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General Info
Grades
Course help
Lectures will be asynchronous, and will be available on PrairieLearn. Following each video, there will be a short conceptual question to ensure that you're following along and understanding course material. These questions will be your participation grade for the class. These questions are due at the same time as the homework for the corresponding unit.
The official class website is http://courses.engr.illinois.edu/tam212/
Kinematics and dynamics of the three-dimensional motion of particles; kinematics and dynamics of the plane motion of rigid bodies; methods of work/energy and impulse/momentum; moving reference frames.
TAM 210 or TAM 211.
There is no required textbook for this class. However, these texts are very useful
The total score for the course is computed with the following weights:
Computer-based Quizzes (PrairieLearn)
Online Homework (PrairieLearn)
Participation (PrairieLearn Lecture Recording Questions)
Final Exam
40%
20%
5%
35%
The total score s corresponds to final grades as follows.
| 97% ≤ s < 100% | A+ | 93% ≤ s < 97% | A | 90% ≤ s < 93% | A- |
| 87% ≤ s < 90% | B+ | 83% ≤ s < 87% | B | 80% ≤ s < 83% | B- |
| 77% ≤ s < 80% | C+ | 73% ≤ s < 77% | C | 70% ≤ s < 73% | C- |
| 67% ≤ s < 70% | D+ | 63% ≤ s < 67% | D | 60% ≤ s < 63% | D- |
| s ≤ 60% | F |
Professor Halloran: office hours by appointment.
Teaching assistant: office hours are held online, at the corresponding zoom link. Office hours will start the second week of the semester.
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Time: Evening Location: Zoom |
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3-5pm and 6-8 pm |
3-6pm |
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TAs monitor Campuswire according to the following schedule:
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Quizzes will be proctored on Zoom, and the link will be provided in PrairieTest.