The Final Exam will be on Tuesday, May 5, 6 pm . It will not be given at any other time and failure to take the exam will result in a 0 for that exam, so please make end-of-semester plans accordingly.
There are five quizzes and a final exam.
Your are required to abide by the following quiz and exam regulations:
We treat cheating with zero tolerance. The consequences of cheating are at a minimum that the score for work on which cheating occurs counts as 0 and all instances of misconduct will be reported to the Dean’s office. It is the responsibility of every student to be aware of the contents of the Boston University Academic Conduct Code and to abide by its provisions.
Bring only your BU ID, a pen (blue or black ink) or pencil, and your Texas Instruments TI-30X IIS 2-Line Scientific Calculator (but you must not bring the calculator cover) to the quiz (or exam) room; use of any other calculator is an academic conduct violation. No other electronic devices may be used; all electronic communication is forbidden, and all communication devices (including watches) must be placed in airplane mode and stowed away.
Please use only the paper provided. You will be provided with the Information Sheet that includes a periodic table, physical constants, and major formulas. Scrap paper may not be used. Points may be deducted for answers reported to an incorrect number of significant figures and if proper units are not used throughout each calculation. All work must be shown to receive credit.
Quiz 1, Monday, February 10, 6:30 pm. The quiz is based on all of the course material (lecture, textbook, discussion, and lab) from Chapters 15 and 16 in McQuarrie et al (excluding sections 15-9 through 15-13). Please note that the answers to the problems discussed during the discussion sections are posted on the Handouts page (here), and that the information sheet there will be provided at the quiz.
The quiz is held in the following locations, according to the first letter(s) of your last name. The building abbreviations below are here and the campus map is here.
Quiz 2, Monday, March 2, 6:30 pm. The quiz is based on all of the course material (lecture, textbook, discussion, and lab) from Chapters 17, 18, and 19 in McQuarrie et al (excluding sections 17-7 and 18-7). Please note that while the quiz focuses on the preceding, it assumes material covered earlier. The answers to the problems discussed during the discussion sections are posted on the Handouts page (here), and the information sheet there will be provided at the quiz.
The quiz is held in the following locations, according to the first letter(s) of your last name. The building abbreviations below are here and the campus map is here.
Quiz 3, Monday, March 23, 6:30 pm. The quiz is based on all of the course material (lecture, textbook, discussion, and lab) from Chapter 20 in McQuarrie et al. Note that while the quiz focuses on the preceding, it assumes material covered earlier. Please note that the answers to the problems discussed during the discussion sections are posted on the Handouts page (here), and that the information sheet there will be provided at the quiz.
Please note: Quiz #3 will function differently than previous quizzes. Rather than the usual quiz format, Quiz 3 will be an open-book, take-home quiz. The quiz will be emailed to you on Monday, March 23, 2020 at 6:30pm EDT (GMT-4), and will be due six days later on Sunday, March 29, 2020 before 11:59pm EDT (GMT-4). For this quiz, you are permitted to use your textbook, recorded lectures, and notes in working through the quiz. That said, your work on Quiz 3 must be yours own alone — i.e., you are not permitted to discuss the quiz or quiz questions with anyone or consult any other resources (other than your book, recorded lectures, and notes). You are permitted to use any calculator to complete this quiz, and you should also use the provided Information Sheet. Your answers must be written on the provided quiz template — see previous email or the Piazza post 542. Points may be deducted for answers reported to an incorrect number of significant figures and if proper units are not used throughout each calculation. All work must be shown to receive credit. Given that this is a take-home quiz, it is especially critical that you abide by the Academic Conduct Code.
Quiz 4, Monday, April 6, 6:30 pm. The quiz is based on all of the course material (lecture, textbook, discussion) from McQuarrie et al., Chapters 21, 22, and the beginning of 23 (as included in the week 10 discussion worksheet). Answers to the problems discussed during the discussion sections are posted on the Handouts page (here), and the information sheet there will be provided with the quiz. Note that while the quiz focuses on the preceding, it assumes the material covered earlier.
Quiz #4 will function in the same manner as Quiz 3, except for two differences: (1) the quiz will only be available for a 12-hour period (to accommodate students in many time zones); and (2) there will be a 2 hour time limit for the quiz. The quiz will be available starting at 6:30 pm EDT (GMT-4) on April 6th and gradescope will stop accepting submissions at 6:30 am EDT (GMT-4) on April 7th. During these 12 hours you will time yourself, and you may take 120 minutes to complete the quiz. Then, you will upload the quiz to gradescope before the deadline at 6:30am EDT (GMT-4). Late quizzes will not be accepted, so make sure to submit your work well in-advance of the deadline.
