OCG123, Spring 2001
Notices

26 April 2001
    We will be having a review session at 7 p.m. on Wednesday 2 May in our regular classroom.
    There will be no written assignment for Chapter 11.

12 March
    Syllabus has been revised in accordance with class discussion on Friday 9 March. See revised schedule of lectures.

7 March
    Note the change in scheduling for the final exam. It is now on Tuesday 8 May from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

5 February
The first hourly exam
    The first hourly exam will look very much like class discussion and the homework assignments. It will not be multiple-choice; you will have to write out the answers, including constructing basic diagrams and solving simple numerical problems. It will be a mix of definitions, short answers, longer answers, and problems. You will not need to remember the values of numerical constants, but you will need to know how to work with them. I have posted the answers to the second set of homework problems. 
    Joanne has provided me with a list of questions posed in the review sessions today. As time permits, I will post answers to them during Monday and Tuesday.
    I have noticed that quite a number of you seem unfamiliar with the material that I go over during class. Please recall the passage in the syllabus to the effect that you should have read the material before class and be ready to discuss it. Not doing this will make it unnecessarily hard for you to prepare for the exams. I also remind you that you should be spending three hours outside of class for each hour inside. Anything less may put your grade at risk.
    Here is a good way to prepare for the exams. (1) Make sure you understand the Chapter Summary. (2) Be able to define the key terms. (3) Know how to answer the Review Questions assigned for each chapter. (4) Understand the major points in the Critical-Thinking Problems that were assigned.

4 February
    This week we will have the first hourly exam on Wednesday the 7th, as scheduled. It will cover whatever we get through on Monday. Homework assignment 3, for Chapter 3, will be due on Friday the 9th. (You can work on the assignment in preparation for the exam, and pretty it up for Friday.

21 January
    Last Friday, TA Joanne Bintz discovered a problem with the laboratory room—it seems to be much too small for the size of our class. We will discuss the situation in class Monday.

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