PHYS B4B
COURSE
SYLLABUS &
CALENDAR
FALL
SEMESTER
2013
BAKERSFIELD COLLEGE
Physical Science Department
Instructor: Rick Darke
PHYSICS B4B
GENERAL
INSTRUCTOR: Rick Darke
FALL 2013
IMPORTANT DATES: Note the following important dates
and events during the fall semester, most of which are
shown on the accompanying course CALENDAR.
COURSE: PHYS B4B: Heat, Electricity, and Magnetism
(4 units). A pdf version of this syllabus and calendar can
be downloaded from the website www.rdarke.weebly.com.
IMPORTANT DATES
C-ID DESCRIPTOR: The Course Identification Numbering
System (C-ID) is a supranumbering system developed to
facilitate transfer and articulation in California's higher
educational institutions. The C-ID descriptor for Physics
B4B is PHYS 210 (Calculus-Based Physics for Scientists
and Engineers: B). Visit www.c-id.net for a description.
WEEKLY SCHEDULE:
LECTURE:
R. Darke
LAB (71794): R. Darke
LAB (71795): R. Darke
LAB (71796): R. Darke
MON
MON
FRI
MON
FRI
MON
11-28 &
FRI
WED
MW
8:00-9:25 AM SE 53
T
7:45-10:55 AM SE 4
T
2:35-5:45 PM SE 4
R 7:45-10:55 AM SE 4
08-26-13
09-02-13
09-06-13
09-09-12
11-01-13
11-11-13
11-29-13
12-06-13
12-11-13
Instruction begins
Labor Day Holiday
Last day for refunds
Last day to drop class
Last day to withdraw
Veterans Day Holiday
Thanksgiving Holidays
Last day of instruction
Final exam (8:00-9:50)
SLO'S: Note the following list of the recognized student
learning outcomes for the Physics B4B course.
OBJECTIVES: This course is designed for physics, engineering, and other science-based majors to meet in part
the requirement of an introductory sequence in calculusbased physics by four-year colleges and universities.
STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES
 The student should achieve a sufficient under-
SCOPE: This course covers all major topics within thermal physics, electric charge, electric field and potential,
capacitance, dielectrics, direct and alternating current circuits, magnetic fields and forces, electromagnetic induction, magnetic properties of matter, Maxwell's equations,
and electromagnetic oscillations and waves. Physical laws,
principles, theories, and problem-solving methodology are
emphasized.
standing of the physical phenomena treated in an
introductory physics course dealing with thermal
physics and electricity and magnetism. This understanding should come from both theoretical and
experimental exposure to those topics.
 The student should be able to apply the analytical techniques learned in pre-requisite calculus and
trigonometry courses to the problem-solving involved
in an introductory physics course covering thermal
physics and electricity and magnetism.
PREREQUISITES: PHYS B4A and MATH B6B (MATH
B6C is no longer a corequisite for this course)
TEXTBOOK: The required
course text is Physics for
Scientists and Engineers
with Modern Physics (Chapters 1-46), by Raymond
Serway and John Jewett,
Brooks Cole, 8th Edition,
2010. Students that took
Physics B4A in the spring
or summer semesters of
2012 should already have
this text. If you have an
earlier edition of this text,
that will work just as well (however, you will need to correlate the reading assignments specified for the 8th edition with your edition). If you do not have a copy of any
edition of this text, please notify the instructor on the first
day of class so that measures can be quickly taken to get
you some version to work with.
 The general quantitative problem-solving skills of
students in this course should be improved by exposure to critical thinking and reading exercises.
 The student should be successful with problemsolving involving the synthesis of topics covered in
this course with ones encountered in previous courses
within the introductory physics sequence.
OFFICE HOURS: I will hold regular office hours in SE 4 on
days and at times that will be determined sometime after
the first class meeting and student schedules have been
considered. If you need to contact me for any reason, you
can leave me a voice-mail message at 395-4245 or you
can e-mail me at physicsatbc@aol.com. In situations of
some urgency, you may contact Janet Thomas in the
Learning Support Services office (SE 57) at 395-4231.
