Download Syllabus

PHYSICS 231
FUNDAMENTALS OF PHYSICS: ELECTRICITY AND
MAGNETISM
Dr. Christine Cheney
Office: 611 Nielsen
Lab: 224 SERF
974-9883
[email protected]
General Information
Class Hours: 8:00-8:50 AM Mon/Wed
Office Hours: Mon/Tues 1:30-2:30 PM and by appointment
Laboratory Sections as Scheduled
Text: University Physics with Modern Physics, 12th edition, by Hugh D. Young,
Roger A. Freedman, and contributing author A. Lewis Ford
General Course Description
This course will introduce the student to electricity and magnetism. It will also
cover basic DC and AC circuits. The course will cover material from chapters 2131 of the text. The lecture will closely follow the text, and students should read
the material relevant to each week’s lectures to aid in understanding the material.
Prerequisites
Students should have taken Calculus I and Calculus II (Mathematics 141-142 or
the equivalent).
Lecture Notes and Course Updates
Lecture notes will be posted online under the Department of Physics and
Astronomy website (http://www.phys.utk.edu/courses/courses_fall2007.html).
Any additional information will also be posted online.
Schedule
The schedule below is tentative. Dates for hour exams are subject to change.
Any changes will be announced in class. Consult the UT final exam schedule for
the date of the final examination.
Week of
Aug. 22
Reading/Lectures
Chapter 21
Aug. 27
Chapter 21 cont.
Chapter 22
No Class Labor Day
Chapter 22 cont.
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
1st Hour Exam
Chapter 25
Chapter 25 cont.
Chapter 26
Chapter 26 cont.
2nd Hour Exam
Chapter 27
Sept. 3
Sept. 10
Sept. 17
Sept. 24
Oct. 1
Oct. 8
Oct. 15
Oct. 22
Oct. 29
Nov. 5
Nov. 12
Nov. 19
Nov. 26
Dec. 3
Chapter 27 cont.
Chapter 28
Chapter 28 cont.
3rd Hour Exam
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
Review
Subject Material
Introduction, Electric
Charges/Fields
Gauss’s Law
Electric Potential
Capacitance and Dielectrics
Current, Resistance, and EMF
DC Circuits
Magnetic Field and Magnetic
Forces
Sources of Magnetic Field
Electromagnetic Induction
Inductance
AC Current
Academic Honesty
All work submitted by a student is expected to represent
their own work. Students are expected to enter their own
homework on the CAPA system. Students are expected to
perform all work in conformance with the University policies
regarding Academic Honesty.
Grading Policy
Homework
Each Hourly Test
Lab
Final Exam
15%
15%
25%
15%
Homework
Homework will not be accepted late. Homework will be assigned
using the online CAPA software system. Each problem set will be
available at noon on Monday, and will be due by 8 AM the following
Monday. Any exceptions will be noted in class. The first problem set
will be assigned on Mon. August 27. Speaking of exceptions, the first
problem set will be due on Wed. Sept 5 since there is no class on
Labor Day.
Hourly Tests
There will be three hourly tests and a final exam. In general, there
will be no make-up hourly tests. If you have an emergency situation,
please contact me prior to the test.
Laboratory
Laboratory make-ups are at the discretion of the laboratory instructor,
and arrangements must be made with laboratory instructor. Although
the laboratory instructors will vary from section to section, every effort
will be made to ensure a uniform grading policy between sections.
Grading Scale
This grading scale is subject to change.
A+
A
AB+
B
BC+
C
CD
F
100
93-99
90-92
87-89
83-86
80-82
77-79
73-76
70-72
60-70
<60