PHYSICS 221: UNIVERSITY PHYSICS, FALL 2000
THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE
AT MARTIN
GEOLOGY, GEOGRAPHY AND PHYSICS DEPARTMENT
Office Hours: 10:00-11:00 MTWRF plus
open office hours at other times.
Classes/Labs:This class normally meets
daily from 9:00 to 9:50 PM in EPS 119
Textbook: Fundamentals of Physics,
David Halliday, Robert Resnick, Jearl Walker, John Wiley&Sons, Inc. This
textbook was also used for P220.
References: For a comparable alternative text see College Physics, by
Sears, Zemansky and Young; Principles of
Physics, by Bueche; Physics by
Giancolli. For easy reading see Conceptual Physics, P. Hewitt, Sixth
Edition
Course Description:
Physics
221, a 4 credit-hour course, is the second of a three-semester calculus-based
physics sequence. P220 and P221 are
required for engineering and BS Chemistry majors at UTM. It also provides the necessary background
for the engineering students intending to transfer as well as chemistry and
mathematics majors. This course covers
such fundamental topics as electric charge and field, electric potential,
Gauss’s law, capacitance and resistance, electric circuits (AC and DC),
magnetic field, induction, a synopsis of Maxwell’s equations, geometrical and
physical optics. The labs are included.
Prerequisites:
Mathematics
251 and Physics 220 are prerequisites
for this course. You are expected to be
fluent in algebra and trigonometry and have a working knowledge of such
mathematical operations as differentiation and integration. See Appendix E and page A12 of the text.
Laboratory:
Laboratory
work –an integral part of this course—may include the usage of such
methodologies as significant figures, error analysis and propagation, graphs
and slopes, and linear regression. The
experiments are included in the course schedule attached to this document. Laboratory reports will be collected and
graded. Usually the lab reports will be
due week after the day of the experiment.
Laboratory
work is scheduled in rooms EPS 224.
Since the room will not accommodate the entire class, we will operate on
an “open lab” basis. I will provide
more information about the open labs and their operation.
Homework:
Homework
problems will be assigned during the lecture, and will be graded. Due date for the homework will be announced
in class. Late homework will not be
accepted without a valid excuse.
Tests:
Five
tests are scheduled during the semester ( Sept.6, Sept.26, Oct.16, Nov.13,
Dec.6,
and
Final examination on Dec.12, 7:45-9:45
am) . The relative weighs for
quizzes, laboratory and examinations and the scale for the course grade are
provided below.
WEIGHTS: Quizzes 10%, Laboratory
10%, Homework 10%, Midterms 40%, Final 30%.
Grade Scale: 90-100=A, 80-89=B, 65-79=C,
50-64=D, < 50 =F
Elevator
Policy:
In
case there are physically disabled students in the class and both elevators
fail to work in the EPS building, an alternate class meeting will be arranged only
for the disabled students. You may
call me at my office number or the department office at x7430 and leave a
message. I will call you and arrange a
special make-up session for you depending on the circumstances.
Week of
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Chapter to read |
Lab Topics(tentative) |
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Aug. 21,22,23,24,25 Quiz 1( Ch.22) on Aug. 25
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Ch. 22 Electric charge Ch.23 Electric Field
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August 28,29,30,31, Sept.
1 Quiz 2( Ch.23) on Aug. 29
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continue Ch. 23 Ch. 24 Gauss’s law |
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Sept.5,6,7,8 Test 1 (22,23,24) on Sept.6
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Test 1 & Ch. 25: Electric Potential |
Demo/instructions for the
lab, or exercises in class |
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Sept.11,12,13,14,15 Quiz 3(25) on Sept. 14
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cont. 25 & Ch. 26:Capacitance |
Exp.1 :Electric Field
Mapping |
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Sept. 18-22 Quiz 4( 26) on Sept. 21
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Continue Ch. 26 Ch. 27: Current and
Resistance |
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Sept. 25-29 Test 2(25,26,27) on Sept. 26
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Ch. 28: Circuits |
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Oct. 2-6 Quiz 5 (28) on Oct .4
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cont. 28& Ch.29:Magnetic Field |
Exp.2: DC Circuits |
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Oct. 9-13 Quiz 6(29) on Oct. 9
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Ch. 30: Magnetic Fields
due to Currents start Ch.31 |
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Oct. 16-18 Test 3 (28,29,30) on Oct. 16
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Ch.31: Induction and
Inductance |
Mid term report Due Fall Break |
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Oct. 23-27 Quiz 7(31) on Oct. 26
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cont. 31 & Ch. 32: Magnetism of
Matter |
Exp. 3: RC Circuit |
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Oct. 30,31 |
continue Ch. 32 |
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Nov. 1-3 Quiz 8(32) on Nov. 2
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Ch.33: AC Currents |
Exp. 4: Magnetic force on
a wire |
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Nov.6-10 Quiz 9(33) on Nov. 9
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cont. Ch. 33& Ch.35: Images |
Exp. 5: AC Circuits |
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Nov.13-17 Test 4(31,32,33) on Nov.13
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cont. 35& Ch.36: Interference |
Exp.6: Thin Lenses |
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Nov. 20-22 Quiz 10(35), Nov. 20
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cont. Ch.36 |
HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
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Nov. 27-30 Quiz 11(36), Nov. 28
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Ch. 37: Diffraction |
Exp.7: Diffraction |
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Dec. 4-7 Test 5(35,36,37), Dec. 6 |
cont. Ch.37, review and
last TEST |
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Dec. 12, FINAL EXAM |
FINAL Dec. 12, 7:45 am -9:45 am
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