For this quiz, you are permitted to use your textbook and class notes. That said, your work must be yours own alone. This means you are not permitted to discuss the quiz or quiz questions with anyone or consult any other resources (other than your book and notes). You may use any calculator to complete this quiz, and the provided Information Sheet. Your answers must be written on the provided quiz template — see previous email or Piazza post 542.
Points may be deducted for answers reported to an incorrect number of significant figures and if proper units are not used throughout each calculation. All work must be shown to receive credit. Given that this is a take-home quiz, it is especially critical that you abide by the Academic Conduct Code.
Quiz 5, Monday, April 27, 6:30 pm. The quiz is based on all of the course material (lecture, textbook, discussion) from McQuarrie et al., Chapters 23, 24, and sections 25.1 through 25.4 (as included in the week 13 discussion worksheet). Answers to the problems discussed during the discussion sections are posted on the Handouts page (here), and the information sheet there will be provided with the quiz. Note that while the quiz focuses on the preceding, it assumes the material covered earlier.
Quiz #5 will function in the same manner as Quiz 4: (1) the quiz will only be available for a 12-hour period (to accommodate students in many time zones); and (2) there will be a 2 hour time limit for the quiz. The quiz will be available starting at 6:30 pm EDT (GMT-4) on April 27th and gradescope will stop accepting submissions at 6:30 am EDT (GMT-4) on April 28th. During these 12 hours you will time yourself, and you may take 120 minutes to complete the quiz. Then, you will upload the quiz to gradescope before the deadline at 6:30am EDT (GMT-4). Late quizzes will not be accepted, so make sure to submit your work well in-advance of the deadline.
For this quiz, you are permitted to use your textbook and class notes. That said, your work must be yours own alone. This means you are not permitted to discuss the quiz or quiz questions with anyone or consult any other resources (other than your book and notes). You may use any calculator to complete this quiz, and the provided Information Sheet. Your answers must be written on the provided quiz template — see previous email or Piazza post 542.
Points may be deducted for answers reported to an incorrect number of significant figures and if proper units are not used throughout each calculation. All work must be shown to receive credit. Given that this is a take-home quiz, it is especially critical that you abide by the Academic Conduct Code.
Final exam, Tuesday, May 5, 6 pm. The final exam is based everything covered this semester. Please note that the answers to the problems discussed during the discussion sections are posted on the Handouts page (here), and that the information sheet there will be provided at the quiz.
The exam will be given over a 12-hour period starting Tuesday, May 5, 2020 at 6:00 pm EDT and ending 12 hours later, Wednesday, May 6, 2020 at 6:00 am EDT. During that time you will have 2 hours during which to complete the exam, which you will then submit through GradeScope. Late exams will not be accepted.
You are permitted to use only your textbook and personal notes, any calculator, and the provided Information Sheet.
Please note that as Boston University students you must you abide by the Academic Conduct Code. All of your work on the exam must be yours alone. This means you must not discuss any aspect of the exam with anyone, and you are not permitted to consult any other resources (other than your textbook). If you use chat, messaging, video calls, Chegg, and similar resources, you are cheating; please do not do so.
The overall score so far is not a running total of the points earned in the course. Rather, it is an estimate of what your final score, out of 1000 points, would be if you continued to perform at the same level. This means that if you have received perfect scores on all work so far, your overall score so far would be 1000, and if you have received 50% scores on all work so far, your overall score so far would be 500.
Here is the distribution of overall course scores so far, on a 1000-point scale. These scores are based on participation in discussion, lab, and lecture, labs 1A, 1B, and 2 through 9, and quizzes 1 through 5. Your overall score so far is available on Blackboard.
Your overall score so far takes into account dropping of lowest lecture participation scores, but does not take into account dropping of lowest lab, discussion, and quiz scores. This will be done only as part of the determination of your final course score.
Overall score so far: The average overall score so far, after quiz 5, is 827./1000 = 82.7%; the high score was 970/1000 = 97.0%; 598 overall scores are shown. Last updated Friday, May 1, 2020 17:45:21.
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