Welcome to Physics 4304!!

Get into the habit of checking this page often! Class Web Page! http://www.phys.ttu.edu/~cmyles/Phys4304/4304.html There, you will find: 1. Posted (MS Word format): Syllabus, Help Resources, homework solutions, old exams (with solutions). 2. Posted (MS Power Point format): Lectures 3. Important Class Announcements & Calendar Items! 5. Other important items relating to this class. PLEASE!! Get into the habit of checking this page often!

http://www.phys.ttu.edu/~cmyles/ Linked from the class Web Page is: The Announcement Page: http://www.phys.ttu.edu/~cmyles/Phys4304/announce.html Contains class announcements & major calendar items. Please check it often! You might also check out My Web page at: http://www.phys.ttu.edu/~cmyles/

Physics 4304 Email Distribution List! It is VERY important that you have an email address & that I have it!!! I will use the email distribution list to make important class announcements!!! It is VERY important that you check your email DAILY!!! (PLEASE tell me if you change email address!)

Assignment Number 1 Due 5pm, Wednesday, January 19, 2011!!! 20 extra points towards your homework grade!! Send me an email message: Be sure to include your name & Physics 4304 in the message. Email address: Charley.Myles@ttu.edu Due 5pm, Wednesday, January 19, 2011!!!

Where to Go for Help?? Your Fellow Students!!! A very effective strategy is to work on homework and to study for exams together in a group. This is how professionals work in the “real world”. Me (office hours or not!) The Internet!!! There are LARGE numbers of Classical Mechanics Help sites! Using Google.com & typing in “Classical Mechanics Help” gives 64 hits!!!! Class Web Page!

To Succeed in this Course See the document: “How to Succeed in Mechanics by Really Trying”! READ the book, which cost you many $$$! It’s most effective to read the material BEFORE I lecture over it. WORK the assigned homework problems!! No looking at solutions from previous years! That is CHEATING! Copying the solutions will NOT teach you physics! WORK extra problems!

To Succeed in this Course COME TO CLASS!! There is a correlation between attendance & grade! Also, skipping means that you are WASTING the tuition & fees that you (or someone) paid! With tuition & fees for a full-time student, each class meeting costs about $18.50. Each time you skip, you are throwing away $18.50!! After a while this adds up! My lectures may not be entertaining or brilliant, but I do expose you to the material. ATTENDANCE!!! THE WEEKEND DOESN’T BEGIN THURSDAY (or end Monday)!!!! FRIDAY IS A REGULAR CLASS DAY (as is Monday)!!!