PHYS 2220 (Fall 2016)
Instructor:
Office hours:
Marshal:
Course Assistant:
WebAssign:
WebAssign Link:
Dr. Eugene Mishchenko, JFB 215, E-mail: mishch@physics.utah.edu
Thursday, Friday, 3-4 pm
Chad Miller (chadrgm@gmail.com)
Mary Ann Woolf, 205 JFB, 801-581-4246 woolf@physics.utah.edu
Doug Baird (doug.baird@utah.edu)
https://www.webassign.net/utah/login.html
Textbook: Serway & Jewett, Physics for Scientists and Engineers, 8th or 9th Edition.
Lecture Sections
2220-001
2220-010
MWF 12:55-1:45 p.m.
MWF 2:00-2:50 p.m.
JFB 103
JFB 103
Discussion Sections
2220-002/012
2220-003/013
2220-004/014
2220-005/015
2220-006/016
2220-007/017
2220-008/018
2220-009/019
2220-010/020
2220-021/023
2220-022/024
12:55 p.m.-1:45 p.m.
7:30 a.m.-8:20 a.m.
9:40 a.m.-10:30 a.m.
10:45 a.m.-11:35 a.m.
12:55 p.m.-1:45 p.m.
2:00 p.m.-2:50 p.m.
3:05 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
2:00 p.m.-2:50 p.m.
7:30 a.m.-8:20 a.m.
10:45 a.m.-11:35 a.m
2:00 p.m.-2:50 p.m.
BEH S 102
WEB L114
WEB L122
LCB 225
NS 203
AEB 350
JTB 120
WEB L110
WEB L126
WEB L122
WEB L126
Andrew Davidson
Chad Miller
Philip Beltracchi
Henna Popli
Lei Shan
Andrew Davidson
Rohit Kimar
Rohit Kumar
Lei Shan
Philip Beltracchi
Henna Popli
WebAssign
The homework assignments will be from the textbook "Physics for Scientists and Engineers", 8th or 9th
edition, by Serway and Jewett, and will be handled online through WebAssign. Although it is not
required, it is strongly recommended that students purchase the ebook on WebAssign, rent or purchase
either an electronic version of Serway and Jewett's "Physics for Scientists and Engineers" or a hard copy.
Inexpensive used copies of the 6th, 7th, or even 8th edition can be bought from Amazon.com or eBay.
The assignments are accessed by each student when they enter the WebAssign website
(https://www.webassign.net/utah/login.html). The cost is $47.00 for homework only or $94.00 for both
the homework and ebook. The homework is required for the semester. Students are responsible for their
own WebAssign access on-line.
Grading
20 high-score homework, on average 12 points each; 3 high-score midterms (out of 4), 100 points each,
final test 300 points; make-up tests/assignments only for legitimate reasons: emergency (documented),
university-approved travel, etc.; tests can be taken ahead of time in case of significant personal reasons
(travel, conflict with work schedule, etc.).
Homework
Homework is due on Wednesdays and Fridays at 11:59 am; there will be no homework on the weeks
immediately after a midterm (one exception is the last midterm where there will be a homework due on
Wednesday after but one less homework due before it).
Exams
Exams will consist of the actual homework problems, albeit with different sets of numerical values.
Therefore, it is very important to understand the grading policy:
To get full credit for a problem you must 1) demonstrate understanding of the underlying physics by
presenting all steps in the solution with clear and correct explanations, 2) find solution in an algebraic
form, and only then 3) obtain a numerical answer. Simply presenting a correct answer without showing
all steps leading to it does not have any value when the test problems are drawn from the homework.
Likewise, you are gaining points as long as you are progressing along a logical and correct path to the
solution, but any non sequitur, such as a formula that does not follow from the preceding analysis, cuts
off the stream of points. On the other hand, a mistake in the algebra only reduces the score. Most
importantly, show your reasoning.
All midterm exams (see dates on schedule below) are during the regular class times and will be in FMAB
(Film and Media Arts Bldg).
The final exam is Wednesday, December 14, 3:30 – 5:30 p.m. in TBA. This is a University scheduled
exam time. THERE WILL BE NO EARLY FINAL EXAMS!
Important Dates
Last day to add without permission code is Friday, August 26.
Last day to drop (delete) classes with no tuition penalty is Friday, September 2.
Last day to add classes is Friday, September 2.
Last day to elect CR/NC options is Friday, September 2.
Last day to withdraw from term length classes is Friday, October 21.
Last day of class is Thursday, December 8.
NOTE: University policy is that your courses will be irrevocably DROPPED if tuition isn’t paid on time!
