Division: Health and Sciences

Department: Physics

PHYS 2426: UNIVERSITY PHYSICS 2

CATALOG DESCRIPTION:

4 Credits (3 hrs. lec., 3 hrs. lab.) This course is a continuation of PHYS 2425 , including the
study of electrostatics, Gausss law, circuit theory, magnetism and Faradays law,
electromagnetic waves and Maxwells equations, geometric and physical optics, and introduction
to modern physics. It includes an appropriate laboratory program illustrating the principles
learned in lecture. This course is primarily for physical science and engineering majors.
(4008015403) Prerequisite: College Level Readiness in Reading AND Writing; PHYS 2425 .

Course Title: University Physics 2

Course Number: PHYS 24263001

Class Number: #10609/10610

Credit Hours: 4 semester credit hours

College Level Readiness in Reading AND Writing;

Prerequisites:
PHYS 2425

Semester and Year Spring 2017

Class Days and Times: M, W: 2:00 3:20 p.m.(Lec); 3:304:50 p.m.(Lab)

Class Room Location : C 211

Instructor: Dr. Michael Csiszarik

Office: N-210-G

Office Hours: M, W: 5 6 p.m. and by appointment

E-mail: mvc@lonestar.edu

Office Phone: 281-351-3325

ADA STATEMENT:
LSCS colleges are dedicated to providing the least restrictive learning environment for all students. The college
district promotes equity in academic access through the implementation of reasonable accommodations as required
by the Vocational Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Title V, Section 504 and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990
(ADA) which will enable students with disabilities to participate in and benefit from all post-secondary educational
activities.
If you require reasonable accommodations because of a physical, mental, or learning disability, please notify the
instructor of this course as soon as possible and preferably before the end of the first two weeks of class to arrange
for reasonable accommodations.

GUARANTEED GRADUATE POLICY:

North Harris Montgomery Community College District guarantees that graduates of its Associate of Arts, Associate
of Science, or Associate of Applied Science and all Certificate programs, providing under certain circumstances,
additional education and training tuition free to students lacking appropriate mastery of specified competencies. For
additional information, refer to the NHMCCD college catalog.

ACADEMIC INTEGRITY:
NHMCCD is committed to a high standard of academic integrity in the academic community. In becoming a part of
the academic community, students are responsible for honesty and independent effort. Failure to uphold these
standards includes, but is not limited to, the following: plagiarizing written work or projects, cheating on exams or
assignments, collusion on an exam or project, and misrepresentation of credentials or prerequisites when registering
for a course. Cheating includes looking at or copying from another student's exam, orally communicating or
receiving answers during an exam, having another person take an exam or complete a project or assignment, using
unauthorized notes, texts, or other materials for an exam, and obtaining or distributing an unauthorized copy of an
exam or any part of an exam. Plagiarism means passing off as his/her own the ideas or writings of another (that is,
without giving proper credit by documenting sources). Plagiarism includes submitting a paper, report or project that
someone else has prepared, in whole or in part. Collusion is inappropriately collaborating on assignments designed
to be completed independently. These definitions are not exhaustive. When there is clear evidence of cheating,
plagiarism, collusion or misrepresentation, a faculty member will take disciplinary action including but not limited
to: requiring the student to retake or resubmit an exam or assignment, assigning a grade of zero or "F" for an exam
or assignment; or assigning a grade of "F" for the course. Additional sanctions including being withdrawn from the
course, program or expelled from school may be imposed on a student who violates the standards of academic
integrity.

SOFTWARE PIRACY:
Law strictly prohibits unauthorized copying of software purchased by Tomball College for use in laboratories.
Tomball College administration will take appropriate disciplinary action against anyone violating copyright laws.

