Instructor Dr. Zygelman BPB 217, Phone 51321
Office Hours MW BPB 227, 3-4 PM
Text: Physics , Resnick, Halliday, Krane,
5th Edition, Volume II, John Wiley and Sons.
Course Policy on Grading: Final Exam - cumulative 2 hour exam
determines 37.5% of final grade, there will be 5 in-class examinations
that determine the remainder (62.5 %) of your grade. Exams
are closed
book, calculators are
not allowed, the
lowest in-class exam grade will be dropped, there will be no
make-up
exams. To get credit for an exam the student must (a) take the
exam
at scheduled time, (b) pick up the graded exam from the instructor
within
2 weeks. Students are responsible for homework
assignments
and exam dates which will be posted at
http://www.physics.unlv.edu/~bernard/phy181/outline1.html and
announced in class.
Co-requisite Phy181L, pre-requisite integral calculus.
Course Outline
| Week | Topic | Text Chapter |
| 1 | Coulomb's law | 25 |
| 2 | The electric field | 26 |
| 3 | Gauss's Law | 27 |
| 4 | Electric potential | 28 |
| 5 | Materials I | 29 |
| 6 | Capacitance | 30 |
| 7 | DC circuits | 31 |
| 8 | The magnetic field | 32 |
| 9 | Currents and fields | 33 |
| 10 | Faraday's Law | 34 |
| 11 | Materials II | 35 |
| 12 | Inductance | 36 |
| 13 | AC circuits | 37 |
| 14 | Maxwell's equations | 38 |
Note: IF YOU HAVE A DOCUMENTED DISABILITY THAT
MAY
REQUIRE ASSISTANCE, YOU WILL NEED TO CONTACT THE DISABILITY RESOURCE
CENTER
FOR COORDINATION IN YOUR ACADEMIC ACCOMODATIONS. THE DRC IS LOCATED IN
THE REYNOLDS STUDENT SERVICES COMPLEX IN ROOM 137. THE DRC PHONE NUMBER
IS 895-0866. (TDD-895-0652); http://www.unlv.edu/studentlife/les
Week of 1/16 Chap 25: Exercises 3,5,7,17,19 <> Week of 1/23 Chap 26: Exercises 3,5,7,10,12,17 Week of 1/30 Exam I Wed. Feb. 2; Chapter 27; Exercises 1,2,5,12,14,20,25 <> Week of 2/6 Chapter 28; Exercises 1,4,8,12,13,21,23,28,37,42; Week of 2/13 Exam II Wed Feb. 16 Chap. 29, Exercises 1,2,3,9,11,12,13,19,22,24,30 Week of 2/20 Chap. 30 Exercises 3,4,7,9,10,12,20,21,24,28,30<> Week of 2/27 Chap. 31 Exercises 1,3,5,7,11,13,19,33,45,48 Week of 3/6 Chap. 32; 2,3,8,9,12,25,26,29,35 Week of 3/13 ExamIII Mon. March 14, Chaps. 33 ; 4,6,7,9,16,21,26,33,34,35; Week of 3/20 Spring Break Week of 3/27 Chap 34; 2,3,4,10,14,16,23,26,30,31; Week of 4/3 Exam IV Chap 35 1,3,4,10,12,14,15,16 Week of 4/10 Chap. 36; 1,4,7,8,9,10,11,12,15,17 Week of 4/17 Chap 36; 24,33,34,41,42,48,52 Week of 4/24 Exam V Mon. 4/25 Chap. 34,35,36 Chaps. 37; 1,2,3,5,13,14,16,20,22,24 Week of 5/1 Chap 38; 2,3,5,9,16,17,21,23,28,36 Week of 5/11 Final Exam, Monday May 9, 1-3 PM, BPB 102 |
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