College Physics II Syllabus for 2023-2024
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Course

PHYS-1402-001 College Physics II

Prerequisites

Prerequisite: College Physics I or instructor consent

Course Description

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. Laboratory activities will reinforce lecture content.

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Hours

(4 sem hrs; 3 lec, 4 lab)

Class Type

On Campus Course

Syllabus Information

Textbooks

Lecture: Textbook Optional

Lab: Laboratory Manual for PHYS 1402, on Blackboard.

Homework: You will be given a code by the instructor on Blackboard to access all homework, quizzes, and reading assignments on Study.com.  You do NOT need to be a subscriber to Study.com not do you need to pay in order to access Study.com.  Please feel free to use your favorite email account to access Study.com as it is separate from the Blackboard system.

Supplies

Calculator: You will need a calculator that is not your phone that can handle scientific notation, exponents, and trigonometric functions.

Ruler and Protractor: While there are ones to borrow in the classroom, you may wish to have your own.

Student Performance

After completing the lecture part of this course, students should be able to:

1. Articulate the fundamental concepts of electricity and electromagnetism, including electrostatic potential energy, electrostatic    potential, potential difference, magnetic field, induction, and Maxwell’s equations.
2. State the general nature of electrical forces and electrical charges, and their relationship to electrical current.
3. Solve problems involving the inter-relationship of electrical  charges, electrical forces, and electrical fields.
4. Apply Kirchhoff’s laws to analysis of circuits with potential sources, capacitance, and resistance, including parallel and series capacitance and resistance.
5. Calculate the force on a charged particle between the plates of a parallel-plate capacitor.
6. Apply Ohm’s law to the solution of problems.
7. Describe the effects of static charge on nearby materials in terms of Coulomb’s law.
8. Use Faraday’s and Lenz’s laws to find the electromotive forces.
9. Describe the components of a wave and relate those components to mechanical vibrations, sound, and decibel level.
10. Articulate the principles of reflection, refraction, diffraction, interference and superposition of waves.
11. Solve real-world problems involving optics, lenses, and mirrors.

After completing the lab part of this course, students should be able to:

1. Prepare laboratory reports that clearly communicate experimental information in logical and scientific manner.
2. Conduct basic laboratory experiments involving electricity and magnetism.
3. Relate physical observations and measurements involving electricity and magnetism to theoretical principles.
4. Evaluate the accuracy of physical measurements and the potential sources of error in the measurement.
5. Design fundamental experiments involving principles of electricity and magnetism.
6. Identify appropriate sources of information for conducting laboratory experiments involving electricity and magnetism.

Students Rights and Responsibilities

Student Rights and Responsibilities

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If you are an active staff or faculty member according to Human Resources, use "Exchange". All other students, use "AC Connect (Google) Email".

Expected Student Behavior

The lecture meetings will include class discussion and some activities, so students will not be expected to sit quietly the entire time.  Students will be expected to exercise good judgment regarding when to speak and when to listen, however, both with the instructor as well as with other students.

Students are expected to remain up-to-date on their own grades, and bring any disputes to the instructor in a timely manner.  Other than disputes regarding the final exam itself, all disputes must be brought up prior to the last week of the course.

To avoid disruption and potential embarrassment, please silence all electronic devices.  Outside of quizzes and exams, portable electronics will be allowed.  However, unless they are part of an assistive system (see Disability Services if in doubt), please remove any earpieces or headphones during exams.

Please feel free to record (audio or video) lectures for your personal use or to share with other students currently taking this course.  

Academic dishonesty will at a minimum be punished by a score of zero on the relevant task.  This includes cheating on exams, and turning in lab reports for a lab that was not actually attended.  (The online homework is harder to cheat than to just do honestly, but please do not take this as a challenge.)  Additional sanctions at the College level may be applied if the situation merits.

Grading Criteria

Homework and Quizzes: 40%

Attendance: 10%

Labs: 30%

Final Project: 20%

If it will raise your average, the lowest regular exam grade (unless it is a zero given for cheating) will be replaced by the percentage score of the final exam.

The laboratory grade will use the best 10 reports out of 12 assigned.  A bonus of one full lab's worth of points will be given if all 12 reports are completed (or if any absences are excused, at instructor discretion).

Attendance will be taken at the beginning of lecture.  Good attendance will be rewarded with bonus points on the last homework assignment, with 15 points (1.5 full homework assignments' worth) for perfect attendance, one point less for each lecture missed, to a minimum of zero.  If you arrive late, it is your responsibility to make sure you get marked present.

The harshest grading scale that will be applied will be as follows: 89.5% = A, 79.5% = B, 69.5% = C, 59.5% = D.  The instructor reserves the right to adjust the curve to be more forgiving, but will not make it harsher.  The final analysis will consider the grades of all students: a few very high scores will not prevent a relaxing of the curve if most of the class struggled.  The resulting curve will probably be uneven, meaning the numerical ranges of each letter grade will not be the same.

Attendance

Student attendance in lecture and lab is expected.  Note that the lecture is not just a reading of the textbook (optional), and portions of the labs will be over material not covered in the textbook or in Study.com.

If a student has what the instructor considers to be a reasonable excuse for missing lab or class, it will not be counted against the "perfect attendance" bonus.

Important note: Students who miss all meetings of the class in the first two weeks will be automatically dropped.

Calendar

Additional Information

If you are going to miss class due to weather, illness, or other issues, please notify the instructor by Blackboard messenger as soon as possible.  Quizzes and some labs can be given later in the week (or during another section lab time), and lab absences can be excused by the circumstances.

Please contact me at any time!  I am here for your success!  I have fun doing science and it is my job and passion to make science fun for you.