PHYS 436 :: Physics Illinois :: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Lectures

Lectures take place 9-9:50 am on MWF and occur simultaneously in-person and over Zoom. The in-person class meets in 141 Loomis. To attend the in-person lecture you must have the SaferIllinois app installed on your phone or bring a valid boarding pass showing you have had a negative Covid test in the previous four days. You will also be required to wear a face covering. Choose a seat that is not taped off and has an "I" on the floor.

Alternatively, you can participate in the lecture online over Zoom. Put your questions in the chat window. I will repeat them for in-person attendees and attempt to answer them in a way everyone can hear.

Online Zoom lecture: https://illinois.zoom.us/j/85016092163?pwd=TFJ1QmZ6a0wzdFl2VHNDbTNXTTNjdz09

Remote lectures are for registered 436 students only. You will have to login to Zoom using your illinois.edu email address to join the class.

I will post videos of past lectures here: Lecture 1 part 1, Lecture 1 part 2, Lecture 2, Lecture 3, Lecture 4, Lecture 5, Lecture 6, Lecture 7 part 1, Lecture 7 part 2, Lecture 8, Lecture 9, Lecture 10, Lecture 11 part 1, Lecture 11 part 2, Lecture 12, Lecture 13, Lecture 13 part 2, Lecture 14, Lecture 15, Lecture 16, Lecture 17, Lecture 18, Lecture 19, Lecture 20, Lecture 21, Lecture 22, Lecture 23, Lecture 24, Lecture 25, Lecture 26, Lecture 27, Lecture 28, Lecture 29, Lecture 30, Lecture 31, Lecture 32, Lecture 33, Lecture 34, Lecture 35 part 1, Lecture 35 part 2.

Note: Sometimes I get a bit behind in lecture. So the above videos are sometimes slightly behind the topical schedule on the syllabus.

Optional Mandatory Attendance

Phys 436 students can elect to receive up to 10% of the total points in the course by attending the lecture in real time, either in person or over Zoom. Please respond to the following survey before Wed., Feb 3 to indicate whether you will participate in this program:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScO4974txnHIkoKGTs8iV6UKQnUSR0PU_tCDm-Vwq5cGrXGlg/viewform

To participate please make a *free* iClicker Cloud account at https://www.iclicker.com. If this is your first time using this service, click "Create an Account" and make an account using your netid@illinois.edu email address. Once logged in, click the plus sign in the upper right-hand corner of the screen. Enter "Physics Dept: University of Illinois at Urbana" for the institution. Join the course by entering "Phys 436" as the course name. To get credit for attending class, register yourself as present in the lecture either using the app on your phone or a web browser. If you have questions please email me at abbamont@illinois.edu.

We will start taking attendance on Friday, Feb. 5.

Homework

There will be one homework set assigned each week. It will be posted on Friday on the course syllabus and will be due at 5 pm on the subsequent Friday. Homework will be handed in, graded, and returned using Gradescope. Please create a Gradescope account, if you do not have one already, and use code 2RB2N7 to add Phys 436.

Discussions

Discussion sections take place on Tuesdays and will be held over Zoom using its breakout feature (see the course syllabus). The purpose of the discussion is not just to make you work another problem, but to get you talking about physics with other people. The expectation is that you will work the problem during your discussion section. Grading is pass-fail and based on both how well you did on the problem and whether you participated. Here are the Zoom links for different sections:

D1 (6-6:50 pm): https://illinois.zoom.us/j/85420765832?pwd=Slh0bEt0RkZxWUlIME1DRXJ2bll3Zz09 Password = Maxwell
D2 (7-7:50 pm): https://illinois.zoom.us/j/85420765832?pwd=Slh0bEt0RkZxWUlIME1DRXJ2bll3Zz09 Password = Maxwell

Exams

There will be three "in class" hour exams as indicated on the course syllabus. The exams will take place during normal class time and proctored online using the Computer-Based Testing Facility (CBTF). Read more about this service here.