Lectures:

Tuesday & Thursday 12:40 - 2 PM, Physics 2000

Discussion sections (some might be cancelled depending on enrollment):

  • PHYS007-002: Mon. 12:10 - 1 PM, ENGR2 141
  • PHYS007-003: Wed. 1:10 - 2 PM, ENGR2 141
  • PHYS007-004: Fri. 9:10 - 10 AM, ENGR2 139
  • PHYS007-005: Mon. 2:10 - 3 PM, SURGE 171
  • PHYS007-006: Wed. 8:10 - 9 AM, ENGR2 139
  • PHYS007-007: Fri. 8:10 - 9 AM, INTS 2136

Note: you must sign-up in a discussion section in order to be properly registered

Instructor:

Jose Wudka

  • Room 3042 (Physics Building)
  • tel. x 2 4296
  • E-mail: jose.wudka@ucr.edu
  • Office hours: Thursday 2:00-3:30 PM, or by appointment.

TA's:

Jim Buchholz

Monica Lopez

  • Room 2054 Physics
  • E-mail: mlope021@ucr.edu
  • Office hours: Wednesday and Friday 1 - 2 PM, or by appointment

Grading policy:

  • homework: 30%
  • midterm 1: 35%
  • midterm 2: 35%

Exams:

  • Midterm 1: Feb 7, 12:40 - 2 PM; Physics 2000.
  • Midterm 2: March 21, 8-11 AM; Physics 2000.
    Note: the second midterm is not cumulative.

Exams consist of a short answer section and a multiple choice section.

Students must provide a scantron form for both exams

Sample exam questions will be available from Blackboard

Homework:

There are 9 homework assignments; available thorough Blackboard (http://ilearn.ucr.edu/)

  • The due day is indicated in each homework. No late assignments will be accepted
  • All assignments are to be submitted through Blackboard (http://ilearn.ucr.edu/)
  • The homework grade will be calculated by dropping the lowest assignment
  • All assignments are worth the same

IMPORTANT: Students have 1 week after the due date to inform the instructor and/or TA's of any problems with the electronic submission of homework assignments.

Texts:

  • REQUIRED: Relativity Simply Explained (M. Gardner)
  • REFERENCE: Cosmology, A Very Short Introduction (P. Cole)
  • REFERENCE: Relativity, Space-Time and Cosmology (J. Wudka)

Lecture notes:

Available through the Physics 7 page (http://physics.ucr.edu/~wudka/physics7.html) or through Blackboard (http://ilearn.ucr.edu/)

Power-point presentations will NOT be made available to the students