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University Physics II

PHYS 2204


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General Information

Course Description

Texts and Materials

Course Requirements 

Course Objectives

Teaching Methods 

Course Outline



General Information


Course:               University Physics II, 3 credits (4 hours lecture, 3 hours corequisite laboratory)

Semester:           Spring 2011

Lecture:              PHYS 2204.21

Laboratory:       PHYS 2202.xx (various sections are available: see WebAdvisor)

Syllabus:             http://theflorys.org/David.Flory/University_Physics_II_Syllabus_Flory.php

 

Prerequisite:      MATH 2201, Calculus I, Calculus II is recommended.

Corequisite:      PHYS 2202, Physics Laboratory II.

Requirement:   Students must have an FDU WebMail account and access to WebCampus/Bb.

 

Class times:       Mon & Wed, 11:00 am to 12:50 pm in Becton 205

Lab times:          Various sections are available: see WebAdvisor


Instructor:         Prof. David Flory

Office:                Becton Hall, Room 111 (In the basement)

Mail Stop:          H-BEC2-03

Office Hours:   Mon & Wed 1:00-2:00 pm, Tue 2:30-3:30 pm.

                              Other times by appointment.

Telephone:        201-692-7064

Email:                 mailto:flory@fdu.edu

Web page:          http://TheFlorys.org/David.Flory/


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Course Description

The second half of a two-semester, calculus based physics course. Topics normally covered include: waves and sound, geometrical and physical optics, electrical forces and fields, electric potential, current and resistance, circuits, capacitance, magnetic forces and fields, force on a moving charge, magnetic field of a current, electromagnetic induction, electromagnetic oscillations and waves, alternating currents, special relativity. Prerequisite: University Physics I. Corequisite: Physics Laboratory II and Calculus II is recommended. Lecture 3 credits, 4 hours. Laboratory 1 credit, 3 hours.

This course sequence satisfies the physics requirement for curricula that require a year of calculus-based physics with a laboratory. This includes most pre-professional options. 

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Texts and Materials

Main Text:        Physics for Scientists and Engineers: A Strategic Approach with Modern Physics and MasteringPhysics™ (2nd Edition)

Author:              Randall D. Knight, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

Publisher:           Pearson/Addison-Wesley (San Francisco, 2008)

ISBN-10:           0-321-51333-9

ISBN-13:           978-0-321-51333-5

 

Web Site:           MasteringPhysics™ Students are required to have an access code to this web site either as part of a new textbook package or, if a used book was purchased, as a separate item. The MasteringPhysics web site has extensive material to support the course including: tutorials, animations, and an extensive set of exercises and problems with hints, help, and answers. It also has the complete text available on-line. Homework will be assigned from MasteringPhysics.


The primary required text for University Physics. This text is designed for a calculus-based physics course at the beginning university and college level. It is written with the expectation that students have either taken or are currently taking a beginning course in calculus.

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Supplement:     Physlet® Physics, 1/e

Authors:             Wolfgang Christian

                              Mario Belloni

                              both of Davidson College

Publisher:           Pearson/Prentice Hall (2004).

ISBN:                  0-13-101969-4


This book and CD package furnishes students with a host of interactive, computer-based exercises and study resources that span the entire introductory physics curriculum. Using a practical yet engaging structure, Physlet Physics presents a wide spectrum of “media-focused” critical thinking and problem-solving exercises, and provides students with an interactive visual representation of the physical phenomena they see in introductory physics textbooks. 


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Math:                  Mathematics for Physics with Calculus

Author:              Biman Das, SUNY Potsdam

Publisher:           Pearson/Prentice Hall (2004).

ISBN:                  0-13-191336-0


Designed for students who plan to take or who are presently taking calculus-based physics courses. This book will develop necessary mathematical skills and help students gain the competence to use precalculus, calculus, vector algebra, vector calculus, and the statistical analysis of experimental data. Students taking intermediate physics, engineering, and other science courses will also find the book useful—and will be able to use the book as a mathematical resource for these intermediate level courses. The book emphasizes primarily the use of mathematical techniques and mathematical concepts in Physics and does not go into their rigorous developments.

 

 

Laboratory:       Physics Laboratory Manual II, PHYS 2202 

Authors:             Physics Staff 

Publisher:           School of Natural Sciences

                              University College

                              Fairleigh Dickinson University

 

Resources:          http://TheFlorys.org/David.Flory/Physics.Resources.php 

Web Site:           http://TheFlorys.org/David.Flory/Physics.php

 

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Course Requirements

Students are required to obtain an FDU Webmail account. This allows access to FDU’s Webcampus and the Blackboard web site for the course. The email facilities of Blackboard will be used to communicate with students and the material on the site is highly recommended. Students who do not wish to use or check their FDU email can set up auto-forwarding to another email address of their choice.

 

Each student in University Physics must register for a section of laboratory. The laboratory is a mandatory co-requisite.

Attendance in lecture is required. Students are expected to arrive on time for all classes. Cell phones and pagers must be turned off at all times in lab and lecture.

There will be five examinations, one every third Wednesday at 12:00 noon. Each exam will cover the previous three week’s work. The exams will be multiple choice. They will emphasize understanding of the material covered. Practice exams will be available on Web Campus. The exams will be closed book. A calculator is mandatory. Cell phones, ipods, laptop computers, and any devices with cellular or wireless access are forbidden.The course grade will be determined from the average of the grades from the exams. The University has a formal Grade Appeal Procedure for appealing a course grade.

Fairleigh Dickinson University has an Academic Integrity Policy that each student must read and understand. It can be found in the Academic Regulations section of the Metropolitan Campus Student Handbook on the FDU web site.

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Course Objectives

The overall objectives of University Physics are to present in a quantitative format the primary laws of physics that underlay all of the other sciences.

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            Show the way science progresses from observation and classification of phenomena through model building to the development of comprehensive theories that can explain and predict and that can be tested by experiment.

            Discuss the criteria for a successful scientific theory and apply those criteria to the real world.

            Apply the methods and procedures of science through elementary laboratory exercises and observation. Analyze simple experiments and discuss whether they support or confront a theoretical prediction.

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Teaching Methods

University Physics is taught as a formal lecture supplemented with some demonstrations and audio/visual materials. Questions are welcomed. Homework will be assigned using the text’s MasteringPhysics™ web system. The homework will be marked and graded for completeness but not for correctness. Problems that proved difficult will be solved in class.

The student is expected to read the text along with the lectures. The lectures will be easier to understand if you read the text first.. There are also several supplements to the text that are available. In particular, the text’s site MasteringPhysics™ is required.

Questions to the instructor about the course and its content are to be asked in class, during office hours, or using the WebCampus/Bb Discussion Board for the section. This will allow all members of the class to benefit from the answers. Email should be reserved for private questions involving items like individual grades.

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Course Outline

Part V: Waves and Optics

20. Traveling Waves

21. Superposition

22. Wave Optics

23. Ray Optics

24. Optical Instruments

25. Modern Optics and Matter Waves

 

Part VI: Electricity and Magnetism

26. Electric Charges and Forces

27. The Electric Field

28. Gauss's Law

29. The Electric Potential

30. Potential and Field

31. Current and Resistance

32. Fundamentals of Circuits

33. The Magnetic Field

34. Electromagnetic Induction

35. Electromagnetic Fields and Waves

36. AC Circuits

 

(the following chapters may not be covered)

Part VII: Relativity and Quantum Physics

37. Relativity

38. The End of Classical Physics

39. Quantization

 

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