Physics 625



Syllabus

Physics 222: Fundamentals of Physics II-S (Term: Spring 2016)

Class number: 2996 (Credit units: 3)

Lecture Room: NSB 112

Lecture Time: 11:00 am-11:50 pm (Monday, Wednesday, Friday)

Textbook: College Physics, 10th edition, by Raymond A. Serway and Chris Vuille

Instructor: Dr. Ming Yu

Office: Room 242, John W. Shumaker Research Building

Office Hour: 9:30 am-10:30 am (Monday-Friday) 4:00 pm-5:30 pm (Tuesday, Thursday)

Phone Number: 502-852-0931

E-mail: m0yu0001@louisville.edu

Web site:

Description

Phys 222 introduces basic concepts, thinking skills, and methods of physics as applied in the study of electricity, magnetism, optics, and modern physics. It will cover materials from Chapters 15-19, Chapter 22, and Chapter 28, with some omissions. We will focus on gaining a good understanding of electric forces, electric fields, direct current circuits, magnetic fields, reflection and refraction of light, and atomic physics.

You will be responsible for materials discussed in the lectures including the class and the lecture materials on the blackboard, even if the material is not in the textbook. You will also responsible for the materials found in specifically assigned textbook readings, even if not covered in lecture. Feedback is welcome. The daily schedule found later in this syllabus shows Reading assignments corresponding to each class day. The Reading assignment corresponds approximately to the material covered in lecture that day. Students should have those sections of the text read before coming to lecture, so they are well prepared for the lecture, and prepared to ask and answer questions pertaining to the material. Your progress in this area will be assessed with a graded assignment embedded in the quiz and test questions.

Prerequisites

The students are assumed to have completed Physics 221 or an equivalent course. The students are also assumed to be familiar with basic vectors, algebra, geometry, and trigonometry.

Goals

The aim of this course is to help students to understand conceptual framework of laws of physics underlying physical phenomena, to build up a sound foundation for the students so that they will have familiarity with the fundamentals of physics and will be able to correlate them with subject matters of their respective fields, and to develop students’ critical thinking and problem-solving skills. It is also expected to expose students to up-to-date new discoveries in physical sciences so that they will have an understanding of the relevance of physics to the real world. At the end of the course, it is expected that students could be able to do everyday observations of the world to physical principles, to apply scientific principles to construct explanations of natural phenomena, and to communicate an understanding of scientific explanation of natural phenomena.

Topics covered

I. Electrostatics:

1. Electric forces and electric Fields (Chapter 15)

2. Electrical energy and capacitance (Chapter 16)

II. Circuits:

1. Current and resistance (Chapter 17)

2. Direct-current circuits (Chapter 18)

III. Magnetism (Chapter 19):

1. Magnetic fields

2. Magnetic force and torque

3. Motion of a charge particle in a magnetic field

IV. Optics (Chapter 22):

1. Reflection and refraction of light

2. Dispersion and prism

3. Total internal reflection

V. Atomic Physics (Chapter 28):

1. Atomic spectra

2. Quantum Mechanics and hydrogen atom

3. The exclusion Principle and periodic table

4. Characteristic X-Rays

5. Atomic Transitions and lasers

It is true that the textbook provides you the basic information about the topics. The lecture materials provided on the blackboard would basically help you to understand the fundamental physics covered in this course. But the more clear explanations and detail discussions will be provided in the class only.

Homework

Homework is assigned for excises and is not to be graded. However, the instructor will select some assigned homework problems for quizzes and tests. You are encouraged to discuss homework problems with your fellow students. In fact, you are encouraged to work as a group. Homework assignment corresponding to each class day has been listed in the tentative daily schedule found later in this syllabus. If necessary, the instructor will announce the adjusted homework assignment for particular class day on the blackboard.

Quizzes and Tests

There will be four quizzes and four tests in the class. Each quiz will be a set of multiple choice questions and will take 15 minutes in the class. A tentative schedule for quizzes is given in the tentative schedule of course at the end. There will be four tests. Each test will be a set of multiple choice questions with some work-out problems. The first test will be assigned after we cover the topics in chapters 15 and 16, the second test will be assigned after we cover the topics in chapters 17 and 18, the third test will be assigned after we cover the topics in chapter 19, and the last test will be assigned after the end of the class. A tentative schedule for tests is given below. The instructor will make an announcement in the class and on the blackboard before each quiz and each test. Please note that you might not obtain points for each of your missing quiz or test.

Task Likely coverage Tentative Scheduled Date

Test 1 Chapters 15 and 16 February 5, Friday, 11:00 am -11:50 pm

Test 2 Chapters 17 and 18 March 2, Wednesday, 11:00 am -11:50 pm

Test 3 Chapters 19 March 30, Wednesday, 11:00 am -11:50 pm

Test 4 Chapters 22 and 28 April 25, Monday, 11:30 am -2:00 pm

Blackboard

All the announcements, assignments, course materials, solutions, as well as scores will be posted on the blackboard. You are expected to check it regularly, and also your University e-mail account regularly.

Class Participation

Class participation is required and will be monitored throughout the semester. The instructor might call the roll randomly using the participation sheet. You are basically required to attend the class otherwise, with an excuse. Each absence without an excuse will cost 0.5 point. It is also true that most part of the course follows the text book basically, but (1) more explanations which do not appear in a typical textbook or lecture materials will be given in class and (2) some of the topics of the course are even not covered by the textbook. Participation will provide you the opportunity to gain more, to ask questions as well as clarifying explanations.

Grading Policy

The final scores will be based on the four quizzes and four tests with breakdown as follows:

Four Quizzes 20% (5% for each)

Test 1 20%

Test 2 20%

Test 3 20%

Test 4 20%

The letter grades will be assigned based on the final scores and the class participation record. The approximate

cutoffs are:

Grade A+ A A- B+ B B- C+ C C- D+ D D- F

Cutoff 95 85 80 75 70 65 60 55 50 45 40 35 ................
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