Course web site: http://webct.bu.edu
To log in, click on MyWebCT at the top right of the screen. Your login name is your regular BU acs login name and your password is your acs kerberos password. In case of any problems, please contact Prof. Duffy. If you do not have an acs account you must get one. You can start the application process on-line at
http://www.bu.edu/computing/accounts/acsaccounts/creating/individual.html
and you will need to go to 111 Cummington with your BU ID to complete the process.

The web site contains all course information, a bulletin board, and a variety of useful physics resources. You will also be able to check your grades (labs, homework, quizzes, etc.) during the semester. It is your responsibility to check that your grades have been recorded correctly.

Homework: There are two kinds of homework assignments for this course. Most weeks there will be an on-line homework assignment that is turned in on WebAssign. The numbers and/or variables in the on-line assignments can be randomized so everyone gets a unique version of any problem. For three weeks of the semester (once before each test/exam) assignments will be handed in on paper (hand them in in the PY105 box with your teaching fellow's name on it downstairs in the basement of SCI). These assignments will be made up of old test questions, and are designed to help prepare you for the format and grading system of our tests. In all cases the assignments are due by 10 pm on the due date, which is generally a Monday.

Homework counts for 3/4 of your discussion grade. You are strongly encouraged to obtain help during discussion sections and/or during office hours. You may discuss homework with classmates but the work you turn in should be your own. Solutions will be posted on WebCT after the due date.

The homework assignments due the week of the midterm tests are optional, in the sense that they will not count toward your grade. These optional assignments will cover material that you are responsible for on the tests, though, so we strongly encourage you to work through them. All the remaining homework assignments count toward your course grade, and to pass the course you must get at least 50% of the maximum possible homework score.

Discussion sections: These begin Wednesday September 13^th. Much of the time in discussion will be spent working with other students in small collaborative groups. Some weeks at the end of your discussion there will be a conceptual exercise that is graded out of 5. The conceptual exercises will count for 1/4 of your discussion grade.

Laboratories: Labs begin on Monday September 11^th with the Forces Between Carts experiment. The complete schedule of experiments is included in the syllabus. Your best 8 lab scores count toward the lab grade, and you must complete at least 7 labs to receive credit for the course. A lab is only complete when your personal report is handed in during or at the end of the session.

Labs are held either in the basement of SCI or in rooms SCI-134 or SCI-136. The room assignments for a particular week will be posted on all lab doors.

The form of the lab report is detailed on a separate sheet which is included with the syllabus. Lab reports are turned in at the end of the 3-hour sessions, so you should be as prepared as possible when you enter the lab. To encourage you to prepare for lab each experiment has a pre-lab exercise that counts for 20% of the grade. These exercises are posted on our WebCT site, and must be turned in to your lab TF at the start of the lab period. Anyone turning in late pre-lab assignments, or completing them after arriving at the lab, will not receive credit for the pre-lab. You are welcome to discuss the exercises with a lab TF or professor in advance.