General Physics I (V85



General Physics II (V85.0012.002) Course Information Spring 2011

LectureS: Monday & Wednesday, 7:00 - 8:15 p.m. in Meyer Building, Room 121

Professor: Jun Zhang

Office: 104 Warren Weaver Hall (WWH)

E-mail: jz2nyu@

Telephone: 212-998-3239

Pre-requisite: General Physics I (V85.0011) with a grade of C- or better.

Laboratory: Meyer 224

Optional Tutoring is available. Schedule posted on Blackboard.

Text: The textbook is a custom package made up of volumes 3 and 4 from “Physics for Scientists and Engineers” by Randall D. Knight, 2nd edition.

Laboratory Manual: General Physics II Lab Manual

General Information: This course is an introduction to Electricity and Magnetism, Waves and Optics. The course has both qualitative and quantitative components. Your knowledge of algebra, geometry, trigonometry, and calculus is very important. It is assumed that you have a working knowledge of vectors, including the vector dot product and vector cross product. Concepts and material studied in General Physics I will be used throughout the semester. Course information will be posted on the General Physics II Blackboard website which you may access at: or through your NYUHome account.

CourseGrade_______________________________________________________________________

Midterm 1 Monday, February 21, 7:00 to 8:15 pm

Midterm 2 Wednesday, March 23, 7:00 to 8:15 pm

Midterm 3 Wednesday, April 20, 7:00 to 8:15 pm

Two Highest Exam Scores 40%

Lab 20%

Final Exam 40% May 13, 10:00-11:50 am

Laboratory begins the week of February 7. Variations in laboratory instructor grading is taken into account when determining the overall average.

Letter Grade: Each student's numerical score (not individual exams, nor laboratory score) at the end of the semester will be converted into a letter grade using the following scale:

|A |90 ≤ Score |

|A- |87 ≤ Score < 90 |

|B+ |84 ≤ Score < 87 |

|B |76 ≤ Score < 84 |

|B- |73 ≤ Score < 76 |

|C+ |70 ≤ Score < 73 |

|C |62 ≤ Score < 70 |

|C- |59 ≤ Score < 62 |

|D+ |56 ≤ Score < 59 |

|D |42 ≤ Score < 56 |

|F |Score < 42 |

Laboratory: Beginning the week of February 7, laboratory meets once a week. You must attend the laboratory section in which you enrolled. Laboratory reports must be handed in to the instructor at the session following the one in which the experiment is performed. Requirements for the laboratory report will be described by the laboratory instructor at the first lab meeting.

The lowest score of the semester will be dropped when determining the laboratory grade. A missed lab will count as a zero for that week. Missed laboratories cannot be made up a following week and reports cannot be handed in for a lab that was not attended.

If you miss more than two experiments or fail to hand in more than two reports, your grade for the course will be I (incomplete, assuming that you are passing the other components of the course). To make up the lab requirement, you will have to complete the entire set of labs, not just the ones you missed. This can be done in the following summer session or in the next academic year, space permitting.

Repeating the Course and Labs: If you are repeating the course and have previously received a satisfactory grade in the lab, you are allowed to avoid repeating the lab provided that you have permission of the lecturer. Do not register for a laboratory section since you are repeating the course. Prior to the end of the semester notify Mr. Bill LePage, in Room 424 Meyer, that you are repeating the lab and request that your lab grade be transferred. You will be informed if there is a record of an old lab grade that is acceptable. This only applies to students who took the course at NYU. Note that you must still register for the course but not a lab section.

Exam locations: There are 3 multiple-choice midterm exams and a multiple-choice final exam during the term. The midterms will be conducted in the same classroom.

The exams must be taken at the scheduled times unless you are registered with The Center for Students with Disabilities. In that case, you must present the undergraduate studies administrator, Bill LePage (Meyer 424) with the appropriate form at least one week in advance of the exam. Even in that case, we still encourage you to join the rest of the class since unforeseen problems with the exams may be discovered and you need to be notified in time.

The average for your midterm exams is computed from your best 2 exams (out of 3). If you miss an examination due to illness and provide documentation from a doctor then a make-up examination will be given before the next scheduled examination. Without such documentation a zero will be assigned automatically for that examination score.

