Syllabus for Physics 181 - Engineering Physics II TR-4:00-5:15 PM, BPB 102
Instructor Dr. Zygelman BPB 217, Phone 51321
Office Hours TR BPB 227, 3-4 PM
Text: Physics for Scientists and Engineers Volume 4,
Randall D. Knight
2th Edition, Volume 4 , Pearson/Addison-Wesley
Course Policy on Grading:
Final Exam - cumulative 2 hour exam determines 37.5% of final grade, there will
be 6 in-class examinations which 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.
Co-requisite Phy181L, pre-requisite integral calculus.
Course Outline
|
Week |
Topic |
Text Chapter |
|
1 |
Electric Charges and Forces |
26 |
|
2 |
The Electric Field |
27 |
|
3 |
Gauss's Law |
28 |
|
4 |
The Electric Potential |
29 |
|
5 |
Potential and Field |
30 |
|
6 |
Current and Resistance |
31 |
|
7 |
Fundamentals of Circuits |
32 |
|
8 |
The Magnetic Field |
33 |
|
9 |
Electromagnetic Induction |
34 |
|
10 |
" |
34 |
|
11 |
Electromagnetic Fields and Waves |
35 |
|
12 |
" |
35 |
|
13 |
AC circuits |
36 |
|
14 |
" |
36 |
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Week of 1/11 Homework Chap 26 Odd # exercises for sections 26.2, 26.4, 26.5 due 1/20
Week of 1/18 Read Chap 27; Odd # exercises for sections 27.2 - 27.6
Week of 1/25 Read Chap 28; Odd # exercises for sections 28.1-28.5; Exam I (chaps 26-27) 1/29.
Week of 2/1 Read Chap 29; Odd # exercises for sections 29.1 – 29.7
Week of 2/8 Read Chap 30; Odd # exercise for sections 30.1 – 30.7; Exam II 2/12
Week of 2/15 Read Chap 31; Odd # exercises for sections 31.1-5;
Week of 2/22 Read Chap 32; Odd # exercises for section 32.1-8; Exam III 2/26
Week of 3/1 Chap 32 continued, begin reading Chap 33;
Week of 3/8 Read Chap. 33 Odd # exercises for all sections
Week of 3/15 Chap 33 & Chap 34 Exam IV (Chaps. 32-33) 3/19
Week of 3/22 Chap 34 & Chap 35 Odd exercises Chaps. 34-35
Week of 3/29 Chap 35 Exam V Chaps 34-35 (up to 35.5) 4/2
Week of 4/5 Spring Break
Week of 4/12 All odd exercises Chap. 35;
Week of 4/19 Chap 36 odd excercises; Exam VI April 23, Chaps. 35-36.6
Week of 4/26 Chap 36
Week of 5/3 FINAL EXAM May 5, 6 PM (2 hours)