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PHYSICS B4B
COURSEWORK
READING: The assigned reading in the textbook, as is
specified on the accompanying course CALENDAR, should
be done prior to the class meeting for which the corresponding lecture is slated. It is extremely important that
you are exposed to material in the text before it is presented in lecture. This will make a significant difference in
your level of understanding the subject.
FALL 2013
they are due but before the beginning of the next lab
session will incur a 4-point deduction. Labs cannot be
turned in later than a week after they are due. No person
who has missed more than 3 lab assignments by the end
of the course will receive a passing grade in the course.
UNIT EXAMS: Three (3) unit exams will be given during
the term, the dates of which are specified on the accompanying course CALENDAR. Each of these exams will be
worth 100 points. There will be no make-up exams given
in this course unless the justification is sufficient and the
instructor is notified before the exam. The difficulty level of
make-up exams will be slightly higher than the regular
exams since students taking them will have had a little
more time to prepare for them than the other students.
Material included on unit exams will span topics covered
in lectures, in the text, in assigned problems, and in
exercises done in class.
PROBLEM SETS: You can expect to spend a considerable amount of time and energy working end-of-chapter
type problems in this (or any) physics course. For each
chapter covered in the text, a problem set consisting of 10
problems (5 for chapters not fully covered) is assigned.
These problems are to be worked and submitted for grading through WebAssign. An orientation to WebAssign will
be presented in the first laboratory meeting. You will need
to set up a WebAssign account online. To set up your
account, follow the directions in the WebAssign handout
you will be given on the first day of class. The chapter
problem submission deadlines are shown on the handout
and also shown on the course CALENDAR in this syllabus.
LAB PRACTICUM: A 40-point lab practicum will be given
at the laboratory meeting during week 13 (11-19-2013 or
11-21-2013). This exam is fairly specific to the laboratory
component of the course dealing with regression analysis
and electric circuits. It will test your competency in performing multifunction regression analysis and working with
DC resistive circuits and RC circuits. Make sure you are
an active participant in all of lab experiments in order to
have the hands-on experience necessary to do well on the
lab practicum.
LABORATORY: The laboratory session in this course is
a three-hour meeting held in SE 4 on Tuesday from 7:4510:55 am (CRN 71794), Tuesday from 2:35-5:45 pm (CRN
71795), or Thursday from 7:45-10:55 am (CRN 71796).
Topics covered in each of the labs are specified on the
accompanying course CALENDAR. There is no required
laboratory manual for this course. Handouts for each of
the exercises to be done in the lab sessions will be
passed out in the lab before the pre-lab presentations.
There will be ten 10-point laboratory assignments to be
turned in for grading during the term, the lowest scored of
which will be thrown out at the end of the semester.
Laboratory assignments are normally turned in at the
beginning of the next lab session. Labs turned in after
FINAL EXAM: A 210-point comprehensive final exam, which
will contribute 27.6 percent to your course grade, will be
given from 7:30 to 9:50 AM on Wednesday, December 11.
All students must take the final exam to pass the course.
A high standing in the class at the end of the course does
not exempt a student from taking the final.
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PHYSICS B4B
GRADING
GRADING: An overall course point total between 0 and
760 will be computed from the sources shown in the table
below. Your course grade will be determined by the percentage scale shown in the table below.
