| Instructor: | Professor Cowley |
| Office: BSB 410, email: cowley@camden.rutgers.edu |
| Required Texts: | Halliday, Resnick & Walker, Fundamentals of Physics (Seventh Edition), volume 2, |
| Student's Solution Manual |
| Grading: | 24% homework, 25% final exam, 45% for 3 tests |
| 3% attendance, 3% for participation in reading questions (see below) |
| Homework: | Two hand-in problems assigned per class, answers only (5 significant figures) to be submitted in Sakai . |
This course is a continuation of Elements of Physics I, dealing mainly with electricity and magnetism, and geometrical and physical optics. What makes a physics course difficult to many students is that the material is highly structured. Each idea builds on the previous ones. If you miss a week's ideas, you will not be able to make sense of the next week. Attendance at class is very important. Also, you must remember that learning is an active process. Coming to class and reading the solutions in the Student Solution Manual will not fix the ideas in your head. You need to work actively at the material. A time-honored way to do this is to try to answer as many as possible of the problems and questions at the ends of the chapters. You have to develop a logical approach, and to practice your math skills - some calculus, but mainly the application of algebra to problem solving. Do all this systematically and conscientiously, and you will enjoy the course and learn an enormous amount in it. Have fun! |
| Pre-class reading | The schedule given below includes the pages from the text-book dealing with the material. These should be read BEFORE the class. Each class, I shall assign a question from the text that is related to the reading for the next class. You are required to submit your answer to the question by 10:00 a.m. on the morning of the class, using the Sakai drop box. There is no penalty for giving the wrong answer. I want to know what you really think. |
| Date | Subject | Chapter in text | Pre-Class Reading |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 17 | Electric Charge | Chapter 21 | Pages 561-572 |
| January 22 | Electric Fields | Chapter 22 | Pages 580-585 |
| January 24 | Electric Fields | Chapter 22 | Pages 585-596 |
| January 29 | Gauss' Law | Chapter 23 | Pages 605-611 |
| January 31 | Gauss' Law | Chapter 23 | Pages 612-619 |
| February 5 | Electric Potential | Chapter 24 | Pages 628-632 |
| February 7 | Electric Potential | Chapter 24 | Pages 633-645 |
| February 12 | Capacitance | Chapter 25 | Pages 656-670 |
| February 14 | Class cancelled | ||
| February 19 | Test 1 | (Chapters 21-25) | |
| February 21 | Current and Resistance | Chapter 26 | Pages 682-695 |
| February 26 | Circuits | Chapter 27 | Pages 705-713 |
| February 28 | Circuits | Chapter 27 | Pages 714-724 |
| March 5 | Magnetic Fields | Chapter 28 | Pages 735-744 |
| March 7 | Magnetic Fields | Chapter 28 | Pages 745-756 |
| March 19 | Magnetic Fields due to Currents | Chapter 29 | Pages 764-780 |
| March 21 | Induction and Inductance | Chapter 30 | Pages 791-804 |
| March 26 | Induction and Inductance | Chapter 30 | Pages 805-815 |
| March 28 | Test 2 | Chapters 26-30 | |
| April 2 | Electromagnetic Oscillations | Chapter 31 | Pages 826-835 |
| April 4 | Alternating Current | Chapters 31 | Pages 835-852 |
| April 9 | Electromagnetic Waves | Chapter 33 | Pages 889-913 |
| April 11 | Images | Chapters 34 | Pages 924-933 |
| April 16 | Images | Chapter 34 | Pages 933-946 |
| April 18 | Interference | Chapter 35 | Pages 958-964 |
| April 23 | Interference | Chapter 35 | Pages 965-977 |
| April 25 | Diffraction | Chapter 36 | Pages 992-1010 |
| April 30 | Test 3 | Chapters 31, 33-36 | May 9 | Final Exam | (9:00-12:00 pm) |