COMPUTER VIRUS PROTECTION:

Computer viruses are, unfortunately, a fact of life. Using the diskettes on more than one computer creates the
possibility of infecting computers and diskettes with a computer virus. This exposes the computers of the college,
your personal computer, and any others you may be using to potentially damaging viruses. The college has
aggressive anti-virus procedures in place to protect its computers, but cannot guarantee that a virus might not
temporarily infect one of its machines. It is your responsibility to protect all computers under your control and use
and ensure that each diskette you use, whenever or wherever you use it, has been scanned with anti-virus software.
Since new viruses arise continually, your anti-virus software must be kept current. And, since no anti-virus software
will find every virus, keeping copies of data (backups) is extremely important.
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY STATEMENT:
It is the policy of the North Harris Montgomery Community College District to provide equal employment,
admission and educational opportunities without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, or
disability. NHMCCD Colleges strive to provide an excellent learning environment free from harassment or
intimidation directed at any persons race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, or disability. Any form of
harassment will not be tolerated
LEARNING OUTCOMES:

Articulate the fundamental concepts of electricity and electromagnetism, including

electrostatic potential energy, electrostatic potential, potential difference, magnetic field,
induction, and Maxwell's Laws.
State the general nature of electrical forces and electrical charges, and their relationship
to electrical current.
Solve problems involving the inter-relationship of electrical charges, electrical forces,
and electrical fields.
Apply Kirchhoff''s Laws to analysis of circuits with potential sources, capacitance, and
resistance, including parallel and series capacitance and resistance.
Calculate the force on a charged particle between the plates of a parallel-plate capacitor.
Apply Ohm's law to the solution of problems.
Describe the effects of static charge on nearby materials in terms of Coulomb's Law.
Use Faraday's and Lenz's laws to find the electromotive forces.
Describe the components of a wave and relate those components to mechanical
vibrations, sound, and decibel level.
Articulate the principles of reflection, refraction, diffraction, interference and
superposition of waves.
Solve real-world problems involving optics, lenses, and mirrors.
Prepare laboratory reports that clearly communicate experimental information in a logical
and scientific manner.
Conduct basic laboratory experiments involving electricity and magnetism.
Relate physical observations and measurements involving electricity and magnetism to
theoretical principles.
Evaluate the accuracy of physical measurements and the potential sources of error in the
measurements.
Design fundamental experiments involving principles of electricity and magnetism.
Identify appropriate sources of information for conducting laboratory experiments
involving electricity and magnetism.

REQUIRED MATERIALS:
Textbook: University Physics , HUGH D. YOUNG ROGER A. FREEDMAN (14th edition) , Addison-
Wesley 2015 ; (Note: the older 13th is also acceptable)
Graphing calculator (TI 83 preferred)

OPTIONAL MATERIALS OR REFERENCE TEXTS:

Students Solutions Manual to University Physics, ( vol 2); A. LEWIS FORD,
Addison-Wesley

COURSE OUTLINE
chapters 21 37 if time permits
EVALUATION:

Requirement Examination Dates Points

(T.B.A.)
TEST 1 100
TEST 2 100
TEST 3 *) 100
FINAL EXAM 100
HOMEWORK 100
LAB REPORTS*) 100
TOTAL 600

NOTE: *) IN ORDER TO PASS THIS COURSE YOU NEED AT LEAST 60 POINTS ON THE LAB GRADE!! If
all tests were taken, a higher final exam score will partially replace the lowest (in class) test
score! A missed test #3 will count as zero and will not be replaced by the final exam grade!
Homework, note book and lab grades are not eligible for replacement.

EVALUATION: (CONT.)

There will be three exams of 100 points each.

There will be cumulative final exam of 100 points.
Lab Reports for experiments (some reports are individual, others will be group reports) are worth up
to 10 points. At the end of the semester all points will be added up. The percentage of all earned
points compared to the theoretical maximum will be your total lab grade.
Homework will be assigned regularly and graded based on completeness and presentation. Each set is
worth 50 points and all the points will be added up. The percentage of all earned points compared to
the theoretical maximum will be your homework grade.
If all tests were taken, the lowest (in class!) test grade will be partially substituted by a higher final
exam grade (if applicable). Test #3 is not eligible for automatic replacement! A missed test #3 will
count as zero!

