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Welcome to Physics 225 - Relativity & Math Applications! This website contains all the information for the course. For Spring 2021, all course components are available online via remote instruction.
- End of semester logistics:
- The final lecture will be Tues April 27 and will provide a review of the full course material to help you study for the final exam
- The final discussion sections will be Thurs April 29 and Fri April 20
- The final homework assignment is due Mon May 3
- The final office hours will be Fri May 7
First lecture and assignments:
- Final exam information:
- The midterm will be held Tues May 11 8-11 AM (email benhoob@illinois.edu with [phys225exam] in subject if unable to attend at this time)
- About 10 problems of similar style and difficulty to discussion section problems covering all material in the course
- Exam will be made available on compass2g, and you will have 3 hours to complete exam and submit it electronically via compass2g
- Calculators are allowed and an equation sheet will be provided, no other materials are allowed
- The midterm practice problems are available here and solutions are available here
- There are 14 final practice problems available here and the solutions are available here.
Plans for remote instruction:
- The first lecture will be Tuesday Jan 26 4 PM on zoom at: https://illinois.zoom.us/j/89554091593?pwd=OHRLNHdwQm1KaStSU21KcjE3aktLZz09 (passcode 225).
- The first discussion section will be held on Thursday Jan 28 and Friday Jan 29. Check your section time on this schedule. The zoom links will be posted here shortly.
- To coordinate discussion and questions about course material, a Piazza has been set up for this course at: https://piazza.com/illinois/spring2020/phys225/home.
- Lectures: lectures will be given on zoom at this link (passcode 225), and recorded video lectures with close captions will be provided at units.
- Homework assignments: homework assignments may be submitted electronically at https://compass2g.illinois.edu/. To upload your homework: log in, click on physics 225, click on homework, then select the assignment and upload your homework.
- Discussion sections: virtual discussion sections will be held on zoom at:
- D4J (Thurs 1 PM): https://illinois.zoom.us/j/89554091593?pwd=OHRLNHdwQm1KaStSU21KcjE3aktLZz09 (same as lecture)
- D4A (Thurs 9 AM), D4U (Thurs 5 PM), and D5A (Fri 8 AM): https://illinois.zoom.us/j/85959990984?pwd=YTh4M0xMQ2Ura3JwMERpMXF6cjFOZz09
- D4E (Thurs 11 AM), D4M (Thurs 3 PM), and D5E (Fri 10 AM): https://illinois.zoom.us/j/82977044189?pwd=RHdYZnlSN09ibUpjQmk4NlovbklQUT09
- Class Times and Locations
Lectures Tuesdays from 4:00 - 4:50 PM Discussion Sections Thursdays and Fridays (see schedule)
- Office hours (Thurs 1-5 PM and Fri 12-4 PM on zoom at: https://illinois.zoom.us/j/84264066654?pwd=VENCajNzcUJodlFCYXN3MytjZTN0dz09):
Thurs 1-2 PM Murong Chen Thurs 2-3 PM Siddharth Mansingh Thurs 3-4 PM Ben Hooberman Thurs 4-5 PM Jahan Claes Fri 12-1 PM Tianhao Wu Fri 1-2 PM Sarat Lewsirirat Fri 2-3 PM Samuel Peng Fri 3-4 PM Yumu Yang - Instructors
- Lecturer: Prof. Ben Hooberman, email benhoob@illinois.edu with "[phys225] " in the subject line
- TA: Jahan Claes, jclaes2@illinois.edu
- TA: Siddharth Mansingh, sm38@illinois.edu
- grader: Samuel Peng, whpeng2@illinois.edu
- grader: Yumu Yang, yumuy2@illinois.edu
- grader: Sarat Lewsirirat, saratl2@illinois.edu
- grader: Murong Cheng, murongc2@illinois.edu
- grader: Tianhao Wu, twu49@illinois.edu
- email link to all graders: graders
- (or send an email to: saratl2@illinois.edu; murongc2@illinois.edu; whpeng2@illinois.edu; yumuy2@illinois.edu; twu49@illinois.edu)
- Recommended textbook
- There is no required book for this course, but a textbook is often very helpful to provide a different point of view and additional detail. If you would like to purchase a textbook, I recommend "Special Relativity" by A.P. French.
- Course grading
- Your grade in this course will be based on successful completion of the weekly homework assignments (35%), participation in lectures (5%), participation in the discussion sessions (10%), performance on a mid-term exam (15%), and performance on the final exam (35%).
- Homework due dates and time
- Homework is due at 4 PM on Mondays. Your solutions are to be submitted electronically via compass2g.
- Late policy for homework
- If you don't make the deadline, you may turn your homework assignment in by the following Tuesday at 4 PM and receive 80% credit.
- Late policy for attendance at discussion sessions
- Discussion attendance counts for 10% of your grade in the course.If you're 10 minutes or more late to discussion section more than once, you will not receive participation credit. You get one free pass to be late to discussion section.
- Equation sheet
- A summary of all the equations used in physics 225 is available here.