Physics (return to www.fieldstudy.com home)

Erin O'Connor  (erin@fieldstudy.com) 
805-922-6966 x3496  (class schedule & office hours, semester calendar & finals)
Physics, Astronomy, and Integrated Physical Sciences Instructor

Course descriptions and meeting times:
(Click here for Syllabus Viewing Instructions on how to access the Computerized Homework System)

• Physics 100/110
  Introductory Survey Course in General Physics

• Physics 141 (Syllabus, Lab)
  Alg/Trig-based Mechanics

• Physics 142
  Alg/Trig-based Electricity & Magnetism with Modern Physics

• Physics 161 (MTWF 12:00 - 1:00 pm,  Lab Th 8-12, 1-5, Syllabus, Lab)
  Calculus-based Mechanics and Dynamics
  Click here to link to web videos of the Elegant Universe!
  Click here for Syllabus Viewing Instructions on how to access the Computerized Homework System
  You will need to get a UT EID, then log in to access your homework.  The class ID is 05161!

• Physics 162
  Calculus-based Thermo and Modern Physics

• Physics 163 (Syllabus, Lab)
  Calculus-based Electricity and Magnetism

• Physical Science Integrated Field Study Courses (with telescope observations in the field)
  (For more information, pictures, and student accounts, return to www.fieldstudy.com)
  • Phys Sci 159 Eastern Sierra Nevada (2 units, 5 days, every fall semester in mid-October)
  • Phys Sci 159 Death Valley (2 units, 5 days, every spring semester in mid-April)
  • Phys Sci 159 - Colorado Plateau (5 units, 2 weeks, every other year the first two weeks of June)

Computerized Web-Based "Homework Service System" for Phys 140 & 160 series:

• Computerized Web-Based "Homework Service System":
  http://hw.ph.utexas.edu/
• Check out these articles on the University of Texas' Computerized HW System:
  --UT Homework Service: Doing the Math (and Science)
     (original link: http://txtell.lib.utexas.edu/stories/h0002-full.html)
  --Teachers and Students Around the World Connect to University's Homework Service
     (original link: http://www.utexas.edu/features/archive/2002/homework.html)
  --Online Homework Service Appreciated by AHC Students and Instructors
     (original link: http://www.hancockcollege.edu/newsletter.asp?ID=&subject=518)

Blackboard System:

• Click here to access the AHC Blackboard System: http://hancock-online.net/
  (Blackboard instructions, new password, technical difficulties.)

Physical Science & Engineering Club:

• Check out photos and activities from this past semester:
  http://www.fieldstudy.com/PhysClub/default.htm

Central Coast Classroom-Community Network:

• CCCCN maintains an Internship network, and coordinates several community programs, including Service Learning, CalWORKS, and Cooperative Education.  http://www.service-net.org/ahc.cfm
• Featured Internships:
  --- One week long summer internships at Cal Poly's MEEI (Mechanical Engineering Energy Institute).
  --- Summer Internship Program at UCSB's Material Research Laboratory.
  --- Summer Internship Program at Lawrence Berkeley National Labs