WebAssign access instructions

  1. Go to https://www.webassign.net/ and login using your BU ID, in the format Uxx-xx-xxxx (the initial character must be an upper case "U"), as both your username and password, and with BU (upper case) as the Institution code.
  2. Once you have logged in, you can redeem your WebAssign access code, or you may purchase one at that time.
  3. Next, under My Options, change your password as you wish and verify that your email address there is correct.

If you have any problems, please call WebAssign at 1-800-955-8275 ext 1

Assignment 1, due Wednesday, September 22, 11:59 pm

Your first WebAssign assignment (Assignment 1) has been posted and is open for you to work on. It opened at 5pm today, and will close (meaning you can't work on it after this...) Wednesday, September 22, at 11:59pm. There are 28 problems (multi-part), and the numbers could be different for each person taking it... so we wouldn't recommend just entering your roommate's numbers into yours.

Answers to this assignment are here (PDF).

Assignment 2, due Wednesday, October 6, 11:59 pm

Your second WebAssign assignment (Assignment 2) has been posted and is open for you to work on.   It is based on the early part of our lectures/discussions on quantum concepts of the atom, and is due Wednesday, October 6, at 11:59pm, giving you just under a week to complete. 

Answers to this assignment are here (PDF).

Assignment 3, due Monday, November 1, 11:59 pm

Your third WebAssign assignment (Assignment 3) has been posted and is open for you to work on. Work diligently and do them as you read/lecture/discuss/master the topics.  It is due Monday, November 1, 11:59 pm, giving you just under a week to complete. 

Answers to this assignment are here (PDF).

Assignment 4, due Sunday, November 14, 11:59 pm

Your fourth WebAssign assignment (Assignment 4) has been posted and is open for you to work on. It is due Sunday, November 14, 11:59 pm, the night before lecture exam 3. Please do not put this assignment off until the last minute when you could be doing more involved and complex problems in preparation for your exam.

Answers to this assignment are here (PDF).

Assignment 5, due Wednesday, November 24, 11:59 pm

Your fifth WebAssign assignment (Assignment 5) has been posted and is open for you to work on. It is due Wedneday, November 24, 11:59 pm. Good luck!

Answers to this assignment are here (PDF).

Assignment 6, due Friday, December 3, 11:59 pm

Your sixth WebAssign assignment (Assignment 6) has been posted and is open for you to work on. It is due Friday, December 3, 11:59 pm. The number of 'tries' per question has been lowered to 3 by default, so you do not get five chances to answer these problems!

Answers to this assignment are here (PDF).

Assignment 7, due Sunday, December 12, 11:59 pm

Your final WebAssign assignment (Assignment 7) has been posted and is open for you to work on. This is the last one of the semester, so make it count!  It's shorter in number of questions, but hopefully these questions will be helpful with your work on ideal gases... and they might take you a little longer per question to complete.

Answers to this assignment will be posted after its due date.