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ASSIGNMENT SCORE RECORD
Chapter 19
/ 10
Lab 1
/ 10
Chapter 20
/ 10
Lab 2
/ 10
Chapter 21
/5
Lab 3
/ 10
Chapter 22
/ 10
Lab 4
/ 10
Chapter 23
/ 10
Lab 5
/ 10
Chapter 25
/ 10
Lab 6
/ 10
Chapter 26
/ 10
Lab 7
/ 10
Chapter 27
/ 10
Lab 8
/ 10
Chapter 28
/ 10
Lab 9
/ 10
Chapter 29
/ 10
Lab 10
/ 10
Chapter 30
/ 10
Unit exam 1
/ 100
Chapter 31
/ 10
Unit exam 2
/ 100
Chapter 32
/5
Unit exam 3
/ 100
Practicum
/ 40
Final exam
/ 210
SOURCES OF POINTS
Unit exams (3)
Problem sets (13)
Lab exercises (9/10)
Lab practicum (1)
Final exam (1)
300
120
90
40
210
pts
pts
pts
pts
pts
39.5%
15.8%
11.8%
5.3%
27.6%
Total points
760 pts
100.0%
PERCENTAGE GRADING SCALE
88-100%
76-88%
58-76%
45-58%
00-45%
(669-760 pts)
(578-668 pts)
(441-577 pts)
(342-440 pts)
(000-341 pts)
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B
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In order to get an idea of how you are doing at any time
in the course, you can compute your current percentage
and compare it with the scale above. For this purpose,
you are encouraged to enter your course results in the
table to the right to keep a record of your scores.
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PHYSICS B4B
POLICY
FALL 2013
CALCULATOR: A calculator
is a necessary instructional
support item for this course.
To be effective in supporting
all of the computational
tasks encountered in this
course, your calculator
should have all of the capabilities of a scientific calculator, plus multi-function regression analysis capability.
A considerable amount of regression analysis will be
done in the laboratory portion of the course, and a
calculator that can perform
linear, exponential, and
parabolic regression analyses is required. If you do not
already own a calculator with
these capabilities, you may
use any of the Sharp EL-506 calculators that will be available in the lab. Your calculator will be one of your most
valuable tools in this course. Use it in lecture, on homework, on exams, and in lab. Bring your calculator (and
your text) to class with you every day.
ATTENDANCE: Although attendance is not figured directly
into your grade, a few absences could seriously affect
your performance in this course. Roll will normally be
taken at the start of each class meeting. If you come in
late to a class meeting, please inform the instructor at the
end of the period that you were present. District policy
directs instructors to drop students who have missed more
than the equivalent of two weeks of class time during the
regular semester (see the Bakersfield College 2013-2014
Catalog). In accordance with this, if you miss more than
12 hours of class time, you are "at risk" of being dropped
from this course. Students are officially responsible for
withdrawing from this or any other class in which they no
longer wish to be enrolled. Non-attendance does not release the student from this responsibility. Strive for perfect
attendance.
DISABILITY POLICY: Supportive Services assists the
college in providing equal access to educational opportunities for students with disabilities. Supportive Services
provides reasonable accommodations to students with
documented physical, communication, psychological, developmental, and learning disabilities who are enrolled in
classes through Bakersfield College. Students with disabilities who believe they may need accommodations in
this course are encouraged to contact Supportive Services
in FACE 16, 395-4334, as soon as possible to ensure
such accommodations are implemented in a timely manner (see the Bakersfield College 2013-2014 Catalog to
learn more about the function of Supportive Services).
ACADEMIC HONESTY: The administration, faculty, and
staff at Bakersfield College believe that students are entitled to the finest education that the college can make
available to them. At the same time, however, a student's
proficiency and achievement in course subject matter must
include the realization that there are standards of academic honesty which should prevail in all one's endeavors.
Any form of academic dishonesty in this course will not
be tolerated and will be treated as student misconduct at
Bakersfield College. Please refer to the Bakersfield College 2013-2014 Catalog regarding academic honesty definitions and policy, and refer to the the Bakersfield College
Student Handbook about the possible disciplinary consequences of student misconduct.
CHANGES: The instructor reserves the right to make any
changes in the course or calendar that are deemed appropriate. Such changes might involve minor realignments in
covered topics, assignment content, assignment point
values, or assignment due dates. Any changes would be
made only if they are felt to be necessary in maintaining
an effective level of instruction, learning, or evaluation.