LETTER GRADE ASSIGNMENT:

Final letter grades will be assigned after computing the total number of points as follows:

Total number of points Letter Grade

540 - 600 A
480 - 539 B
420 - 479 C
360 - 419 D
Less than 360 F

ATTENDANCE POLICY:
Attendance will be taken at the beginning of class by signing the class roll. Excessive tardiness will be
considered as an absence. If you leave early without prior consent of the instructor, your name will be
removed from that days class roll. An unexcused absence on a lab or test day will count double.
You may be dropped from the class rolls if (1) you are absent three consecutive days
(2) you are absent four accumulated days
Please attend class regularly as intended and be on time.

ASSIGNMENTS:
Problems assigned from the textbook and special problems are taken up periodically and graded. Each
homework assignment will be taken up on the class day after the material was covered in class. Usually
the homework will be taken up after a weekend. Late homework is only accepted under special
circumstances with the prior consent of the instructor. . There may be a penalty deduction for late
homework. Copied homework will be challenged and you may be asked to explain your
solutions!

Lab reports are due two class days after the experiment was performed. Lab reports have to be typed.

MAKE-UP EXAMS:
A missed test will either be replaced by a make-up exam or by the final exam grade. The choice rests with
the instructor. A missed test #3 will not be automatically replaced by the final and will count as
zero!

THERE ARE NO MAKE-UP LABS!

A missed lab will count as zero for the lab grade!

WITHDRAWAL POLICY:
Withdrawal from the course before W day (see current catalog) will result in a final grade of W on the student
transcript and no credit will be awarded. It is the students responsibility to initiate and complete a request for
withdrawal from any course.

LIBRARY HOURS: TO BE ANNOUNCED

TENTATIVE LECTURE OUTLINE:

PHYS 1402-3001// PHYS 2426-3001

College Physics 2 // University Physics 2 M, W: 2:00 4:50 p.m.

MONDAY WEDNESDAY

1 Jan 16 Jan 18
MLK Day - no class electrostatics, Coulombs law
2 Jan 23 Jan 25
electrostatic force, electrical field Gauss' law
3 Jan 30 Feb 01
electric potential energy and potential field plotting labs
4 Feb 06 Feb 08
field plotting labs capacitance and dielectrics, labs
5 Feb 13 Feb 15
current, resistance, dc circuits dc circuit labs
6 Feb 20 Feb 22
problem session, dc circuit labs Test # 1
7 Feb 27 Mar 01
magnetic forces and magnetic fields magnetic forces and magnetic fields
8 Mar 06 Mar 08
sources for magnetic fields electromagnetic induction
9 Mar 13 Mar 15
Spring break - no class Spring break - no class
10 Mar 20 Mar 22
electromagnetic induction inductance
11 Mar 27 Mar 29
alternating currents labs, demos, problems
12 Apr 03 Apr 05
labs, demos, problems Test #2
13 Apr 10 Apr 12
electromagnetic waves nature and propagation of light, geometric
optics
14 Apr 17 Apr 19
geometric optics, optics labs optics labs continued, interference
15 Apr 24 Apr 26
diffraction relativity
16 May 01 May 03
Test #3 special topics, review
17 May 08 May 10
Final Exam 2:00 3:50 p.m. No class

Note: Exam dates are subject to change as per the completion of the chapter.
 CONTENT AND TEXTBOOK REFERENCE TABLE

Topics Cutnell & Johnson Young & Freedman

electrostatics, chapter 18 chapter 21
electric fields
Gausss law chapter 18 chapter 22
electric potential chapter 19 chapter 23
energy and potential
capacitance and chapter 19 chapter 24
dielectrics
current, resistance, chapter 20 chapter 25
emf
dc circuits chapter 20 chapter 26
magnetic forces and chapter 21 chapter 27
fields
sources for chapter 21 chapter 28
magnetic fields
electromagnetic chapter 22 chapter 29
induction
inductance chapter 30
alternating currents chapter 23 chapter 31
electromagnetic chapter 24 chapter 32
waves
propagation of light chapter 25 chapter 33
geometric optics chapter 26 chapter 34
interference chapter 27 chapter 35
diffraction chapter 27 chapter 36
relativity chapter 28 chapter 37