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Course Description

PHY2005 - Applied Physics 2: Continuation of the applied physics sequence. Electric and magnetic fields; geometrical, wave and applied optics; and a brief introduction to modern and nuclear physics.

Prerequisites: PHY2004 - Applied Physics 1. Credits: 3.

Inclusivity

Physics, like all human endeavors, is something that is learned. Physics is practiced and advanced by a scientific community of individuals with diverse backgrounds and identities and is open and welcoming to everyone. I recognize the value in diversity, equity, and inclusion in all aspects of this course. This includes, but is not limited to differences in race, ethnicity, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, socioeconomic status, religion, and disability.

My aim is to foster an atmosphere of learning that is based on inclusion, transparency, and respect for all. I acknowledge the different needs and perspectives we bring to our common learning space and strive to provide everyone with equal access. I hope you truly believe, as I do, that by meeting the prerequisites, you belong in this physics class and are well-positioned for success.

Please don't hesitate to contact me with any concerns, or with any suggestions for improving the inclusivity of this course.

Instructor Information

Spring 2020 Faculty Photo.jpg Dr. Kathryn L. McGill
Office: NPB 2112
Phone: (352) 846-2548
Email via Canvas mail [best way to reach me]
(email kathryn.mcgill@ufl.edu ONLY if Canvas is down AND it's time-sensitive)
Office Hours: MW Period 9 (4:05-4:55 pm)

Course Objectives

By the end of this course, students will have improved their existing foundation in the concepts, principles, terminology, and methodologies used to describe electric and magnetic fields, predict how charges and matter interact with these fields, with a thorough study of physics applied to circuits, circuit elements, and optical instruments. Specifically, students will be able to:

  1. Analyze particular physical situations, and thus identify the fundamental principles pertinent to those situations to make successful predictions of system behavior,
  2. Apply fundamental principles to formulate mathematical equations describing the relation between physical quantities in these particular situations,
  3. Solve mathematical equations to find the values of physical quantities, and
  4. Communicate unambiguously both the principles that apply to a situation and the results of specific calculations resulting from the steps above.

My Expectations of You

To achieve the learning outcomes, I expect you to:

  • Set your eLearning announcements notification setting to email you ASAP when an announcement is posted.
  • Plan your engagement with course content for the week ahead.
  • Read the assigned chapters in the textbook.
  • Work through the examples presented in the text and do the homework problems in order to learn the physics concepts, principles, and problem-solving techniques of introductory physics.
  • Complete reading quizzes and homework assignments to self–assess your understanding of the module’s concepts and problem-solving strategies on a weekly basis.
  • To seek help from your instructors and other students when specific content does not make sense, and to seek out additional practice when needed to gain mastery before moving on to future modules. These additional materials should include problems at the end of the chapter that are not assigned as part of your homework.

This course requires an extensive amount of time to do all of the above, and students should plan accordingly to spend 9 hours per week of study for this course.

Required Materials

The required text is Physics: Principles with Applications by Douglas Giancoli, 7thed, published by Pearson. The course is set up for an All-Access opt-in to purchase the text online for students who have registered in the course. Go to the opt-in login pageLinks to an external site. to get started.

The required online homework system is Mastering Physics, access to which is included in the purchase of the online textbook described above. Access Mastering Physics using the link provided in the Canvas course; note that it is called 'My Lab and Mastering' in the left-hand navigation.  You must register your access code from the Canvas course. 

Technical Support

For Canvas, passwords, or any other computer-related technical support, contact the UF Help Desk (Links to an external site.):

For issues related specifically to Mastering Physics, please contact Pearson (Links to an external site.).

Course Policies

  • ATTENDANCE POLICY

    • You are expected to attend lecture MWF as scheduled. You are also encouraged to attend office hours to clarify any doubts arising from your studies.

    • I will pose various questions during class for you to answer with the iClicker system for extra credit points. You will receive 2 points for a correct answer, 1 point for an incorrect answer, and 0 points for no answer. At the end of the semester, I will apply a 20% forgiveness factor to your clicker scores to account for unexpected absences, malfunctioning software, etc., after which I will convert your overall clicker score to give you up to 3% extra credit in your final grade.
  • LECTURE SLIDES POLICY
    • I will post my slides before class for you to take notes on. However, I may need to make last-minute updates, so the final slides presented in class will likely be slightly but not significantly different than the posted draft. The final slides will also include clicker questions. I will post my completed lecture slides (I write on them during lecture) after class.

