teaching

Teaching

I have been teaching a variety of undergraduate physics courses: algebra and calculus based General Physics, lectures and labs, advanced Electricity and Magnetism, first-year seminar. In a particular semester, I may be teaching:

PHYS 11A and PHYS 12A (General Physics, calculus-based), and PHYS 1A and PHYS 2A (Elementary Physics, algebra-based). These are the two parts of a two-semester sequence covering the fundamental laws and principles of mechanics, heat, sound, light, electricity and magnetism. PHYS 11A/1A focuses on mechanics and heat. PHYS 12A/2A has an emphasis on sound, light, electricity and magnetism. The classes meet for 4 hours every week. The students have to take three midterm exams. The home work problems are assigned weekly.

Two Individually Negotiated Honors Options based on PHYS 11A (“Laws of Physics and Universal Gravitation”) and PHYS 12A (“Advanced Topics of Electromagnetism and Electric Circuits”) are available. They concentrate of physics phenomena that are related but lying beyond the main scope of the course.

PHYS 14F (First Year Seminar), is a calculus-based introductory course taught to advanced freshmen who already took calculus prior to Hofstra. The regular general physics syllabus is enriched with advanced, open-ended problems and real-life examples that sometimes do not have standard textbook-style solution and encourage critical thinking.

PHYS 104 (Electricity and Magnetism), is an advanced course that covers fundamentals of electromagnetic theory. It includes vector analysis, Maxwell’s equations, electrostatics, magnetostatics, electromagnetic waves.

Check the Department website for the list of courses currently offered in the particular semester.