Welcome to PHY 301!

course overview

Here is a video guide on how to use the Canvas website for this course and the course syllabus.

The Sanger Learning Center has a lot of resources to help you with academics (tutoring) and meta-academics. Here are some online resources from the Sanger Learning Center on time management, effective studying, preparing to take tests. However, I would almost always rather talk with someone in person. You can do so for unlimited drop-in tutoring, or for a generous allotment of one-on-one tutoring. More information on these, and how to make appointments for one-on-one tutoring, is here: https://undergradcollege.utexas.edu/slc/support. You can also make appointments to talk about study skills, time management, and other skills.

How we should treat each other:

In this class, we have ethical obligations to each other to promote a respectful community through our discussions. To this end, these are the norms you should follow in any discussion:

Share time equitably. Know yourself. Balance your listening and talking.

Value differences. Remember that your perspective is not the only one. Work to understand the perspectives of others when they are different from yours.

Use evidence. Back what you have to say with data.

Make sure everyone feels safe. Safe is not the same as comfortable.

Discomfort is okay. Identify your learning edge and push it.

Own your impact. Your intentions may not be the same as your impact.

My general expectations for behavior in this course revolve around two phrases: 1) treat each other well, and 2) tell the truth. We are all in this course together to provide a community that supports your individual learning and growth.

Student Rights & Responsibilities

You have a right to a learning environment that supports mental and physical wellness.
You have a right to respect.
You have a right to freedom of opinion and expression.
You have a right to privacy and confidentiality.
You have a right to meaningful and equal participation.
You have a right to learn in an environment that is welcoming to all people. No student shall be isolated, excluded or diminished in any way.

With these rights come responsibilities:

You are responsible for taking care of yourself and communicating with the instructor if things start to feel out of control or overwhelming.
You are responsible for acting in a way that is worthy of respect and always respectful of others.
Your experience with this course is directly related to the quality of the energy that you bring to it, and your energy shapes the quality of your peers’ experiences.
You are responsible for creating an inclusive environment and for speaking up when someone is excluded.
You are responsible for holding yourself and each other accountable to these standards.

Recordings of every live-class session are available through the Lectures Online link to the left. You can use these to review the in-class material by watching them as many times as you want.