Spring 2000

Physics 212 -- Spring Semester 2000

Lecturer:   ComerDuncan

Office: 173 Overman Hall

Phone: 372 8108 Email:  gcd@chandra.bgsu.edu

Course Text:  Fundamentals of Physics, Fifth Edition, Volume 2

This course is the continuation of Physics 211 from the fall term. As such, the material covered will make use of concepts encountered in Physics 211.  The meeting schedule and rooms are as follows:

Lecture:  Monday and Wednesday  at 8:30 a.m. in Math Science 220

Recitation:  Tuesday and Thursday at 12:30 in Overman 18428

Course Syllabus

Jan 10 Ch 22 Electric Charge
11 22: 4, 9, 20, 23, 30
12 Ch 23 Electric Fields
13 23: 6, 18, 29, 33
17 No Classes -- MLK Day
18 23: 35, 40, 45, 49, 56
19 Ch 24 Gauss' Law I
20 24: 2, 7, 9, 28
24 Gauss' Law II
25 24: 2, 7, 9, 17, 28
26 Ch 25 Electric Potential
27 25: 1, 2, 4, 10, 47
31 Ch 26 Capacitance
Feb 1 26: 3, 5, 15, 26
2 26:: 28, 31, 47, 52
3 Exam I over Chapters 22-26
7 Ch 27 Current and Resistance
8 27: 1, 15, 17, 19, 29, 34, 44, 49
9 Ch 28 Circuits
10 28: 5, 6, 17, 32, 39, 45, 53, 66
14 Ch 29 Magnetic Fields
15 29: 6, 20, 22, 49, 54
16 Ch 30 Magnetic Fields Due to Currents
17 30: 4, 10, 17, 29, 40, 46, 53
21 Ch 31 Induction and Inductance
22 31: 4,5, 25, 33, 45, 58, 74, 85
23 Ch 32 Magnetism of Matter: Maxwell's Equations
24 32: 2, 5, 11, 21, 40, 44
28 Ch 33 Electromagnetic Oscillations and Alternating Current
29 33: 10, 13, 20, 33, 38
March 1 33: 52, 56,69, 76, 86
2 Exam II over Chapters 27-33
6 NO CLASS -- Spring Break
7 NO CLASS -- Spring Break
8 NO CLASS -- Spring Break
9 NO CLASS -- Spring Break
13 Ch 34 Electromagnetic Waves
14 34: 6, 7, 13, 22, 26, 38, 46, 61, 71
15 Ch 35 Images
16 34: 74, 83, 84 : 35: 9, 16, 24, 32, 35, 38
20 Ch 36 Interference
21 36: 2, 11, 16, 35, 45, 78
22 Ch 37 Diffraction
23 37: 1, 13, 19, 40, 64
27 Ch 38 Relativity I
28 38: 3, 4, 6, 9, 14, 21
29 Ch 38 Relativity II
30 38: 29, 30, 38, 42, 49
April 3 Exam III over Chapters 34-38
4 General Relativity
5 Ch 39 Photons and Matter Waves
6 39: 5, 16, 21, 35, 51, 54, 73, 75
10 Ch 40 More About Matter Waves
11 40: 1, 3, 19, 28, 33
12 Ch 41 All About Atoms
13 41: 2, 3, 11, 27, 29
17 Ch 42 Conduction of Electricity in Solids
18 42: 1, 2, 11, 26
19  Ch 43 Nuclear Physics
20 43: 1, 5, 17, 26, 52, 66
24 Ch 44 Energy From the Nucleus
25 44: 1, 4, 8, 32, 43
26 Ch 45 Quarks, Leptons, and the Big Bang
27 45: 2, 5, 24, 34
May 1-5 EXAM WEEK Final Exam Over Chapters 39-45

There will be three hour exams given at the times listed in the syllabus.  No makeup exams will be given.  Each exam willcount 100 points. The final exam will count 100 points. Lab will count 100 points.  The break points for the assignment of final gradeswill be the conventional A:  90% or greater, B: 80-89%, C: 70-79%, D: 60-69%, F: less than 60%.