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PHYSICS 202A
General Physics II
FALL 2007
Teacher: Dr. Richard Grant, Trexler 266, Phone#: 375-2430, Email: [email protected]
Office Hours: Monday, Wednesday & Friday: 9:00 – 10:50 a.m.
Tuesday: 1:30 – 2:50 p.m.
Class Hours: 10:50 - 11:50 a.m. Monday, Wednesday & Friday, Trexler 364.
Text: Serway and Jewett; Principles of Physics, 4th ed., 2005 (Brooks Cole/Thomson)
Grading: Quizzes 25%, Lab 15%, Tests 30%, Final Exam 30%.
Overview/Philosophy: This course is a calculus-based, rigorous introduction to wave phenomena, thermal physics,
and electricity and magnetism. Furthermore, there will be many applications to physical, real world problems.
Although sometimes difficult, it is very important to THINK NOT MEMORIZE. If you approach this course from a
memorization-regurgitation point of view, you will FAIL! You need to look at a physics problem, any physics
problem, whether you’re familiar with the material or not, and through intelligent, logical reasoning, formulate a clear
and concise path to follow to a solution (right or wrong!). Another goal for this class is to begin to understand THE
BIG PICTURE. All areas of physics (mechanics, thermodynamics, electricity and magnetism, quantum theory, etc.)
should eventually be integrated into a working knowledge of the world around us. Once this happens, learning a new
area of physics becomes a simple application of the foundation you’ve developed. It doesn’t seem like new material at
all! To that end, it is very important to keep up with the material, to do the homework, and attend and participate in
every class. To check your progress there will be homework assignments, quizzes, and three 1-hour tests. The final
exam is comprehensive. The following schedule will remind you of the topics being covered, the text chapters for
which you are responsible, and the timing of the tests and final exam.
DATES
TOPIC
CHAPTERS
August
29, 31, 3
Oscillatory Motion
12
September
5, 7, 10
Mechanical Waves
13
12, 14, 17
Superposition and Standing Waves
14
19, 21
Fluid Mechanics
15
24
TEST #1
12 – 15
26, 28, 1
Temperature and Kinetic Theory of Gases
16
3, 5, 8
Energy in Thermal Processes: The 1st Law of Thermodynamics
17
10, 12
Heat Engines, Entropy, and the Second Law of Thermodynamics
18
15 – 19
FALL BREAK
22
Heat Engines, Entropy, and the Second Law of Thermodynamics
18
23
TEST #2 during lab time
16 – 18
24, 26, 29
Electric Forces and Fields
19
31, 2, 5
Electric Potential and Capacitance
20
7, 9, 12
Current and DC Circuits
21
14, 16, 19
Magnetic Forces and Magnetic Fields
22
21 – 23
THANKSGIVING BREAK
26, 28, 30, 3
Faraday’s Law and Inductance
23
5
TEST #3
19 – 23
7
REVIEW
11
FINAL EXAM 8:30 – 11:30 a.m.
October
November
December
Comprehensive
Homework: Weekly problem sets will be a mixture of end-of-chapter questions from your textbook and other
sources. Most of these problems will require significant effort to solve and a rigorous application of the concepts
covered. Don’t leave these until the night before they’re due.
Quizzes: Weekly quizzes will consist of problems from the homework assignments and additional problems you have
not seen before. Assuming you work the homework problems, you should have no trouble performing well on the
quizzes.
MCSP Colloquium Series: The MCSP department offers a series of discussions that appeal to a broad range of
interests related to these fields of study. These co-curricular sessions will engage the community to think about
ongoing research, novel applications, and other issues that face our discipline. Members of this class are invited to be
involved with all of these meetings; however participation in at least two of these sessions is mandatory. After
attending and within one week of the meeting, you will submit a one-page paper reflecting on the discussion. This
should not simply be a regurgitation of the content, but rather a personal contemplation of the experience. These
papers will be collected, read by me, and graded as a quiz.
Attendance: Students are expected to attend every class. Attendance is checked at each meeting. If a student is going
to be absent from class, the instructor must be notified. If 3 classes are missed without prior notification, then I
will assume you are not interested in completing the course and you will be dropped from the class (DF).
Students are accountable for all work missed because of an absence.
Grading Scale:
A
AB+
B
BC+
C
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:
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>93
90-92.9
87-89.9
83-86.9
80-82.9
77-79.9
73-76.9
CD+
D
DF
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:
:
:
70-72.9
67-69.9
63-66.9
60-62.9
<60
Make-up Tests: Make-up tests will not be given. If you miss a test, and have an official college excuse for that
absence, then your final exam grade will count for the missed test.
Academic Integrity: The College academic integrity policies are vigorously enforced. Although I encourage you to
help each other with the homework assignments, any work you turn in for a grade must be your own.