Phy-224

Phy-224

Below are the relevant syllabus and Important Notes containing the access link to experiment texts and pre-lab assignments. 

PHY-224 SYLLABUS – FALL SEMESTER 2022

Week of Room # Experiment
August 29 101 ONLY MONDAY LAB SECTIONS MEET (compensate for Labor Day Holiday): Introduction to Data and Error Analysis
Sep 6 101 Introduction to Data and Error Analysis – Regularly Scheduled Tu-Fr
Sep 12 101 Acceleration of Freely Falling Bodies
Sep 19 101 Viscosity
Sep 26 104 Gas Laws
Oct 3 104 Measurement of Specific Heat, Latent Heat of Fusion
Oct 17 102 Geometrical Optics
Oct 24 104 Transverse Waves in a String under Tension
Oct 31 100 Measurement of the Speed of Sound
Nov 7 102 Interference and Diffraction of Light
Nov 14 102 Determination of the Refractive Index of Air

IMPORTANT NOTES

 The text of the upcoming experiment has to be studied before coming to class. The text is available online at https://courses.physics.miami.edu/classes/208/2022fall with login credential your CaneLink ID#;
  1. For each experiment there is a two-problem online pre-lab test based on the text. Its aim is to stimulate the independent study. The aggregated equal pre-lab test credits amount to 15% of the final grade. Deadline for the responses (server-enforced) is one hour before the lab start;
  2. There will be at least four quizzes during the semester over material of passed labs. They will count another 15% of the final grade;
  3. Showing up on the first two class sessions is of high importance, so much so that missing them leads to automatic drop of the course;
  4. One missed lab out of ten will decrease your lab report portion of the final grade by 10% automatically. Two missed labs will result in a failing grade. Legitimate emergency cases should arrange for make up immediately (no reading days for labs) by contacting both lab class instructors (regular and make up), and the labs office at ugradlabs@physics.miami.edu .

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