sure to refer to the iClicker information page for more information.
Homework
You can access the content at https://smart.physics.illinois.edu/ and you have full access for the first two weeks free of charge. Sometime in the first two weeks you will need to pay for access by purchasing a code through the UIUC bookstore. Details of how to pay for access are available via pdf.
Discussion
Students must be on time and prepared for discussion.
- Students arriving more than 10 minutes late for discussion will receive a grade of 0% on their quiz.
Laboratory
Students must be on time and prepared for labs.
- No credit will be granted to students arriving more than 10 minutes late for lab.
- You must have your IOLab device with you for each lab section (including the first section).
- Please review the required materials list to see what you need.
- You will upload your lab reports to my.physics for grading.
- Labs are due at 11:59 pm on the day your lab section meets. Late labs will not be accepted.
Exams
- View Formula Sheet
- Review the exam information page for details
Excused Absences
- Please submit your excused absence no later than 12 business days from your absence via the Excused Absences application.
- For more information regarding this course's excuses policy, please refer to the Attendance Policy page.
Academic Integrity
- All activities in this course, including documentation submitted for petition for an excused absence, are subject to the Academic Integrity rules as described in Article 1, Part 4, Academic Integrity, of the Student Code.