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PHYSICS 6C
SYLLABUS
SPRING 2002
Professor
David A. Williams
319 Natural Sciences 2
[email protected]
459-3032
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Lectures
The lectures will be MWF 12:30-1:40 in Thimann 3. You will be responsible for any information
(e.g. exam times, reading additions or deletions, etc.) conveyed during class hours. The lectures
will tend to be concept-oriented, while the discussion sessions (see below) will tend to be more
problem-oriented. The assigned reading may include topics which are not covered by the lectures,
but which will be covered on homework and exams.
Laboratory
The lab portion of the course, Physics 6N, is a separate course. Make sure you are registered for it
if you intend to take it. With the exception of extraordinary circumstances, attendance
at all lab sessions is mandatory in order to pass 6N. YOU MUST ATTEND THE LAB
SESSION FOR WHICH YOU ARE REGISTERED. Exceptions will only be made under
extenuating circumstances, and with the consent of the TA whose session you will be attending
instead of your regular session. This consent will only be granted if justied. It is also then
your responsibility to notify your regular TA of that switch. We have found that, without these
strict guidelines, popular times become overcrowded, which is unfair to those who have legitimately
registered for those slots.
You are expected to read each lab, and work the prelab questions, before coming to your lab
section. Lab work will be completed and handed in at the end of each lab.
Texts
Young and Freedman, University Physics, 10th Edition. We will be covering Chapters 22 through 33,
which are in volume 2 of the two volume version. This book is available at the Bay Tree Book Store.
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You also need to get a copy of the 6N Lab Manual from the Copy Center in the Communications
Building, and a lab notebook { preferably a bound notebook with quadrille-ruled pages.
Homework
Homework will normally be handed out in class and made available on the web on Wednesday, and
will be due in class the following Wednesday. The rst homework assignment will be handed out
the rst day of class. In the rare case that you are unable to deliver it to class on Wednesday,
you may turn it in before 1:30 pm at the Physics Department oce in Kerr Hall. Under no
circumstance is the homework to be brought to the professor's oce or left in the
professor's mailbox, unless by special arrangement. Any homework handed in this way will
receive an automatic 0 grade!!
There will be nine homework sets, the rst one being due Wednesday, April 3. You are encouraged to work in groups on the homework, but please make sure everyone in the study group
understands the solution to each problem. Doing and understanding the homework is one of the
best ways to prepare for the exams.
In the past, we have had problems with disappearing homework assignments. If this is a concern
to you, please make a xerox copy of each assignment before handing it in. Also, please staple all
loose sheets together.
Solutions to homework will be made available at the Science Library on Wednesday afternoon.
Composition of Final Grade
Homework: 10%. Midterms: 25% each of two. Final: 40%. The lab (6N) is graded separately.
Discussion Sections
TA-lead discussion sections will take place twice each week, starting next week on April 1. The
sections are every Monday evening from 7:00{8:30 in Thimann Lab 185, and every Tuesday from
4:00-5:30 in Thimann 1. These sessions will tend to be more problem-oriented, while the lectures
will tend to be more concept-oriented.
Help Outside of Class
Each of the TAs and the professor will hold regular oce hours throughout the quarter. A handout
listing the times of oce hours will be distributed and posted on the web during the second week
of the term.
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PHYSICS 6C LECTURE & EXAM SCHEDULE
SPRING 2002
Lab Lecture Date Topic
Number
Text
Sections
No
Lab
1
2
3/27 Electrostatics: Coulomb's Law
3/29 Electrostatics: Electric Fields & Dipoles
22-1{22-5
22-5{22-9
1
3
4
5
4/1 Electrostatics: Gauss's Law
4/3 Electrostatics: Applications of Gauss's Law
4/5 Electrostatics: Electric Potential
23-1{23-4
23-5{23-6
24-1{24-3
2
6
7
8
4/8 Electrostatics: Equipotentials & Gradients
4/10 Capacitance, Series & Parallel Capacitors
4/12 Energy Storage, Dielectrics
24-4{24-7
25-1{25-3
25-4{25-6
3
9
10
4/15 DC Circuits: Current & Resistance
4/17 DC Circuits: EMF, Energy & Power
4/19 MIDTERM 1 (Lectures 1{9, Homework 1{3)
26-1{26-4
26-5{26-6,26-8
4
11
12
13
4/22 DC Circuits: Resistor Combinations
4/24 DC Circuits: Kirchho's Laws, Meters
4/26 DC Circuits: RC Circuits, Wall Power
27-1{27-2
27-3{27-4
27-5{27-6
5
14
15
16
4/29 Magnetism: Magnetic Fields, Lorentz Force
28-1{28-5
5/1 Magnetism: Magnetic Forces & Dipoles
28-6{28-9
5/3 Magnetism: Fields of Moving Charges, Biot{Savart Law 29-1{29-4
6
17
18
19
5/6 Magnetism: Forces & Fields
5/8 Magnetism: Ampere's Law
5/10 Electromagnetism: Faraday's Law, Lenz's Law
29-5{29-6
29-7{29-9
30-1{30-4
7
20
21
5/13 MIDTERM 2 (Lectures 10{18, Homework 4{6)
5/15 Electromagnetism: Maxwell's Equations
5/17 AC Circuits: Inductance
29-10,30-5{30-9
31-1{31-4
8
22
23
24
5/20 AC Circuits: Circuits with Inductance
5/22 AC Circuits: Resistance & Reactance
5/24 AC Circuits: Power, Resonance, Transformers
31-5{31-7
32-1{32-4
32-5{32-7
No
Lab
25
26
5/29 EM Waves: Propagation, Speed of Light
5/31 EM Waves: Energy, Momentum, Radiation
33-1{33-4
33-5,33-7{33-9
COMPREHENSIVE FINAL: Monday, June 3 8:00{11:00 AM
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PHYSICS 6C { HOMEWORK SET 1
SPRING 2002
Due in class 4/3/02. Ten points each.
Reading: Young and Freedman, Chapter 22 and Chapter 23, Sections 1{4.
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Discussion Question Q22-2
Discussion Question Q22-19
Exercise 22-16
Exercise 22-26
Exercise 22-40
Exercise 22-49
Problem 22-63
Discussion Question Q23-14
Exercise 23-3
Problem 23-22