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PHYS-1402 College Physics II
TARRANT COUNTY COLLEGE DISTRICT MASTER SYLLABUS
COURSE DESCRIPTION
Lecture: Fundamental principles of physics, using algebra and trigonometry; the
principles and applications of electricity and magnetism, including circuits, electrostatics,
electromagnetism, waves, sound, light, optics, and modern physics topics; with
emphasis on problem solving.
Prerequisites: PHYS-1401 and PHYS-1401L
Co-requisite: PHYS-1402L
Lab: This laboratory-based course accompanies PHYS-1402, College Physics II.
Laboratory activities will reinforce fundamental principles of physics, using algebra and
trigonometry; the principles and applications of electricity and magnetism, including
circuits, electrostatics, electromagnetism, waves, sound, light, optics, and modern
physics topics; with emphasis on problem solving.
Co-requisite: PHYS-1402
COURSE TYPE
Academic Core
COURSE GOALS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES
Course goals and learning outcomes support the Foundational Component Areas
defined by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. Course goals are linked to
the respective Core Curriculum Competencies: Critical Thinking Skills,
Communication Skills, Empirical and Quantitative Skills, and Teamwork. Specific
competencies are identified in designated course goals and learning outcomes.
Upon successful completion of this course, students will:
1.
Solve problems involving the interrelationship of fundamental charged particles,
and electrical forces, fields, and currents.
2.
Apply Kirchhoff’s Rules to analysis of circuits with potential sources, capacitance,
inductance, and resistance, including parallel and series capacitance and
resistance.
3.
Solve problems in the electrostatic interaction of point charges through the
application of Coulomb’s Law.
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4.
Solve problems involving the effects of magnetic fields on moving charges or
currents, and the relationship of magnetic fields to the currents which produce
them.
5.
Use Faraday’s and Lenz’s laws to determine electromotive forces and solve
problems involving electromagnetic induction.
6.
Articulate the principles of reflection, refraction, diffraction, interference, and
superposition of waves.
7.
Describe the characteristics of light and the electromagnetic spectrum.
8.
Develop techniques to set up and perform experiments, collect data from those
experiments, and formulate conclusions from an experiment.
9.
Demonstrate the collections, analysis, and reporting of data using the scientific
method.
10.
Record experimental work completely and accurately in laboratory notebooks,
and communicate experimental results clearly in written reports.
11.
Solve problems applying the principles of reflection, refraction, diffraction,
interference, and superposition of waves.
12.
Solve practical problems involving optics, lenses, mirrors, and optical
instruments.
13.
Demonstrate an understanding of teamwork by collaborating in problem solving
sessions, or open discussion on the same, to include but not limited to setting up
the problems, data collection, data analysis, and drawing conclusions.
COURSE ASSESSMENT
Student success is measured by a variety of assessment techniques aligned with
course goals and learning outcomes. Individual faculty members are responsible for
designing evaluation instruments to measure student mastery of course goals and
learning outcomes and indicating the nature of such evaluation instruments in the
instructor’s class requirements.
This course consists of both a lecture and a laboratory and only one grade is assigned
for the course. Individual instructors are free to determine the percentage that the
laboratory portion of the course is to count toward the course grade. However, since
physics is an experimental science, and since the assigning of a passing grade for the
course infers to transfer institutions that the student passed both lecture and lab, the
following policy applies to all physics, physical science, and astronomy courses. To
receive a passing grade in the course, all students are required to pass the laboratory
portion of the course as determined by the laboratory instructor.
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STUDENT ACCESSIBILITY RESOURCES
Any student with a documented disability needing academic accommodations is
required to contact the Student Accessibility Resources (SAR) Office located on each
campus to schedule an appointment with the Coordinator of SAR. All discussions are
confidential. Because SAR accommodations may require early planning and are not
provided retroactively, students are encouraged to contact SAR as early in the semester
as possible. SAR is responsible for approving and coordinating all disability-related
services. TCC professors will honor requests for accommodation when they are issued
by SAR.
SCHOLASTIC DISHONESTY
Students are responsible for adhering to the TCCD policy on scholastic dishonesty as
stated in the online student handbook at www.tccd.edu.
RESOURCES
For additional information regarding the student handbook, academic calendar, course
evaluations, attendance policy, SCANS skills, Core Competencies, etc., see
www.tccd.edu.
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