Syllabus
Physics 222: Fundamentals of Physics II-S (Term: Spring 2016)
Class number: 2996 (Credit units: 3)
Lecture Room: NSB 112
Lecture Time: 11:00 am-11:50 pm (Monday, Wednesday, Friday)
Textbook: College Physics, 10th edition, by Raymond A. Serway and Chris Vuille
Instructor: Dr. Ming Yu
Office: Room 242, John W. Shumaker Research Building
Office Hour: 9:30 am-10:30 am (Monday-Friday) 4:00 pm-5:30 pm (Tuesday, Thursday)
Phone Number: 502-852-0931
E-mail: m0yu0001@louisville.edu
Web site: http://www.physics.louisville.edu/yu/
Description
Phys 222 introduces basic concepts, thinking skills, and methods of physics as applied in the
study of electricity, magnetism, optics, and modern physics. It will cover materials from
Chapters 15-19, Chapter 22, and Chapter 28, with some omissions. We will focus on gaining a
good understanding of electric forces, electric fields, direct current circuits, magnetic fields,
reflection and refraction of light, and atomic physics.
You will be responsible for materials discussed in the lectures including the class and the lecture
materials on the blackboard, even if the material is not in the textbook. You will also responsible
for the materials found in specifically assigned textbook readings, even if not covered in lecture.
Feedback is welcome. The daily schedule found later in this syllabus shows Reading assignments
corresponding to each class day. The Reading assignment corresponds approximately to the
material covered in lecture that day. Students should have those sections of the text read before
coming to lecture, so they are well prepared for the lecture, and prepared to ask and answer
questions pertaining to the material. Your progress in this area will be assessed with a graded
assignment embedded in the quiz and test questions.
Prerequisites
The students are assumed to have completed Physics 221 or an equivalent course. The students
are also assumed to be familiar with basic vectors, algebra, geometry, and trigonometry.
Goals
The aim of this course is to help students to understand conceptual framework of laws of physics
underlying physical phenomena, to build up a sound foundation for the students so that they will
have familiarity with the fundamentals of physics and will be able to correlate them with subject
matters of their respective fields, and to develop students’ critical thinking and problem-solving
skills. It is also expected to expose students to up-to-date new discoveries in physical sciences so
that they will have an understanding of the relevance of physics to the real world. At the end of
the course, it is expected that students could be able to do everyday observations of the world to
physical principles, to apply scientific principles to construct explanations of natural phenomena,
and to communicate an understanding of scientific explanation of natural phenomena.
Topics covered
I. Electrostatics:
1. Electric forces and electric Fields (Chapter 15)
2. Electrical energy and capacitance (Chapter 16)
II. Circuits:
1. Current and resistance (Chapter 17)
2. Direct-current circuits (Chapter 18)
III. Magnetism (Chapter 19):
1. Magnetic fields
2. Magnetic force and torque
3. Motion of a charge particle in a magnetic field
IV. Optics (Chapter 22):
1. Reflection and refraction of light
2. Dispersion and prism
3. Total internal reflection
V. Atomic Physics (Chapter 28):
1. Atomic spectra
2. Quantum Mechanics and hydrogen atom
3. The exclusion Principle and periodic table
4. Characteristic X-Rays
5. Atomic Transitions and lasers
It is true that the textbook provides you the basic information about the topics. The lecture
materials provided on the blackboard would basically help you to understand the fundamental
physics covered in this course. But the more clear explanations and detail discussions will be
provided in the class only.
Homework
Homework is assigned for excises and is not to be graded. However, the instructor will select
some assigned homework problems for quizzes and tests. You are encouraged to discuss
homework problems with your fellow students. In fact, you are encouraged to work as a group.
Homework assignment corresponding to each class day has been listed in the tentative daily
schedule found later in this syllabus. If necessary, the instructor will announce the adjusted
homework assignment for particular class day on the blackboard.
Quizzes and Tests
There will be four quizzes and four tests in the class. Each quiz will be a set of multiple choice
questions and will take 15 minutes in the class. A tentative schedule for quizzes is given in the
tentative schedule of course at the end. There will be four tests. Each test will be a set of multiple
choice questions with some work-out problems. The first test will be assigned after we cover the
topics in chapters 15 and 16, the second test will be assigned after we cover the topics in chapters
17 and 18, the third test will be assigned after we cover the topics in chapter 19, and the last test
will be assigned after the end of the class. A tentative schedule for tests is given below. The
instructor will make an announcement in the class and on the blackboard before each quiz and
each test. Please note that you might not obtain points for each of your missing quiz or test.
Task
Test 1
Test 2
Test 3
Test 4
Likely coverage
Chapters 15 and 16
Chapters 17 and 18
Chapters 19
Chapters 22 and 28
Tentative Scheduled Date
February 5, Friday, 11:00 am -11:50 pm
March 2, Wednesday, 11:00 am -11:50 pm
March 30, Wednesday, 11:00 am -11:50 pm
April 25, Monday, 11:30 am -2:00 pm
Blackboard
All the announcements, assignments, course materials, solutions, as well as scores will be posted
on the blackboard. You are expected to check it regularly, and also your University e-mail account
regularly.
Class Participation
Class participation is required and will be monitored throughout the semester. The instructor
might call the roll randomly using the participation sheet. You are basically required to attend the
class otherwise, with an excuse. Each absence without an excuse will cost 0.5 point. It is also
true that most part of the course follows the text book basically, but (1) more explanations which
do not appear in a typical textbook or lecture materials will be given in class and (2) some of the
topics of the course are even not covered by the textbook. Participation will provide you the
opportunity to gain more, to ask questions as well as clarifying explanations.
