PHYSICS 1923
ENGINEERING PHYSICS II
Instructor:
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Office Hours:
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Dr. Arturo Ayon
MEMS Laboratory in West Campus
Tuesdays and Fridays 8:00 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. or by appointment.
458-7245
aayon@utsa.edu
Grader:
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Bill White
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ght712@my.utsa.edu
Course Website:
http://physics.utsa.edu/memslab/Phy1923.html
Spring 2011
Text:
University Physics with Modern Physics, by H.D. Young and R.A. Freedman, 12th Edition, Addison-Wesley.
Prerequisite:
MAT 1203 and PHYSICS 1903 completed with a grade of C or better.
Course outline:
PHY 1923 is a second-semester calculus-based introductory physics course for engineering majors. The
course deals with electricity and Magnetism, Optics and Thermodynamics. The lecture emphasizes concepts
and problem-solving techniques in chapters 17 through 36 in the textbook.
Partial Exams:
Four partial exams will be given and the best three scores will be used to compute the final grade. There are
no makeup exams. Partial exams include conceptual questions and analytical problems.
Calculators and any other Electronic gadgets are not allowed to solve exams,
Partial Exam 1 (tentatively Ch. 21-25)
Partial Exam 2 (tentatively Ch. 26-30)
Partial Exam 3 (tentatively Ch. 31-36)
Partial Exam 4 (to take place the day of the final) will cover tentatively Ch. 17-20.
Reading:
This is a fast-paced course covering at least one chapter per week. Students are expected to read no less than
2 chapters in advance to better assimilate the material and be in a position to ask pertinent questions in
class.
Home Study:
A good rule of thumb in college is that students need to study on their own 3 hours for each hour of
instruction, thus, in this case, students should study at home (or otherwise) no less than 9 hours per
week.
Homework
Must turn in at least 70% of the homeworks for a 10-point credit (NOTE: zero points otherwise). Students
will be given an extra credit of 10 additional points if all the homeworks are turned in. Weekly homework
problems will be assigned and posted in the website. No late homework is accepted.
Exams
Three best-grade partial exams (dropping the lowest grade out of 4) (30 % x 3 = 90 %).
NOTE: If only 2 tests are taken, each test will only be given a maximum of 20 points.
Extra Credit
Extra credit activities, if any, will be outlined in class during the semester. Extra credit ONLY applies
after taking three tests. The rule also applies to extra credit for homeworks.
Grades
90 ≤ A ≤ 100,
80 ≤ B ≤ 90,
65 ≤ C ≤ 80,
55 ≤ D ≤ 65,
F < 55
There is no other curve.
Scholastic dishonesty: Students who violates the scholastic dishonesty codes will be given an F for the course and will be
reported to the University. The University may give additional penalty to the students. Scholastic dishonesty
includes cheating in exams or copying other student’s homework.