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Berkeley City College
Fall 2008
PHYS 4B: General Physics with Calculus
Section B1L, Code 47233
Course Syllabus and Information
This course is designed to provide a comprehensive study of major topics of physics: thermodynamics,
electric forces, magnetic forces and fields, electricity, AC and DC circuits.
Instructor
N. Azgui
Contact
[email protected]
Lecture
MW
1:15 - 3:05 PM Rm. 513
Lab
F
1:15 - 4:05 PM Rm. 513
Office Hour
F
4:05 - 5:05 PM Rm. 513
Credits
5 Units
Prerequisites
Phys 4A and Math 3B
Text Required
Physics for Scientists & Engineers with Modern Physics Vol. 1 & 2, 4/E
Author
Douglas C. GIANCOLI
We will cover parts of Chapters 17-20 (Vol. I), and parts of Chapters 21-31 (Vol. II).
Tentative schedule (subject to revision)
Week of
8-18
Monday 1:15-3.05 pm
Wednesday 1:15-3:05
1: Introduction
8-25
17: Temperature,
thermal expansion, and
the ideal gas law
18: Kinetic theory of
gases
17: Ideal gas law
group work session
9-29
19: Heat and the first
law of thermodynamics
20: Second law of
thermodynamics
21: Electric charge and
electric field
22: Gauss’s law
10-6
23: Electric potential
10-13
10-20
25: Electric currents and
resistance
26: DC Circuits
19: continuation and
group work session
20: continuation
group work & review
21: continuation
group work
22: continuation
group work
24: capacitance,
dielectrics, electric
energy storage
25: continuation
Review
26: continuation
group work
10-27
27: Magnetism
11-3
28: Sources of
magnetism
29: Electromagnetic
induction and Faraday’s
Law
9-1
9-8
9-15
9-22
11-10
18: continuation and
group work session
27: continuation and
group work
28: continuation
group work session
29: continuation
Lab: Friday 1:15-4:05
Lab 1: Experimental
uncertainty & data
analysis
Lab 2: Latent heat of
fusion and Entropy
Lab 3: Thermal
coefficient of linear
expansion
Lab 4: Specific heats of
metals
Test # 1
9-19
Lab 5: Electric fields
and potentials
Lab 6: Electrical basics
Problem solving
Group work
Test # 2
10-17
Lab 7: Resistance
measurement:
Wheatstone Bridge
Lab 8: Kirchoff’s rules
Test # 3
11-7
Lab 8: Sinusoidal
waves: Oscilloscope
11-17
11-24
12-1
12-8
12-15
30: Inductance,
electromagnetic
oscillations, and AC
circuits
30: Inductance,
electromagnetic
oscillations, and AC
circuits
31: Maxwell’s
Equations and
Electromagnetic Waves
31: continuation and
group work session
Final: Monday 12-15
30: Inductance,
electromagnetic
oscillations, and AC
circuits
30: continuation and
group work session
Lab 9: Introduction to
AC circuits
31: Maxwell’s
Equations, and
Electromagnetic waves
31: Group work session
and Review
No Class
Lab 11: Inductance L
Lab 10: AC Circuits
Lab 12: The RC Time
Constant
No Class
Important Dates
8-20
Class begins
9-1
Labor day-holiday
9-4
Last day to drop with refund
9-6
Last day to add classes
9-8
Census day
9-13
Last day to drop full-term credit class without W
10-10 Last day to file petition AA/AS degree/certificate
11-11 Veteran day-holiday
11-18 Last day to withdraw with W
11-27 Thanksgiving holiday
12-19 Fall semester ends
Class Format
1) Lectures, exercises and problems will be taken from the textbook. Bring your text to class and read the
assigned chapter(s) ahead. Group work and/or homework assignments will take place during discussion
session. These assignments will not be collected or graded.
2) Laboratory : details will given during lab session.
Grading Policy
Final grades
A
B
C
D
86 - 100
71 - 85
56 - 70
50 - 55
Laboratory
20 %
Includes class participation and lab reports. Any experiment not completed or turned in will be assessed a
zero. Lowest score dropped. There are no lab make-ups. Lecture material and group work sessions may
also take place “in lieu” of an experiment.
Midterms
50 %
There will be three mid-term exams in the form of exercises and/or problems. None dropped. There are no
mid-term make-ups.
Final Exam
30 %
The final exam is a comprehensive exam. There is no final make-up. An automatic “F” letter grade will be
assigned if you fail to come to the final exam.
Academic Policies
see
www.peralta.edu
Attendance : is mandatory. I take roll each session. If you miss a class, you are responsible to make it up.
If you miss class more than two sessions you might be dropped. However there is no guaranty a person will
be dropped - students are responsible for dropping themselves from the class. Those choosing not to
continue the course are responsible for turning in a drop card (or else) to the admission office.
Digital and Analogue Equipment:
Cell phone calculators, laptops and/or digital/analogue equipment are not allowed during quizzes, midterms
or exams. Cell phone use is not allowed in the classroom or labs. Water is the only food/fluid allowed
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(510) 981.2812
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