GENERAL PHYSICS II - PH 222-2C (Fall 2012)
Course webpage: http://people.cas.uab.edu/~mirov/SMirov_Teaching_Page22.htm
Instructor: Prof. Sergey B. Mirov 934-8088 (CH 421B), E-mail: mirov@uab.edu
Office Hours: Tuesday, 3:00-5:00 pm in CH 421B and by appointment.
Course Prerequisite: Physics PH 221.
Required Co-requisites: You must enroll in lab (PH 222L) and any recitation section associated with PH 222 (see below)
during the same semester you take PH222-2C (lecture). Failure to enroll for all three components by the drop date on August
22, 2012 will result in being automatically dropped from this course. Last day to withdraw from a course with a grade of "W" is
October 26, 2012.
Lecture PH222-2C: Tuesday and Thursday, 11:00am-12:15 pm, Campbell Hall (CH) Room 301. Attendance in lecture will
be periodically checked.
Recitation PH222R: Students are required to register and attend the recitation. These begin the week of August 20. PH 222R
C3 Thursday 12:30 PM - 01:20 PM, PH 222R C4 Thursday 03:30 - 4:20 PM, PH 222R X2 Tuesday 12:30 - 01:20 PM. You
should come to recitation period prepared for a short 10- or 15-minute Quiz on material previously covered in class. Quizzes
may not be given at each class meeting, but will NOT be announced ahead of time. These will be in open-book/open-notes
format, BUT they will also be strictly limited in time.
Lab PH222L: As of Spring 2010, the UAB Department of Physics will no longer allow students to use grades made in a lab
section from a previous semester when retaking any of the courses in the PH201-202 or PH221-222 course sequence. Lab
begins the week of August 20. Assignments, protocol, due dates, and grading of labs will be discussed in the first lab meeting.
You are required to get the lab manual materials which are available in the campus bookstore before the first day of lab.
Course Description: This second term of calculus-based Physics will cover electric charge, electric field, electric potential,
capacitance, current, circuits, magnetic fields, induction, alternating current and circuits, electromagnetic waves, optics,
interference and diffraction phenomena. We will use trigonometry, vectors, differential and integral calculus as tools to
quantify our study. It is essential that you keep up with the material covered; do not try to catch up after a lapse of several
lectures.
Course Text: Halliday, Resnick &Walker, Fundamentals of Physics, 8e Edition, (2008, Wiley & Sons, ISBN: 978-0-47004472-8). This class uses the online WebAssign system for homework problems. You are responsible for buying a WebAssign
key either with the text book, separately at the bookstore, or online). Please make sure you are buying a correct code, as codes
for different subjects do not work with this book. If you are looking online for textbooks, please make sure you are buying the
correct version as the publisher makes several different ones. There is also a 9th edition of this book available, so please make
sure that you buy the right edition as they are not exactly the same (homework problems are different).
Tests and Exams: Three in-class tests and one comprehensive final exam (2.5 hours) will be given. Textbook and notebooks
are not allowed in the exams. One letter-size formula information sheet is allowed. A calculator may be used. The tests &
exams will be based on problems related to (but often with important differences) homework problems and problems discussed
in class. The intent of the test & exam problems will be to test your understanding of physics principles and to test your ability
to apply these principles to practice. To do well on the tests & exams, you should do the reading assignments before class, pay
attention to lectures, and personally work all of the homework problems when they are assigned. The tests & exams will be
graded on a step-by-step basis, with partial credit awarded for correct steps and techniques even if the answer is wrong. Full
credit will be awarded only if the right answer is obtained for the right reason.
Quizzes: You should come to recitation period prepared for a short 10- or 15-minute quiz on material previously covered in
class. Quizzes may not be given at each class meeting, but will NOT be announced ahead of time, and, when given, will be
given at the end of the period. These will be in open-book/open-notes format, BUT they will also be strictly limited in time;
“winging it” won’t work -- come prepared.
Homework:
Homework is electronically processed via an internet website:
http://www.webassign.net/uab/login.html
It is important to enter this web page ASAP, successfully authenticate using your BlazerID, and after that you will be
automatically added to your roster. You are strongly advised to start homework as soon as a problem set is given. It is
absolutely critical to work these problems yourselves when they are assigned, since this will help to lock in understanding of the
physical principles learned from class and the textbook and develop problem-solving skills, which will be necessary for any
type of success on the exams. Do not fall into the trap of just reading over or memorizing homework solutions, this will
generally be of little or no use for solving the exam problems. Developing the necessary problem solving skills will only come
from personally going through the struggle of working homework problems yourself. In order to solve homework problems,
you need internet access and a web browser. Students who do not have internet access can use computers in Stern Library and
Physics Labs (Campbell Hall 4th floor). Day schedule when 4th floor labs are open for use by students enrolled in PH222 will be
set up by Dr. Todd Devore (CH468A, phone 934-4295, E-mail: devore@uab.edu ).
