EnPh 131 Lec B04

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EnPh 131 Lec B04
Introduction Course syllabus Course components .
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EnPh 131 Lec B04 OUTLINE
Instructor Saeed Behzadipour (www.ualberta.ca/sa
eedb)
Website WebCT has a general page for EnPh131.
Extra material specific to this section will be
posted on my homepage. Check EnPh131 under
Teaching on the left frame
Seminars Semi-exams/quizzes on Mondays 800
850 in PE E 120. You can work in groups and also
get help for the TA/instructor. Please be
prepared before coming to the seminars. Seminar
problems are not easy!
Office hours 1. 45 min. following WF lectures
and Monday seminar 2. By appointment
(email/phone call) 2. Just drop by my office and
try your luck
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EnPh 131 Lec B04 OUTLINE
Assignments Ten sets each consisting of 5
problems. See the course webpage on WebCT for
problem list and due date.

• Textbook
• Hibbelers book 11th edition
• The principal text for most of the course. Older
  versions can be also used for study purposes
• The reference for the first 9 sets of
  assignments (older versions may not be the same)
• Young and Freedman 11th edition
• The principal text for the last two topics
• The reference for the last set of assignments

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EnPh 131 Lec B04 OUTLINE

• Collect your marks
• Final (50) Closed-book, formula sheet will be
  provided
• Midterm (20) Closed-book, formula sheet will be
  provided
• Assignment (5)
• Should be submitted weekly. Due date, time and
  the drop box are restricted!
• Seminar (5)
• Students solve a few problems with the help of
  the instructor and/or TA. The solutions will be
  collected and marked
• Lab (20)
• Five laboratory (see the schedule and other info
  at http//polaris.phys.ualberta.ca)
• You should get at a minimum mark of 50 in the
  lab component to pass the course

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How to study

• This is relatively a tough course (overall
  average about 60)
• Keys to success
• Maintain a constant pace you can never prepare
  for this exam over night. Have a regular study
  plan (it is really serious in this course!)
• This course needs a lot of practice Listening
  and understanding lectures count for 25 of your
  mark, the remaining 75 is obtained through
  problem solving. (These numbers are real!)
• Mark the good examples/problems for your future
  review. You will learn many critical things while
  solving problems. Mark those problems. Thats the
  fastest way to remember important things
• Enhance your problem solving skill Dont do the
  problems by trial and error. You should have
  clear and STRONG REASONS for what you do and what
  you dont do
• Stick to the PROCEDURES for solving the problems.
  The procedures given in the book and lectures are
  developed by experts to deal with complex
  problems. Dont confuse yourself by shortcuts

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How to Evaluate Your Progress

• Find the average number of iterations you make to
  solve one problem (going to end, consulting your
  results with your friends/book and going back to
  see what mistakes youve made) You should
  eventually get to 1-1.3
• See how fast you can dismantle a system/problem
  and develop a correct roadmap for the solution
  (depending on the difficulty of the problem, it
  should get to 5-8 minutes)
• In each assignment count the number of the
  problems in which you do not exactly know what
  youve done and cannot completely justify your
  solution to someone who might question any part
  of it. You should get it down to 1 or less
• We will revisit these guidelines after the
  midterm!