Useful Relations for the First Exam

Useful relations for the first exam will be provided with the test on Friday, February 18th. For your advanced information, you can find these relations on a handout ["Some (possibly useful) relations for Test 1"] in the Physics Handout Room (4-339B).

EXAM INFORMATION

Hour Tests and Final Exam Three 1-hour tests will be given in your normal lecture hour. There will also be a final exam. Set aside these test times and dates now.

Test #1 Friday Feb 18

Test #2 Weds., March 15

Test #3 Weds., April 19

Final Exam To be scheduled

Each Hour Test will cover all previous material in the course, but with strong emphasis on the material since the previous Hour Test. The Final Exam will be a two-hour test (3 hours allowed). It will consist of 3-4 problems on material previously covered in the Hour Tests, and 2 or 3 problems on the material covered after Hour Test #3. All papers for a given test problem will be graded together by a small group of staff to provide grading uniformity. Sample test problems will be provided.

It is important that you take your test at the time of your scheduled lecture, and at the assigned locations, according to the first letter of your last name. Otherwise severe crowding can occur, and you could be required to move, thus losing time for the test.

A-K Room 50-340 Enter from Memorial Drive side.

L-Z Room 26-100 Excuses from Tests.

There will be no make-up tests. EXCUSES FROM THE HOUR TESTS MUST BE REQUESTED IN ADVANCE OF THE TEST (if you are physically able to do so) FROM PROF. GEORGE KOSTER, IN PERSON OR BY PHONE, 4-334, 3-4870. (If he does not answer, send email - phyjbm@mit.edu - asking him when you can call or where/when he can reach you.) Acceptable excuses will be rare and will be granted only for verifiable and significant medical reasons. EXCUSES NOT ACCEPTABLE include doctors' appointments, malfunctioning alarm clocks, the advent of Daylight Saving Time, oversleeping for any reason, travel delays/plans, etc. A grade of zero will be assigned for unexcused missed tests. If you are excused from a test, the remaining tests will be used to determine the overall average test grade. Institute rules govern absences from the Final Exam.