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INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAND BASSAM
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Syllabus
Physics 2212: Introductory Electricity and Magnetism
January 2012
Instructor: Dr. Armand DIAMA
Ph.D. University of Missouri, Columbia, USA
Department of Physics and Astronomy
Office: to be announced
E-mail: [email protected]
Telephone off campus: 08 33 87 42
Office hours: to be announced
Class Schedule
Lecture: Time, date and room: Tuesday 2:30 PM to 5:30 PM; ROOM 1
Lab: Time, date and room: Friday 2:30 PM to 5:30 PM; ROOM1
Course description
This class in an introduction to the classical theory of electricity and magnetism leading
to Maxwell’s equations, as well as applications to simple electrical circuits. We will
study the electromagnetic force, time-varying electric and magnetic fields, and
electromagnetic waves. We will also learn about DC and AC circuits.
Office hours: to be announced
Textbook: Physics for scientists and Engineers second edition by Randall D. Knight
You will also need the Lab Manual and a lab notebook.
We will be covering Chapters 26 to 41 of this book.
Prerequisites: Physics 2211.
Course requirements
1. Assignments: Nine problem sets will be assigned throughout the semester.
The due date will be announced in each assignment copy.
They are due at the beginning of class.
There is no credit for late homework. All problems will be graded on each homework for a
total of 50 points. One of the problems sets (lowest score) will be dropped when calculating the
final grade. Please show all your work in your solutions and write legibly and
neatly.
It is difficult to award points when the solution is illegible. Finally, do not leave your homework
until the last minute. That’s a guaranteed way of doing poorly in this class.
2. Quizzes: Five quizzes will be given throughout the semester. I will give the class at least
two days prior notice of a quiz. Each Quiz will be graded for a total of 50 points Makeup
quizzes will not be given.
3. Exams: 2 exams, one midterm, and a final will be given. Each exam will be graded for a
total of 100 points. All exams date will be announced
4. Laboratory The laboratory will consist of approximately “ten” experiments performed
during the semester. Laboratory reports will be collected at the end of each lab session.
Late reports will not be accepted. All labs will be graded for a total of 100 points and the
lab grade will count as 1/3 of the final grade.
Content Outline for Physics II course
A. Electrostatics
1. Charge and coulomb’s law
2. Electric field and electric potential
3. Gauss’s Law
4. Fields and potentials of other charge distributions
B. Conductors, capacitors, dielectric
1. Electrostatics with conductors
2. Capacitors
a. Capacitance
b. Parallele plate
c. Spherical and Cylindrical
3. Dielectrics
C. Electrics circuits
1. Current, resistance, power
2. Steady-state direct current (circuits with batteries and resistors only)
3. Capacitors in circuits
a. Steady state
b. Transients in RC circuits
D. Magnetic Fields
1. Forces on moving charges in magnetic fields
2. Forces on current-carrying wires in magnetic fields
3. Fields of long current-carrying wires
4. Biot-Savart law and Ampere’s Law
E. Electromagnetism
1. Electromagnetic induction (including Faraday’s law and Lenz’s Law)
2. Inductance (including LR and LC circuits)
3. Maxwell’s equations
F. Geometric optics
1. Reflection and refraction
2. Mirrors
3. Lenses
Laboratory: You will be performing “seven or nine” lab experiments. You will be
graded on all “nine”. Note that you must complete at least 8 labs and turn in the reports in order
to pass this course. This is regardless of how well you’re doing in the other parts of the course
(homework and exams).
Pre-Lab Exercises: due BEFORE the lab. Make-up Labs: You must present me with a
verifiable excuse in writing. Students with a valid excuse will be permitted to make up one lab
during the make-up week before the final.
Physics II laboratory content
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Electrostatics and Equipotential Field Mapping
DC Circuits and Ohm's Law
DC Circuits and Kirchhoff's Rules
Resistors in series and in parallel
Oscilloscope (phase between intensity and current)
I-V curves of non linear devices
Magnetic Fields and induction
Electric Resonance
Convergent lens
I have to have a tough make-up exam policy. You must have a DOCUMENTED valid excuse to
miss an exam. Serious sickness, death in the family, or a university function, if documented
properly, constitute valid reasons. If you know ahead of time that you will miss an exam (for
example for the above excuses), you need to make arrangements ahead of time for a make-up
exam. . If I give a make-up test after the exam has passed, note that this will be a more
difficult exam than the one given to the rest of the class
Grading: The final grade will be calculated as follows:
Lab: 100 pts
Homework: 50 pts
Quizzes: 50 pts
Exams: 100 pts
Midterm: 100 pts
Final exam: 100 pts
Average (Quizzes +Homework)= 100pts
Average Exam = 100 pts
Lecture grade = Average [Ave (Exam) + Ave (quizzes +Homework)] =100pts
Course grade = (Lecture grade)*2/3 + (Lab grade)*1/3 = 100 pts
Grading Scale: Lecture
100%-97%
A+
96%-93%
A
92%-90%
A-
89%-87%
B+
86%-83%
B
82%-80%
B-
79%-77%
C+
76%-73%
C
72%-70%
C-
69%-67%
D+
66%-63%
D
Below 63%
F
Class Rules and Commonsense Expectations:
• Attendance is important. Note that material that is not in the book will be covered in the class.
If you miss a class, it is your responsibility to get the class notes from another student.
• When you come to class, you may not read a newspaper, do homework for another class, or
chat with your neighbor. This is distracting to everybody. Please do not come if you’re not
going to participate in the class. Also, please be on time.
• Turn off cell phones and pagers at the beginning of each class.
• Cheating is not acceptable and will not be tolerated. You will without
an exception be reported to the Dean of Students and get a zero on your exam.
• You may work in groups on your problem sets as long as everyone is actively working on the
problems. If you copy your homework from someone else, you will without a doubt do poorly on
your exams.
• Your assignments will be graded by myself and returned to you within a week. Your exams
will be graded by myself. If you have any questions about grading or think that there is a
mistake, please come to me.