INSTRUCTOR:
Name: K. W. Nicholson Phone: 256 215-4336 or 4343 (lab)
email: nnicholson@cacc.cc.al.us
Office Hours : Tuesday and Thursday 3- 5 PM
COURSE TITLE AND CREDIT:
PHY 214 - General Physics II - Calculus Based
4 Hrs Lecture 2 Hrs Lab Credit: 4 Semester Hours
COURSE PREREQUISITES: PHY 213
I. COURSE DESCRIPTION:
This course provides a calculus based study in classical physics.
Topics included are: Electricity , magnetism , and Optics
II. COURSE OBJECTIVES: As a result of successfully
completing this course the student will be able to:
III. CONTENT AND ORGANIZATION:
1. Serway & Jewitt's Chapter 23, C&S chapter 1:
Interactions of electric charges.
2. C&S chapter 2: Charges in matter
3. C&S chapter 3: Electric field
4. C&S Chapter 4: Electric field of continuous distributions of
charge.
5. Serway & Jewitt's Chapter 27, C&S Chapter 5: Electric
Currents
6. C&S Chapter 6: Charges and fields in electric circuits.
7.Serway & Jewitt's Chapter 26, C&S Chapter 7: Capacitors in
circuits.
8. Serway & Jewitt's Chapter 25, C&S Chapter 8: Electric
Potential
9. Serway & Jewitt's Chapter 28, C&S Chapter 9: Potential and
Circuits, resistance, volt and ammeters
10. Serway & Jewitt's Chapter 29, C&S Chapter 11: Magnetic
Field
11. Serway & Jewitt's Chapter 30, C&S Chapter 12: Magnetic
Force
12. Serway & Jewitt's Chapter 31, C&S Chapter 13: Magnetic
Induction
13.Serway & Jewitt's Chapter 32, Inductance
14.Serway & Jewitt's Chapter 33, AC Circuits
15.Serway & Jewitt's Chapter 34, C&S Chapter 14:
Electro-magnetic Radiation
16. Serway & Jewitt's Chapter 35, Reflection & Refraction
17. Serway & Jewitt's Chapter 36, Lenses & Mirrors
18. Serway & Jewitt's Chapter 35 Geometric Optics
19. Serway & Jewitt's Chapter 36 Mirrors & Lenses
20. Serway & Jewitt's Chaper 37 Interference
21. Serway & Jewitt's Chapter 38 Diffraction
LABS:
IV. References: Alan Van Heuvelen's ALPS Kits, Interactive Journey Through Physics
V. Required Assignments: 10-15 experiments, 3 -100 point tests, 1- 200 point final, weekly prelabs, daily 10 point quizzes, miscellaneous homework problems.
VI. Evaluation Procedures: Grading System: A: 90 - 100
Accumulative percent, B: 80 - 89 Accumulative percent, C: 70 - 79
Accumulative percent, D: 60 - 69 Accumulative percent, F: 0 - 59
Accumulative percent.
VII. TEXTBOOKS CURRENTLY BEING USED:
Physics for Scientists & Engineers, Serway & Jewitt's 6th Edition
VIII. Other Important Information: