H.
Jeff Kimble
Office: 12-B E. Bridge
Mail Code: 12-33
Phone: x8340
e-mail: hjkimble@caltech.edu
Office Hours: Tuesday, Thursday, 1:30-3:00pm, or by appointment (email
is
best!)
- Math 1abc and Physics 1abc, or the
equivalents
(differential equations, complex numbers, mechanics, special
relativity,
electromagnetism).
-
Tuesday-Thursday, 10:30-11:55 am, 269
Lauritsen
- Other special lecture times as
announced here and in class during the term.
Available in the Caltech bookstore. Note that this book is out of print, but that permission was received to have it reproduced.
Timothy Dulaney: dulaney@caltech.edu
Office: 457 LAU
Office hours: Monday, 2:30-3:30pm
Prabha Mandayam: prabhamd@its.caltech.edu
Office: 449 LAU
Office hours: Tuesday, 1:30-2:30pm
Prabha: Wednesday, 3-4
PM, Location:
107 DWN
Timothy: Wednesday, 8-9 PM, Location: 269 LAU
Miguel Bandres, bandres@caltech.edu
Nate Bode, nbode@caltech.edu
Please email requests for extensions to the appropriate grader, before
the
assignment is due. Meetings with
the graders to discuss questions about grading should also be arranged
via
email.
The assignments are due in the Physics 12a IN box in 264 Lauritsen by 5:00pm on the following Thursday, and will be returned to the Physics 12a OUT box in 264 Lauritsen by the following Monday morning. Solution sets will be posted on the web. You are strongly encouraged to check your work when it is returned to you. Problem sets are essential for mastering the material in this class.
- Times for the midterm and final exams
will be posted here. Both exams will be take-home and limited
open-book (only
the text and class notes allowed). The final exam will be
comprehensive.
- Please do not plan to leave campus for
the Christmas Holiday until your final exam is completed.
- The overall course grade will be determined according to the following weighting: 30% problem sets, 30% midterm exam, 40% final exam.
OFFICIAL policy: Work will be accepted up to one
week late
at 1/2 credit, with no credit thereafter. Students may request
extensions from
the grader; extension requests are governed by the honor system!
- One extension is allowed without
question (your silver bullet).
- Extension requests should be
accompanied by a GOOD excuse (e.g., illness).
- Late papers make far more work for the graders, who have their own set of pressures and deadlines as graduate students. There is no entitlement to extensions, so please do not be demanding.
- Work is governed by the honor system. You may not use sources that contain the answer to a problem or to a very similar problem. Discussion with others is encouraged, but the work you hand in must be your own. In particular, do not use solution sets from previous years, or problem/solution books.
- Ombudsfolk are student volunteers who represent the students of each of the undergraduate houses. They collect suggestions, comments, complaints, etc., and present them to Professor Kimble at periodic meetings (free lunches!). Please communicate your concerns to your ombudsperson.
- Supplemental lecture material will be
handed out in class and posted on the class web site.
Last Updated: Wed, 30 Jan 08:50:34 PST 2007,
Timothy R. Dulaney.