Students with Disabilities
The University of Utah seeks to provide equal access to its programs, services and activities for
people with disabilities. If you will need accommodations in this course, reasonable prior notice must be
given to the instructor and to the Center for Disability Services, 162 Olpin Union Bldg, 581-5020
(V/TDD) to make arrangements for accommodations. You are strongly encouraged to come and talk to
the instructor about your disability and necessary accommodations within the first two weeks of the
semester. CDS will work with you and the instructor to make arrangements for accommodations. You
can learn more about CDS at http://disability.utah.edu/
Holidays
September 5
October 9-16
November 24-25
Labor Day
Fall Break
Thanksgiving Holiday
Schedule
Class
Subject
Reading
Mon
Aug 22
Electricity, charges,
Coulomb's law
23.1-23.3
Wed
Aug 24
Electric field
23.6-23.7
Fri
Aug 26
Flux of electric field,
Gauss's law
24.1-24.2
Mon
Aug 29
Gauss's law applications
24.3-24.4
Wed
Aug 31
Electric potential
Fri
Sep 2
Electric potential
Mon
Sep 5
Labor Day
Wed
Sep 7
Homework
due
Problems
#1
Ch. 23:
5,8,10,22,25,63
25.1-25.3
#2
Ch. 24:
5,7,13,32,34,63
25.4-25.8
#3
Ch. 25:
1,7,12,16,31,32
Review
#4
Ch. 25:
36,44,45,47,57,72
Fri
Sep 9
Midterm test 1
#5
Ch. 23: 63,72
Ch. 24: 53,59
Ch. 25: 55,74
Mon
Sep 12
Capacitors
26.1-26.2
Wed
Sep 14
Combinations of
capacitors, energy of
capacitors
26.3-26.4
Fri
Sep 16
Dielectrics, dielectric
constant
26.5-26.7
#6
Ch. 26:
2,18,19,25,34,75
Mon
Sep 19
Ohm's law, resistance,
power
27.1-27.6
Wed
Sep 21
EMF, internal resistance,
resistors in series and
parallel
28.1-28.2
#7
Ch. 26: 42,47
Ch. 27: 10,17,38,43
Fri
Sep 23
Kirchhoff's rules
28.3
#8
Ch. 28:
3,4,7,11,13,19
Mon
Sep 26
Kirchhoff's rules, RC
circuits
28.4
Wed
Sep 28
Review
#9
Ch. 28:
23,24,29,30,41
#10
Ch. 26: 67,71
Ch. 27: 68
Ch. 28: 62,69
#11
Ch. 29:
3,10,17,25,39,40,46
31.1-31.4
#12
Ch. 30:
4,7,25,41,64,66
Eddy currents,
generators and motors
31.5-31.6
#13
Ch. 31:
3,11,12,25,35
Mon
Oct 24
Inductance, RL circuits
32.1-32.3
Wed
Oct 26
LC and LRC circuits
32.4-32.6
#14
Ch. 31:
37,42,43,66,71
Fri
Oct 28
Reactance and phasors
33.1-33.4
#15
Ch. 32:
5,17,25,33,39,49
Mon
Oct 31
AC circuits and
resonances, power
33.5-33.8
Wed
Nov 2
Review
#16
Ch. 33:
12,23,28,41,44,71
#17
Ch. 30: 13
Ch. 31: 62
Ch. 32: 60
Ch. 33: 59,78
#18
Ch. 34:
3,4,8,11,18,23,28
Fri
Sep 30
Midterm test 2
Mon
Oct 3
Magnetic field, force on a
moving charge
29.1-29.3
Wed
Oct 5
Forces and torques
acting on currents
29.4-29.6
Fri
Oct 7
The Biot-Savart law,
Ampere's law
30.1-30.5
Mon
Oct 17
Magnetic materials
30.6
Wed
Oct 19
Motional EMF,
Faraday's law,
Lenz's law
Fri
Oct 21
Fri
Nov 4
Midterm test 3
Mon
Nov 7
Displacement current
and Maxwell’s equations
34.1-34.2
Wed
Nov 9
Electromagnetic waves
34.3-34.5
Fri
Nov 11
Emission of
electromagnetic waves,
spectrum,
ray optics
34.6-34.7
35.1-35.3
Mon
Nov 14
Huygens principle,
reflection and refraction,
total internal reflection,
dispersion
35.4-35.8
Wed
Nov 16
Imaging by mirrors
36.1-36.2
#19
Ch. 35:
5,15,21,27,39,73
Fri
Nov 18
Imaging by lenses, thinlens formula
36.3-36.4
#20
Ch. 36:
4,5,12,20,22,25
Mon
Nov 21
Combinations of lenses,
magnification
Wed
Nov 23
Optical devices
36.5-36.10
#21
Ch. 36:
12,31,35,42,47
Fri
Nov 25
Thanksgiving break
Mon
Nov 28
Interference
Wed
Nov 30
Review
#22
Ch. 36:
53,63,64,67
Ch. 37:
4,15,19,30,37,57
#23
Ch. 38:
6,17,22,29,31
37.1-37.5
Fri
Dec 2
Midterm test 4
Mon
Dec 5
Diffraction
38.1-38.5
Wed
Dec 7
Polarization
38.6