Physics 202: Course Syllabus

 

Fall Semester 2009

Professor Robert Beeken

Text:  College Physics (7th ed), Serway/Faughn/Vuille

Office: B-205     Hours: 9-10 MWF, 10-11 TR

Course information is available at http://www.uwsp.edu/physastr/Beeken/Profile.htm

Information concerning student academic standards and disciplinary procedures is available at http://www.uwsp.edu/admin/stuaffairs/rights/rightsChap14.pdf
Week Lecture Assignment Laboratory
30 Aug Review of Force and Energy Ch 4 and Ch 5:  Review as Needed. Introduction to Lab
07 Sep Electric Forces and Fields Ch 15:  02,04,06,10,15,17,23,27. Mapping Electric Fields
14 Sep Electric Energy; Capacitance Ch 16:  03,05,06,08,14,19,23,26. Intro to the Solar Cell
21 Sep Current and Resistance Ch 17:  05,11,15,28,33,36,40,42. Direct Current Circuits
28 Sep Direct Current Circuits Ch 18:  01,02,03,05,10,37,38,40. Battery Resistance
05 Oct Magnetism Ch 19:  03,05,08,11,14,22,30,32. Exam 1:  Ch 15,16,17,18
12 Oct Induced Voltage Ch 20:  03,06,08,12,23,30,31,32. Earth's Magnetic Field
19 Oct Reflection and Refraction Ch 22:  06,13,16,22,30,34,38,40. Motors and Generators
26 Oct Mirrors and Lenses Ch 23:  08,11,18,22,30,33,36,40. Single/Compound Lenses
02 Nov Wave Optics Ch 24:  04,08,14,18,36,40,48,50. Polarization of Light
09 Nov Optical Instruments Ch 25:  03,08,12,13,17,19,22,25. Exam 2: Ch 19,20,22,23,24
16 Nov Atomic Physics Ch 28:  03,04,10,12,13,15,20,25. Diffraction Spectrometer
23 Nov Nuclear Physics Ch 29:  09,11,17,19,22,26,32,35. No Lab This Week
30 Nov Nuclear Energy Ch 30:  01,03,05,06,08,10,13,15. Absorption of Radiation
07 Dec Review Self Review as Needed. Make-up Laboratory
The goals of this course are to (a) understand the conceptual framework underpinning the topics of electricity, magnetism, optics, and modern physics, (b) apply fundamental principles of physics to the solution of practical problems encountered in natural resource management, and (c) develop laboratory techniques useful to a variety of scientific disciplines.
Exams 1 and 2 are administered on Wednesday evenings, 6:30 – 8:30 pm, in A-107, Science.  The final examination, covering material in Chapters 25,28,29,30 will be written on Monday, December 14, at 8:00 am, in A-107, Science.

Grading Formula

Lab Reports . . . . . . . . . 34%
 

Exams 1 & 2 . . . . . . . . 44%
 

Final Exam . . . . . . . . .  22%