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PHYSICS B4B
LAB SAFETY
LAB SAFETY: Laboratory safety is a primary concern in
any laboratory-based physical science course. All students taking Physics B4B will be introduced to basic
safety concerns as would be specific to this particular
course and the lab work done in it. At the first lab meeting
your lab instructor will discuss in detail the safety items
listed below. At the conclusion of this briefing, you will
sign and date two copies of this lab safety form. One you
will keep in your syllabus for your reference, and the other
is to be kept in the physical science department's records.
Any student who has not signed a laboratory safety form
will not be allowed to participate in any lab work in the
course.
FALL 2013
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Report all injuries to the instructor, no matter
how seemingly insignificant. You should also report
all near-accidents or mishaps, not only for your sake,
but because this information can allow us to take
any necessary measures to minimize danger to students or equipment in the future. Report all equipment damage to your instructor or the physics stockroom technician.
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Laboratory experiments may not be performed if
the instructor is not in attendance. Do not perform
any experiments that are unauthorized or deviate
from those prescribed.
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PHYSICS B4B LAB SAFETY
Make sure you do not arrive late to lab. The first
portion of the lab session will be spent discussing
the operation of and safety considerations for the
equipment you will be using. You need to be present
for these instructions, and follow all safety directives.
When performing experiments, all book-packs,
purses, and personal belongings other than your lab
manual, a notepad, a calculator, and writing instrument should be placed out of the way on a counter
top at the back of the physics lab. This will eliminate
the added hazard of having to work around such
obstacles.
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Absolutely no food or drinks or smoking is permitted in the lab. You will observe signs posted in
this building that prohibit food and drink in the halls,
classrooms, and labs. If you bring any food or drink
with you into the lab, it must be in a sealed container and stowed away from the work area. You
may leave on break for food or drink, but please do
so outside the building.
Some experiments you will perform will involve
the use of electronic circuits that you will need to
set up (some of these will utilize high voltage power
supplies). Have your instructor check and OK your
circuit before you power it up, to avoid damage that
might arise from improper wiring.
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Do not enter the physics or chemistry stockrooms if an attendant is not present. Do not enter
the physics or chemistry stockrooms unless requested to do so by the instructor or the technician.
I have read, heard discussed, and understand the
above rules and items concerning safety and proper
behavior in the Physics B4B laboratory, and I agree
to abide by them.
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(sign) ______________________________________
Know where the following items are in and around
your physics lab: [1] fire exits from the lab and the
building; [2] fire extinguishers; [3] telephones (for
emergency use only); [4] the Learning Support Services office (SE 57); and [5] first aid kit.
(date) ______________________________________
Keep this signed copy in your syllabus as reference
and for your records in this course.
