E-mail: tyson@adm.njit.edu

Office Tel.:  973-642-4681

Office: Room 484 Tiernan Hall

Class Location: Faculty 403 (Tuesday 6:00PM to 9:05 PM)

Office Hour:  Tuesday 5 to 6 PM (and by appointment)

• Class is associated with Physics 231A laboratory.  Dropping course requires dropping the laboratory
  
• Class WWW page can be found at:  http://web.njit.edu/~tyson/p234.html
  
• Assignments are due each week at the beginning of class
  
• Textbook A: Physics For Scientist and Engineers (7^th Edition), by R. A. Serway and J. W. Jewett
  (ISBN 978-0-495-76134, NJIT Special Edition - Phys 234)
  
  Textbook B: Fundamentals of Physics  (8^th Edition) by J. Walker   
  (ISBN 978-0-470-04479-7)
  
• Supplementary Texts:

(1) Schaum's Outline- Modern Physics  by R. Gautreau and W. Savin

(2) Schaum's Outline - Physics for Scientists and Engineers   by M. Browne

(3) Physics for Scientists and Engineers  by P. A. Tipler

Homework            ~15%

Weekly Quizzes     ~15%

Midterm Exams      ~40 % (total for 2 exams)

Final Exam             ~30% (comprehensive)

• Exam Schedule to be announced

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           Chapters to be Covered*

Week 1  -   Oscillations (Chapter 15, Textbook A)

Week 2  -   Waves I  (Chapters 16 and 17 , Textbook A)

Week 3 -   Waves II (Chapters 17 (cont.)  and 18 , Textbook A)

Week 4  -   Reflection and Refraction (Chapter 35, Textbook A) and Exam Review

Week 5 -    Interference (Chapter 37 , Textbook A)   and   EXAM I

Week 6 -  Diffraction (Chapter 38, Textbook A)

Week 7 -  Photons and Matter Waves (Chapter 38, Textbook B)

Week 8 -  More About Matter Waves (Chapter 39, Textbook B) and Exam Review 

 Week 9 - About the Atom (Chapter 40, Textbook B)and   EXAM II

Week 10 - About the Atom (Chapter 40, Textbook B, continued) and Exam Review

Week 11 - Conduction of Electricity in Solids (Chapter 41, Textbook B)

Week 12 -  Conduction of Electricity in Solids (Chapter 41, Textbook B, continued)

Week 13 - To be Assigned

       Final Exams  (Dec 11 to 17, Comprehensive)

        Last Class Dec. 8th

        Reading Day Dec. 10th

        Exam Dec. 15th at 6 PM

* Please read all sections of  the chapters before attending class