(1) To acquaint you with calculus-based Newtonian Mechanics.
(2) To help you understand the difference between an exercise and a problem.
(3) To help you become a better problem solver.
(4) To introduce you to estimating to obtain meaningful results.
(5) To introduce you to methods of effectively communicating scientific information.

• Students are required to attend all scheduled class and laboratory meetings. In the event of an excused absence, arrangements must be made with me to make up the required work.
  
  
• Plus and minus grades are given only rarely and only when justified by special circumstances.
  
  
• There are no make-up exams, no early or late exams.
  
  
• Your final grade is FINAL; no work may be handed in for additional credit after the final exam.
  
  
• I do not hold office hours on the day of an exam.
  
  
• The half hour before class is my time to prepare for class. I am usually busy during this time and it is hard for me to answer questions. Please take advantage of my open door policy, but try to avoid asking me involved questions the half hour before class.
  
  
• I have all day Tuesday and much of Thursday reserved for doing research. During this time I will be working with my research students (maybe one of you!), writing funding proposals, and preparing manuscripts for publication in scientific journals. I am working on some exciting projects that do need my attention. I will take time to answer your questions on Tuesdays and Thursdays, but it will help me a lot if you can ask your questions other days of the week if it fits into your schedule. If Tuesdays and Thursdays are really the best day for you then send me an e-mail to set up an appointment. This way I can plan for your visit and be ready to give you my full attention.
  
  
• Requests for regrading of exams must be in writing and must specify exactly why additional credit is warranted. No requests for changing an exam grade will be accepted more than 48 hours after an exam is returned.
  
  
• Please familiarize yourself with the Ithaca College Student Code of Conduct; specifically the Standards of Academic Conduct (http://www.ithaca.edu/attorney/policies/vol7/Volume_7-70104.htm). I hold all students to these standards. I do not tolerate cheating or plagerism of any kind. I will forward all academic conduct cases to the academic judicial review board. It is their job to handle these issues. I do encourage students to work with each other because this is a great way to learn physics, but in the end the work you hand in must be your own. A successful strategy is to discuss approaches to a solution with other students or professors, but then go off on your own to write up the final solution. This way your solution will be in your voice and not a copy of another students solution.
  
  
• Accommodations are gladly made for students with DOCUMENTED learning or physical disabilities.
  
  
• Every student who is performing below a C will be asked to meet with the instructor to discuss their performance in an attempt to initiate a course of action that will increase performance to a C or better.
  
  
• An incomplete grade is awarded only to allow missing work to be made up in cases of documented emergencies and only if all other work is satisfactory and only if advance arrangements have been made with the instructor about the work to be completed and the deadline for completing the missing work.