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PHYSICS B4B
CALENDAR
TUES LABS
8-26
Temperature
and Thermometers
Ch. 19: pp. 544-549
9-02
8-27
9-03
P19
9-16
P 21
9-23
L04
Heat, Specific
and Latent Heats
Ch. 20: pp. 565-578
Heat Transferring Machines
Ch. 22: pp. 625-638
Charge and
Coulomb's Law
Ch. 23: pp. 658-667
9-30
Charge and
Electric Fields
Ch. 23: pp. 667-680
10-07
P23
10-14
P26
10-21
P 26
P27
P 28
Charge and
Electric Potential
Ch. 25: pp. 721-731
Capacitance
and Capacitors
Ch. 26: pp. 753-762
LAB 2
Behavior of
an Ideal Gas
9-17
9-12
LAB 2
Behavior of
an Ideal Gas
L01
9-13
L02
9-20
L03
9-27
L04
10-04
9-26
L04
10-02
P23
10-03
10-08
L05
10-09
P25
10-10
L05
10-11
10-15
L06
10-16
P26
10-17
L06
10-18
10-22
L07
10-23
P27
10-24
L07
10-25
L08
10-30
P28
10-31
L08
11-01
L09
11-06
Q8
11-07
L09
11-08
L10
11-13
P29
11-14
L10
11-15
11-20
P30
11-21
11-27
P31
11-28
10-01
LAB 5
Distributions
in Physics
LAB 6
Electric Fields
and Potentials
LAB 7
Capacitance
and Capacitors
WEEK 10
WEEK 11
WEEK 12
WEEK 13
WEEK 14
LAB 8
Resistance
and Resistors
11-25
12-02
12-03
12-09
12-10
Inductance
and Inductors
Ch. 32: pp. 927-935
P20
Theory,
Gas Processes
Ch. 21: pp. 599-609
P22
11-18
Q9
9-11
P19 Kinetic
9-25
LAB 4
Entropy
Investigations
10-29
LAB 9
Resistive
DC Circuits
11-05
LAB 10
Characteristics
of RC Circuits
11-12
Generators
and Motors
Ch. 31: pp. 907-913
L01
9-06
LAB 1
Regression
Analysis
L03
9-24
VETERANS
DAY HOLIDAY
P29
9-05
9-19
11-11
Ampere's
Law, Applications
Ch. 30: pp. 869-881
P19
1st Law of TD,
Energy Transfer
Ch. 20: pp. 578-590
8-30
LAB 0
Lab Safety
Student Survey
P21
11-04
Magnetic
Fields & Forces
Ch. 29: pp. 829-843
9-04
8-29
9-18
10-28
RC
Circuits
Ch. 28: pp. 807-816
Thermal Expansion, Ideal Gas
Ch. 19: pp. 549-557
FRIDAY
L02
LAB 3
Thermal
Expansion
WEEK 15
Current
and Resistance
Ch. 27: pp. 771-786
9-10
THUR LAB
8-28
LAB 1
Regression
Analysis
LABOR
DAY HOLIDAY
9-09
WEDNESDAY
LAB 0
Lab Safety
Student Survey
WEEK 16
WEEK 9
WEEK 8
WEEK 7
WEEK 6
WEEK 5
WEEK 4
WEEK 3
WEEK 2
WEEK 1
MONDAY
FALL 2013
11-19
Lab
Practicum
Practice
LAB
PRACTICUM
(40 points)
11-26
NO TUESDAY
LABS
REVIEW
FOR FINAL
EXAM
Heat Transferring Machines
Ch. 22: pp. 625-638
EXAM 1
Chapters 19-22
(100 points)
Charge and
Electric Potential
Ch. 25: pp. 710-721
Capacitance
and Capacitors
Ch. 26: pp. 740-753
Current
and Resistance
Ch. 27: pp. 771-786
Resistor Networks, Circuits
Ch. 28: pp. 794-807
EXAM 2
Chapters 23-28
(100 points)
Torque on
a Current Loop
Ch. 29: pp. 843-850
Biot-Savart
Law, Applications
Ch. 30: pp. 862-869
Faraday's
Law of Induction
Ch. 31: pp. 893-907
EXAM 3
Chapters 29-31
(100 points)
12-04
P32
Maxwell's
Equations
Ch. 34: pp. 927-935
12-11
FINAL EXAM
8:00-9:50 (SE 53)
(210 points)
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LAB 3
Thermal
Expansion
LAB 4
Entropy
Investigations
LAB 5
Distributions
in Physics
LAB 6
Electric Fields
and Potentials
LAB 7
Capacitance
and Capacitors
LAB 8
Resistance
and Resistors
LAB 9
Resistive
DC Circuits
LAB 10
Characteristics
of RC Circuits
Lab
Practicum
Practice
LAB
PRACTICUM
(40 points)
11-29
THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY
12-05
12-12
11-22
REVIEW
FOR FINAL
EXAM
THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY
12-06
12-13
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