Rutgers University Department of Physics and Astronomy
Physics
326: Computer Based Experimentation and
Physics Computing
Fall
2011
ANNOUNCEMENT 
[12/14/2011] Grade cutoffs are posted.
[11/18/2011] No lab on Thanksgiving week.
[11/14/2011] New office hours: Wed. 3-4PM and Thurs. 3-4PM.
[09/21/2011] Weight of lab report is changed to 80%.
[09/14/2011] Andrew Hogan prepared a nice introduction for using Origin to plot and analyze data. Here is the link.
[09/08/2011] Lab section assignment error is corrected. See Course Syllabus.
[09/07/2011] Lecture notes are available on Course Syllabus under "Course schedule".
[08/31/2011] On Monday, Nov. 21, Rutgers will observe Wednesday classes. On Tueday, Nov. 22 Rutgers will observe THURSDAY classes.
[08/31/2011] Classes will start on Thursday, Sep. 1 which is before Labor Day on Monday, Sep. 5. First lecture is on Sept. 7. First labs are on the week of Sept. 12 - 16.
Here are some features of the Fall 2011 academic calendar.
Grade cutoffs
| A |
B+ |
B |
C+ |
C |
D |
F |
| 90 |
80 |
70 |
65 |
60 |
50 | <50 |
Guidelines for Lab Reports
(An example of
lab report is available)
Gradebook
to view the grades of your lab report
Lab 3 - Distribution Functions (2 week lab: Write-up for week 1; Write-up for week 2)
Lab 5 - Damped Harmonic Motion
Lab 6 - Forced Harmonic Motion (2 week lab)
Lab 7 - Fourier Analysis, Chap 2 of SR760 Manual (2 week lab)
Lab 8 - Onset of Chaos (2
week lab) (PRL 47,
1349)
Students with Disabilities:
If you have a disability, you
are urged to visit the following web site to make the
necessary arrangements to support a successful learning
experience:
http://www.physics.rutgers.edu/ugrad/disabilities.html