PHYS116 - General Physics II

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Academic Year 2000/2001

General Physics II
PHYS 116 SP

All matter is made up of charged particles. This second semester of the general physics course, following PHYS113, focuses on the physics of charged particles. Through lectures and demonstrations, this course develops our understanding of the forces that charged particles exert on each other, using such concepts as the electric and magnetic fields. We also examine electric circuits, electromagnetic waves and light, and the effects of the interaction between positive and negative charged particles in atoms through quantum theory. Calculus is used.

MAJOR READINGS

P.A.Tipler, PHYSICS, vol.2

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Weekly homework assignments and quizzes, two hour exams, and a final exam.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

The associated laboratory course, PHYS124, is recommended. Students planning to enter the health professions should be aware that a year of physics WITH LABORATORY is usually required for admission. Consult your major advisor if you are in doubt about similar requirements in your field.

Unless preregistered students attend the first class meeting or communicate directly with the instructor prior to the first class, they will be dropped from the class list. NOTE: Students must still submit a completed Drop/Add form to the Registrar's Office.

COURSE FORMAT: Lecture

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UGRD Credit: 1 Gen Ed Area Dept: NSM PHYS Grading Mode: Student Option

Prerequisites: PHYS113 OR PHYS115

SECTION 01

Instructor(s): Beauchamp,Katherine M.

Times: .M.W.F. 11:00AM-11:50AM; Location: SCIE58

Reserved Seats: (Total Limit: UNL)

SR. major: Jr. major:

SR. non-major: Jr. non-major: SO: FR:

Special Attributes:

Curricular Renewal: Quantitative Reasoning

Links to Web Resources For This Course.

Last Updated on MAR-26-2001