Physics 222 – Elements of Physics
II
Fall 2005
Dr. Thomas Papenbrock Lecture hours:
226
tpapenbr@utk.edu Nielsen Physics 415
Office hours:
10:00-12:00 Tue/Thu and by appointment
Text: College Physics by Serway & Faughn
General Course Description: This course is intended to provide a foundation on electricity, magnetism, and modern physics (relativity and quantum physics).
Schedule: The class will meet 29 times with 26 lectures and 3 hour exams. Dates for hour exams are provisional and are subject to changes announced in class. Consult the University schedule for date and time of final examination.
|
Week |
Date |
Lecture |
Reading/Lecture |
Material |
|
1 |
25-Aug |
1 |
15.1-15.5 |
Introduction. Electric
fields |
|
2 |
30-Aug |
2 |
15.6-15.9 |
Gauss'
Law |
|
|
1-Sep |
3 |
16.1-16.5 |
Electric potential &
energy |
|
3 |
6-Sep |
4 |
16.6-16.10 |
Capacitors |
|
|
8-Sep |
5 |
17.1-17.5 |
Electric current & Ohm's
Law |
|
4 |
13-Sep |
6 |
17.6-17.9 |
Resistance, electrical
energy |
|
|
15-Sep |
7 |
Test 1: Chap
15-17 |
|
|
5 |
20-Sep |
8 |
18.1-18.4 |
DC
Circuits, Kichhoff's rules |
|
|
22-Sep |
9 |
18.5-18.8 |
RC
Circuits |
|
6 |
27-Sep |
10 |
19.1-19.5 |
Magnetic fields &
forces |
|
|
29-Sep |
11 |
19.6-19.10 |
Ampere's
Law |
|
7 |
4-Oct |
12 |
20.1-20.5 |
Induced emf, Faraday's
Law |
|
|
6-Oct |
13 |
20.6-20.8 |
RL
Circuits |
|
8 |
11-Oct |
14 |
Test 2: Chap
18-20 |
|
|
|
13-Oct |
|
Fall
Break |
|
|
9 |
18-Oct |
15 |
21.1-21.6 |
AC
Circuits |
|
|
20-Oct |
16 |
21.7-21.12 |
Transformator,
Maxwell |
|
10 |
25-Oct |
17 |
26.1-26.5 |
Speed
of light |
|
|
27-Oct |
18 |
26.6-26.10 |
Einstein's principle of
relativity |
|
11 |
1-Nov |
19 |
27.1-27.5 |
Quantum
physics |
|
|
3-Nov |
20 |
27.6-27.9 |
Particle-wave
dualism |
|
12 |
8-Nov |
21 |
28.1-28.5 |
Atomic spectra, Uncertainty
principle |
|
|
10-Nov |
22 |
Test 3: Chap 21,
26-28 |
|
|
13 |
15-Nov |
23 |
28.6-28.10 |
Exclusion principle, periodic
table |
|
|
17-Nov |
24 |
28.11-28.14 |
Lasers &
semiconductors |
|
14 |
22-Nov |
25 |
29.1-29.4 |
Radioactivity |
|
|
24-Nov |
|
Thanksgiving |
|
|
15 |
29-Nov |
26 |
29.5-29.8 |
Medical
applications |
|
|
1-Dec |
27 |
30.1-30.5 |
Nuclear fission &
fusion |
|
16 |
6-Dec |
28 |
30
continued |
Elementary
particles |
|
|
8-Dec |
29 |
Course Summary
|
|
|
17 |
13-Dec |
30 |
Final
Exam |
|
Remarks:
It is expected that you read the relevant material before class. You should know
the basic concepts and definitions, in order to maximize the benefit of the
lecture. Quizzes will be given to encourage advance reading and attendance. They
will be part of your homework grade.
Academic Honesty: All work submitted by a student is expected to represent their own work. Students are expected to enter their own homework into the PhysicsNow system without assistance from others. Students are expected to perform all work in conformance with the University policies regarding Academic Honesty.
Grading policy: The semester grade will be a weighted average of hour tests grades, final exam grades, laboratory scores and homework scores.
Homework will
comprise 20% of the final semester grade.
Homework sets will be assigned On-Line using the PhysicsNow software system (http://www.cp7e.com/). The problem sets will generally be available on-line at 12:00
noon each Tuesday and will be due at 8:00 am on the following Tuesday.
Exceptions (for example at the Fall Break) will be noted in class) The first
problem set will be assigned 30 August and will be due two weeks later on 13
September to allow a chance for students to familiarize themselves with the
PhysicsNow software. There will be about 12 problem
sets. Due dates for problem sets are firm. In lieu of extensions, the two lowest
scores on homework sets will be dropped from the average.
Laboratory scores will comprise 20% of the final semester grade.
While laboratory work will be graded by each Lab Instructor independently, an effort will be made to insure a uniform grading policy between different laboratory sections. Laboratory make-ups are entirely at the lab instructor’s discretion and arrangements for such must be made with the lab instructor.
Final Examination will comprise 20% of the final semester grade.
The final exam will be comprehensive.
Hour Tests will
comprise 40% of the final semester grade.
There will be three one-hour tests, and an average grade will be computed from the student’s two best hour exams, i.e. a student’s lowest “effective” hour exam score will be dropped. If one Hour Test is missed, it will be considered to be the low score and will be dropped in the averaging. Because one test may be missed without direct penalty: Make-up hour tests will not be given. Hour tests will be closed book, but a list of useful equations fill be provided. If, for any reason, there is a concern about a grade given on an exam or exam question, an appeal will be entertained if it is raised no later than one week after the date on which the graded exams are made available for return to the class. After this “appeal period” of one week, exam grades will be considered final and will not be altered.