Grading Policy
The final scores will be based on the four quizzes and four tests with breakdown as follows:
Four Quizzes
Test 1
20%
Test 2
20%
Test 3
20%
Test 4
20%
20% (5% for each)
The letter grades will be assigned based on the final scores and the class participation record. The approximate
cutoffs are:
Grade A+
A
A-
B+
B
B-
C+
C
C-
D+
D
D-
F
Cutoff 95
85
80
75
70
65
60
55
50
45
40
35
<35
* Please note that the scheduled test date and above cutoffs are tentative. The instructor reserves the
right to lower the cutoffs if deemed necessary. The cutoffs, however, will not be raised in any case.
Tentative schedule of course Phys222 in spring 2016
The instructor may modify the schedule with adequate notice.
Note: in HW assignment, WU denotes warm-up exercise, CQ denotes Conceptual question, and
P denotes Problem, respectively.
No. Date
Readings
HW problems
1
Jan. 6 W (1st week)
Introduction
Ch.15: WU1, WU3, WU5
2
Jan. 8 F (1st week)
Ch. 15.1-2
Ch.15: CQ1, CQ3, CQ5
3
Jan. 11 M (2nd week)
Ch. 15.2-3
Ch.15: P1, P7, P9, P13
nd
4
Jan. 13 W (2 week)
Ch. 15.4
Ch.15: WU9, P17, P21, P25, P27
5
Jan. 15 F (2nd week)
Ch. 15.5-6
Ch.15: P31, P33, P35
6
Jan. 20 W (3rd week)
Ch. 15.6-8
Ch.15: CQ9, P37, P39
7
Jan. 22 F (3rd week)
Ch. 15.9
Ch.15: WU13, CQ15, P41, P43, P45
8
th
Jan. 25 M (4
week)
th
Ch. 16.1-2(Quiz #1)
9
Jan. 27 W (4 week)
Ch. 16.2-3
Ch.16: WU3, WU5, CQ1, P1, P5
10
Jan. 29 F (4th week)
Ch. 16.3-5
Ch.16: CQ5, P11, P13, P17
11
Feb. 1 M (5th week)
Ch. 16.6-8
Ch.16: WU11, CQ13, P25, P27, P35
12
Feb. 3 W (5th week)
Ch. 16.9-10
Ch.16: P45, P47, P49, P51
th
13
Feb. 5 F (5 week)
Test 1
14
Feb. 8 M (6th week)
Ch. 17.1-2
Ch.17: WU3, CQ1, CQ3, P1
15
Feb. 10 W (6th week)
Ch. 17.3-4
Ch.17: CQ5, P5, P11, P13
16
Feb. 12 F (6th week)
17
Ch. 17.5-6
Ch.17: P15, P19, P23, P27
th
Ch. 17.7-8
Ch.17: P33, P41, P47, P61
th
Feb. 15 M (7 week)
18
Feb. 17 W (7 week)
Ch. 18.1 (Quiz #2)
19
Feb. 19 F (7th week)
Ch. 18.2-3
Ch.18: WU1, CQ1, CQ3, P1, P3
20
Feb. 22 M (8th week)
Ch. 18.3-4
Ch.18: CQ9, P5, P9
21
Feb. 24 W (8th week)
Ch. 18.4-5
Ch.18: WU11, P11, P17
Ch. 18.5
Ch.18: WU13, P19, P23, P31
22
th
Feb. 26 F (8 week)
23
Feb. 29 M (9th week)
Ch. 18.6-8
24
Mar. 2 W (9th week)
Test 2
25
Mar. 4 F (9th week)
Ch. 19.1-2
Ch.19: WU1, CQ1
26
Mar. 7 M (10th week)
Ch. 19.3
Ch.19: CQ3, P1, P3, P5, P7
th
Ch.18: CQ11, P35, P39
27
Mar. 9 W (10 week)
Ch. 19.4
Ch.19: WU3, P13, P15, P23
28
Mar. 11 F (10th week)
Ch. 19.5
Ch.19: WU5, P27, P29, P27, P29
29
Mar. 21 M (11th week)
Ch. 19.6 (Quiz #3 )
Ch.19: CQ5, WU7, P35, P37, P39
30
31
Mar. 23 W (11th week)
Mar. 25 F (11th week)
Ch. 19.7
Ch. 19.8
Ch.19: CQ15, P43, P51
Ch.19: P55, P57
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
Mar. 28 M (12th week)
Mar. 30 W (12th week)
Apr. 1 F (12th week)
Apr. 4 M (13th week)
Apr. 6 W (13th week)
Apr. 8 F (13th week)
Apr. 11 M (14th week)
Apr. 13 W (14th week)
Apr. 15 F (14th week)
Apr. 18 M (15th week)
Ch. 19.9-10
Test 3
Ch. 22.1-2
Ch. 22.2-3
Ch. 22.4-5
Ch. 22.6-7
Ch. 28.1-2 (Quiz #4)
Ch. 28.2-3
Ch. 28.4
Ch. 28.5-6
Ch.19: WU9, P59, P61, P63
42
43
Apr. 20 W (15th week)
Apr. 25 W (16th week)
Ch. 28.6-7
Test 4
Ch.28: CQ15, P33, P37, P39
11:30 am – 2:00 pm NSB112
Ch.22: WU1, P1, P3
Ch.22: WU3, CQ3, P5, P7, P11
Ch.22: P15, P19, P21, P25
Ch.22: WU5, P29, P31, P33, P37, P43
Ch.28: WU1, CQ1, P1
Ch.28: WU3, P3, P5, P7, P9
Ch.28: CQ13, P13, P15, P23
Ch.28: WU5, P27, P29, P31
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