PH 102Principles of Physics IIWinter 20032004
Course description: The topics covered in this course include thermodynamics, electricity, electric circuits, superconductivity, magnetism, and electromagnetic waves.
Textbook:Physics, Douglas Giancoli, 5th Ed., Prentice-Hall, 1998.
Instructor: Dr. David Renneke, Science 205, 794-3403, e-mail: . My office hours are listed on my home page: helios.augustana.edu/~dr
Web page: helios.augustana.edu/~dr/102 WebAssign:
Homework: Problem assignments are given on the Web page. Generally, there will be one problem set per week with 6-8 problems per set. Problems are graded by WebAssign and will be due at11:00 pm on Tuesday or Thursday evening, depending on the week. All numerical answers must be specified to within 1% which usually means three significant figures.
Help sessions: Two group help sessions are scheduled at 7:00 pm each week - one on Tuesday evening, the other on Thursday evening.
Problem solutions: In class on the day following a WebAssign due date, I will go over the solutions of those problems that students had difficulty with.
Outline of class activity: Check the Web page in advance to read a detailed list of classroom activities including topics, important equations, titles and descriptions of instructional videos, list of demonstrations, Java applets, and links to relevant pages (which we also view in class).
Labs: The lab manual for this course is available in the bookstore. Experiments start the week of Dec. 8. Groups of 2 or 3 students will be formed on the first day of lab. Lab report forms are provided in lab. Lab reports are written up during the lab and handed in at the end of the period.
Survey sheet and photographs: On the first day of class, near the end of the period, those students who did not take PH 101, will fill out a survey sheet and have their picture taken. This information and the photographs are assembled as Web pages for internal use by the physics professors, to get to know each of you better.
Exam comments: Check the Web page for comments on how to prepare for the exams.
Grade Distribution: Test 1 - 18%, Test 2 - 18%, Test 3 - 24%, Lab - 20%, Problems - 20%
Week / Date / Chapter / Title1 / Dec. 1 / 13 / Temperature and Kinetic Theory
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Dec. 5 / 14 / Heat
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Dec. 12 / 15 / The Laws of Thermodynamics
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Dec. 19 / Test 1 / Chapters 13-15
4 / Jan. 5 / 16 / Electric Charge and Electric Field
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Jan. 9 / 17 / Electric Potential & Electric Energy; Capacitance
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Jan. 16 / 18 / Electric Currents
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Jan. 23 / Test 2 / Chapters 16-18
7 / Jan. 26 / 19 / DC Circuits
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8 / Feb. 2 / 20 / Magnetism
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9 / Feb. 9 / 21 / Electromagnetic Induction & Faraday's Law; AC Circuits
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10 / Feb. 16 / 22 / Electromagnetic Waves
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11 / Monday, Feb. 23, 9:00 am- Section 01 Test 3 (Chapter 19-22)
Wednesday, Feb. 25, 12:00 pm - Section 02 Test 3 (Chapter 19-22)