PHY 2049C Section 4: Physics for Scientists and Engineers II

Fall 2010 Syllabus

3+1 semester hours (you need to register separately for the additional 1 semester hour of the laboratory)

Lectures: Tuesdays and Thursdays from 7:30AM-8:45 AM MAP 359

Instructor: Professor Richard Klemm Office: Physical Science Building 402

Office hours: Tuesday 4:30-5:30 PM, Wednesday 2:30-3:30, Thursday 10:00-11:00 AM

Or by appointment

Phone: 407-882-1160 email: klemm@physics.ucf.edu

GTA: Mr. Imen Rezadad office: MAP 307 (desk 8) email: imen@knights.ucf.edu

407-683-2207. Office hours: MW 11:30-12:30.

SARC: Check on the website of the Student Academic Resource Center (www.sarc.sdes.ucf.edu) for the days and times for tutoring for this class. They are very helpful.

Textbook: Physics for Scientists and Engineers, Eighth edition, volume 2 by Serway and Jewett

Course description: PHY 2049 is the second of a two-semester course in introductory physics offered primarily for students majoring in physics, mathematics, chemistry and engineering. Special emphasis is placed on understanding major principles governing general phenomena in nature. Mathematics is used as a tool to clarify concepts. Students should have a prior good working knowledge of algebra, vector algebra, trigonometry, and calculus (both differential and integral).

Laboratory: YOU MUST REGISTER SEPARATELY FOR THE LABORATORY COURSE ASSOCIATED WITH THE LECTURES. YOUR LABORATORY GRADE WILL COUNT AS 15% OF YOUR OVERALL PHY2049 COURSE GRADE. THIS IS A NEW REQUIREMENT OF THE PHYSICS DEPARTMENT EFFECTIVE FOR THE FALL OF 2010.

Examinations: 60% of your grade will be determined on the basis of two 75-minute in-class exams (2 problems with written solutions and 12 multiple-choice questions, each exam 17%), and a comprehensive 170 minute final exam (60 multiple-choice questions, 26%). You MUST bring a number two (2) pencil (preferably several) or pen with black ink and a SCANtron sheet (with the UCF logo on it) to each exam. You MUST also know your student ID number and record it accurately in the proper location on the Test Form and on each written exam. No electronic calculators, cell phones, ipods, ipads, or any other electronic equipment are allowed. THERE WILL BE NO MAKE-UP EXAMS and NO EXAMS WILL BE GIVEN EARLY OR LATE! For exceptional situations (such as a religious holiday, medical emergency, etc.) you may take an exam on a different day if you request it in writing (NOT by email) to the instructor in advance of the scheduled exam, along with written documentation to justify the absence.

Homework: Weekly, web-assigned homework will be submitted on the web. The platform we will use this semester is WEBASSIGN. You need to purchase an access code, which comes with the textbook that you buy in the bookstore. Here is how you should register for WebAssign: Go to the website http://www.webassign.net/user_support/student/index.html. Then, look for the Account Login section on the lower left hand side of the page. Then, click on the ``I have a class key’’ button. When the next screen appears, enter the class key: ucf 9566 6924. Then, complete the login, setting your username and password. Don’t forget to enter your student id.

Homework will count as 17% of your final grade.

Quizzes: Quizzes will be given at the beginning or end of most classes. A student completing at least 80% of the quizzes correctly will be given the full 8% of the total course grade. I-CLICKERS will be used for the quizzes. STUDENTS MUST OBTAIN AN I-CLICKER AND BRING IT TO CLASS EVERY DAY.

OVERALL GRADING: Final Grade Score = 15% laboratory+17% homework + 8% quizzes +34% (2 in-class exams) + 26% final exam

Grading scale: The grading will be made up according to Gaussian statistics, not according to some preset notion. Basically, the class median of the final grade score will correspond approximately to a B- final grade, with some accounting for gaps in the scores, asymmetric distributions, etc. NO GRADE INFORMATION WILL BE GIVEN OVER THE TELEPHONE OR BY EMAIL. If you miss an in-class exam without exceptional justification (see the official UCF policy), it will count as a zero and will lower your overall final grade score accordingly.

Course information: Course information will be update regularly on my website at http://physics.ucf.edu/~klemm/Fall2010Teaching.html Click on the tab on the left.

PHY 2049C Section 4 Fall2010: Tentative course schedule

Instructor: Richard Klemm

Book chapter Topic approximate completion date

23 Electric fields August 26

24 Gauss’s law September 2

25 Electric potential September 7

26 Capacitance and dielectrics September 9

27 Current and resistance September 16

28 Direct current circuits September 23

In-class exam #1 September 28

29 Magnetic fields October 5

30 Sources of the magnetic field October 7

31 Faraday’s law October 14

32 Inductance October 21

33 Alternating current circuits October 28

In-class exam#2 November 2

34 Electromagnetic waves November 9

35 Light and optics November 11

36 Image formation November 18

37 Wave optics November 23

38 Diffraction patterns and polarization December 2

Final Exam Thursday, December 9, 7:00AM-9:50 AM