Related UAB core learning outcomes: Students successfully completing this course will demonstrate knowledge of
fundamental concepts in electro-magnetism and optics and the ability to apply this knowledge and mathematical skills in
calculus and vectors for quantitative reasoning and problem solving.
Course learning objectives:
• Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of fundamental concepts of electro-magnetism and optics.
• Demonstrate ability to interpret data and apply the knowledge of the fundamental electro-magnetism and optics
concepts as well as quantitative reasoning and mathematical analysis skills to effectively solve problems. You should
be able to: 1) read a description of the problem and translate nonscientific prose into the language of physics,
identifying key physical variables that point to a solution; 2) set up a figure or diagram to assist in analyzing the
problem: 3) determine a relationship between the given physical quantities and the ones to be found; 4) carry out
mathematical operations to arrive to a solution.
• Demonstrate (in the associated laboratory) the ability to collect, evaluate and communicate scientific information
Measurement of learning objectives: Homework problem sets and exams will be used regularly to measure understanding of
the fundamental concepts presented as well as students’ abilities to apply this understanding to problems in electro-magnetism
and optics. Both, problem sets and exams also provide an opportunity to evaluate the progression of students’ understanding of
physical concepts and problem solving skills.
Composition of final course grade:
Attendance
Homework:
Lab
3 Interim Tests
Quizzes
Final Exam (2.5 hr)
TOTAL:
5%
10%
15%
15+15+15=45%
5% (unannounced, open notes)
20%
100%
(50 pts) random check
(100 pts)
(150 pts)
(150+150+150=450 pts)
(50 pts)
(200 pts)
(1000 pts)
A: 90% or above
B: 80%-89%
C: 70%-79%
D: 60%-69%
F: 59% and below
Early Alert System (EAS): The early alert system is a notification I will use during the months of August/December to
indicate that your performance is at or below a “D” in this class. EAS is designed to help students be more successful
academically at UAB. If you receive an email with EAS in the title, please open it, read it and take advantage of the support that
UAB offers to all students. UAB is committed to ensuring that students receive academic support and are aware of the
resources available that will help assist them in successfully completing their degree program.
Other course policies: To do well on the tests & exams, you should attend and stay focused at the lectures, do the reading
assignments of notes and textbook before class, and personally work all of the homework problems when they are assigned.
Homework due is strictly enforced by a computer. No late homework will be accepted. There will be no make-up tests & exams
except for the most extraordinary circumstances (documented illness, etc.).
Tentative Schedule:
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CH 22 (1-7)
CH22 (8-9) CH23 (1-4)
CH 23 (5-9)
CH 24 (1-7)
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CH 25 (1-8)
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CH 26 (1-7)
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CH 27 (6-9)
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CH 29 (1-6)
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CH 30 (1-5)
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Fall Break
CH 31 (1-5)
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CH 33 (6-9)
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Test 3 Statistics
CH 34 (1-5)
CH 34 (6-9)
CH 35 (1-4)
CH 35 (5-8)
Thanksgiving holidays
CH 36 (1-4)
CH 36 (5-10)
Review for final
Weather make-up day
FINAL GRADES
Topics
Electric Charge – Lecture Notes
Electric Fields – Lecture Notes
Electric fields – Lecture Notes, Gauss Law – Lecture Notes
Gauss Law – Lecture Notes
Electric Potential – Lecture Notes
Electric Potential – Lecture Notes
Capacitance – Lecture Notes
TEST 1 over Chapters 21-24 – Correct Solution
Current and Resistance – Lecture Notes
Circuits – Lecture Notes
Circuits – Lecture Notes
Magnetic field – Lecture Notes
Magnetic fields due to currents – Lecture Notes
TEST 2 over chapters 25-28 Correct Solution
Induction and inductance – Lecture Notes
Induction and inductance – Lecture Notes
No classes
Electromagnetic oscillations and alternating current – Lecture Notes
Electromagnetic oscillations and alternating current – Lecture Notes
Maxwell’s equations; Magnetism of matter – Lecture Notes
Maxwell’s equations; Magnetism of matter – Lecture Notes
Electromagnetic waves – Lecture Notes
Electromagnetic waves – Lecture Notes
TEST 3 over chapters 29-32 Correct Solution
Images – Lecture Notes
Images – Lecture Notes
Interference – Lecture Notes
Interference – Lecture Notes
No classes
Diffraction – Lecture Notes
Diffraction – Lecture Notes
Review for final
Weather make-up day
FINAL EXAM Over Chapters 21-36 (10:45 am-1:15 pm)
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