Physics 202: Course Syllabus

 

Fall Semester 2008

Professor Robert Beeken

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

Office: B-205     Hours: 9-10 TRF, 1-2 MW

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
01 Sep Review of Force and Energy Ch 4 and Ch 5:  Review as Needed. Introduction to Lab
08 Sep Electric Forces and Fields Ch 15:  02,04,06,10,15,17,23,27. Mapping Electric Fields
15 Sep Electric Energy; Capacitance Ch 16:  03,05,06,08,14,19,23,26. Intro to the Solar Cell
22 Sep Current and Resistance Ch 17:  05,11,15,28,33,36,40,42. Direct Current Circuits
29 Sep Direct Current Circuits Ch 18:  01,02,03,05,10,37,38,40. Battery Resistance
06 Oct Magnetism Ch 19:  03,05,08,11,14,22,30,32. Exam 1:  Ch 15,16,17,18
13 Oct Induced Voltage Ch 20:  03,06,08,12,23,30,31,32. Earth's Magnetic Field
20 Oct Reflection and Refraction Ch 22:  06,13,16,22,30,34,38,40. Motors and Generators
27 Oct Mirrors and Lenses Ch 23:  08,11,18,22,30,33,36,40. Single/Compound Lenses
03 Nov Wave Optics Ch 24:  04,08,14,18,36,40,48,50. Polarization of Light
10 Nov Optical Instruments Ch 25:  03,08,12,13,17,19,22,25. Exam 2: Ch 19,20,22,23,24
17 Nov Atomic Physics Ch 28:  03,04,10,12,13,15,20,25. Diffraction Spectrometer
24 Nov Nuclear Physics Ch 29:  09,11,17,19,22,26,32,35. No Lab This Week
01 Dec Nuclear Energy Ch 30:  01,03,05,06,08,10,13,15. Absorption of Radiation
08 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 Monday evenings, 6:30 – 8:30 pm, in Room A-121, Science.  The final examination, covering material in Chapters 25,28,29,30 will be written on Thursday, December 18, at 10:15 am, in A-107, Science.

Grading Formula

Lab Reports . . . . . . . . . 34%
 

Exams 1 & 2 . . . . . . . . 44%
 

Final Exam . . . . . . . . .  22%