All exams are closed book. Notes are not permitted. Material presented since the previous exam will be

emphasized on each exam, but previous material may also appear. You will need a calculator (that does not also function as a communication device!). Please check your calculator before the exam to see that it works. Important constants and formulae will be given. Please bring your NYU ID to all exams.

Exam Sign Out: When you have finished an exam, please give it to a proctor, show your I.D. and sign the roll sheet.

Final Exam: The final is cumulative and multiple choice. Rooms will be assigned in advance. You must take the final exam unless a note from a physician is presented within 48 hours of the exam. If such a note is presented, a grade of I is assigned if your grade for the course is passing up to that point. Otherwise a grade of F is assigned. You must take a make-up exam before the end of the Fall 2011 semester. Students who come late will not be given extra time. Students who come more than an hour late are not admitted into the exam.

Tutoring Clinic: Free tutoring is available for the course in Meyer 264 and Meyer 421. This tutoring is performed by some of NYU's best undergraduate Physics Majors. Students work in pairs or small groups to do specific problems from the book or related problems. You will get the most out of this tutoring if you come with specific problems or questions, but do use the tutoring even if you don't have anything specific. The schedule for tutoring is kept up-to-date on Blackboard, or, it will be posted on the 4th floor of Meyer.

College Learning Center: Additional assistance for this class is available to you free of charge at the College Learning Center (CLC) located on the 1st Floor of Weinstein Hall (right behind Java City).  For information on one-on-one and group peer tutoring, please stop by the CLC or go to their website: .

Exams and courtesy: Please turn off cell phones, pagers, etc. when in lectures and labs. Phones have to be switched off and leave in a bag, and the bags will be placed at assigned locations (by the professor). If you finish an exam early, please leave quietly, closing the door behind you.

|Date |Topic |Chapter |Lab |

|M Jan. 24 |Superposition of Waves |21 |No lab all week |

|W Jan. 26 | |21 | |

|M Jan. 31 W Feb.|Wave Optics |22 |No lab all week |

|2 | |22 | |

|M Feb. 7 W Feb. |Ray Optics |23 |1. Resonance Tube |

|9 | |23 | |

|M Feb. 14 W Feb |Review for Exam 1 | |2. Oscillations on a String |

|16 |1st Exam 7:00-8:15 PM, Chapters 21, 22, 23 | | |

|M Feb. 21 |No classes due to Presidents Day | |No lab all week due to |

|W Feb. 23 |Electric Charges and Forces |26 |Presidents Day |

|M Feb. 28 | |26 |3. Diffraction and Interference|

|W Mar. 2 |The Electric Field |27 | |

|M Mar. 7 | |27 |4. The Human Eye |

|W Mar. 9 |The Electric Potential |29 | |

|M Mar. 14 |Spring Recess | |No lab all week due to Spring |

|W Mar. 16 |Spring Recess | |Recess |

|M Mar. 21 |The Electric Potential and Review for Exam 2 |29 |5. Electric Field Mapping |

|W Mar. 23 |2nd Exam 7:00-8:15 PM, Chapters 26, 27, 29 | | |

|M Mar. 28 |Potential and Field |30 |6. Oscilloscope |

|W Mar. 30 |Current and Resistance |30 | |

|M Apr. 4 | |31 |7. Voltage, Current and |

|W Apr. 6 |Fundamentals of Circuits |31 |Resistance I |

|M Apr. 11 | |32 |8. Voltage, Current and |

|W Apr. 13 | |32 |Resistance II |

|M Apr. 18 |Review for Exam 3 |32 |9. RC Circuit |

|W Apr. 20 |3rd Exam 7:00-8:15 PM, Chapters 30, 31, 32 | | |

|M Apr. 25 |The Magnetic Field |33 |10. Current Balance |

|W Apr. 27 | |33 | |

|M May 2 |Electromagnetic Induction |33 |11. Electromagnetic Induction |

|W May 4 | |34 | |

|M May 9 |Review for the final exam | | |

|F May13 |Cumulative Final Exam, 10:00 to 11:50 AM | | |

The chapter column refers to “Physics for Scientists and Engineers”, Second Edition by R. Knight.

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