  • HOMEWORK POLICY

    • Homework sets are completed online through Mastering Physics at any time between the opening of the assignment and the deadline announced in the course calendar. These assignments are not timed or proctored, but they are subject to the UF Policy on Academic Misconduct (Links to an external site.).
    • It is permissible to seek assistance or collaborate on homework. This assistance may include help with interpreting the problem, identifying relevant information in the textbook or course videos, or identifying one’s errors.
    • Homework may be submitted late for half-credit.
  • READING QUIZ POLICY
  • E&M SURVEY POLICY
    • You will receive full credit for completing E&M Surveys I and II (you will not be graded on your responses). You do not need to prepare in any way for these surveys; simply answer the questions to the best of your ability.
  • GROUP WORK POLICY
    • Physics is learned by doing. Hence you will have required in-class problem solving sessions with harder problems than you are expected to solve individually on the exams. There will be Learning Assistants (LAs) on hand to help with this. LAs are students who have completed Physics 2.
    • Your group will be assigned after the add/drop deadline, and will be visible in the Groups tab in the blue far left menu.
    • I expect everyone in the group to be able to explain the solutions to the assigned problems. Your group will have an assigned day on which I will ask questions of a few group members whom I will choose at the time.
    • Full details for how Group Work will function this semester can be found on the Group Work page in the lefthand navigation menu. (Please note that this page is under construction until after the drop/add period.)
  • EXAM POLICY
    • Two mid-term exams and a cumulative final exam will be administered during the course. All midterms will be administered in class. Please see below for all exam dates. Exams are not collaborative and will be completed alone.
    • You may use any scientific or graphing calculator on the exams, as long as it does not have the ability to communicate with other devices electronically. Cell phones as calculators are not permitted, and use of them constitutes academic fraud.
  • MAKE-UP POLICY
    • Requirements for class attendance and make-up exams, assignments, and other work are consistent with University Attendance Policies (Links to an external site.). For a foreseeable absence, it is your responsibility to identify yourself as requiring an accommodation at least one week prior to the absence.
    • Homeworks and Reading Quizzes may be submitted late for half credit.

Grade Scheme

Grades in the course are awarded based on an overall course score calculated as follows:

Assignment

Grade Percentage

Homework,
due Mondays at 11:59 pm

 10%,
20% forgiveness

Reading Quizzes,
due Thursdays at 11:59 pm

 10%,
20% forgiveness

E&M Surveys
(see schedule)

5%
In-Class Group Work
(see schedule)

20%,
drop lowest grade

Exam 1 (HW1-4),
Monday, February 14

 15%

Exam 2 (HW5-7),
Monday, March 21

 15%

Final Exam (cumulative),
Thursday, April 28th,
10:00 am - 12:00 pm

 25%

In-Class Participation
(extra credit)

up to 3%,
20% forgiveness

 

 Grades will be assigned as follows, rounding up at 0.50 (84.50 rounds to an A while 84.49 is an A-):

Letter Grade Course Percentage
A 100% to 85%
A- <85% to 80%
B+ <80% to 75%
B <75% to 70%
B- <70% to 65%
C+ <65% to 60%
C <60% to 55%
C- <55% to 50%
D+ <50% to 45%
D <45% to 40%
D- <40% to 35%
E < 35%

 

Course Schedule

The Course Schedule is provided below and via the lefthand navigation link.

Week Date Day Class Schedule Topic HW & RQ Schedule
1 3-Jan-22 Monday      
  4-Jan-22 Tuesday      
  5-Jan-22 Wednesday Semester Start Intro to Course & PHY2004 Review HW1 & RQ1 Open
  6-Jan-22 Thursday     RQ2 Opens
  7-Jan-22 Friday Ch. 3.1-3.4 Vector Review  
  8-Jan-22 Saturday      
  9-Jan-22 Sunday      
2 10-Jan-22 Monday Group Work 1 Vectors HW2 Opens
  11-Jan-22 Tuesday      
  12-Jan-22 Wednesday E&M Survey I N/A  
  13-Jan-22 Thursday     RQ1 Due; RQ3 Opens
  14-Jan-22 Friday Ch. 16.1-16.3 Electric Charge  
  15-Jan-22 Saturday      
  16-Jan-22 Sunday    
3 17-Jan-22 Monday MLK Jr. Day: No Class   HW3 Opens
  18-Jan-22 Tuesday     HW1 Due
  19-Jan-22 Wednesday Ch. 16.4-16.5 Coulomb's Law  
  20-Jan-22 Thursday   RQ2 Due; RQ4 Opens
  21-Jan-22 Friday Ch. 16.6 Solving Coulomb's Law Problems  
  22-Jan-22 Saturday      
  23-Jan-22 Sunday      
4 24-Jan-22 Monday Group Work 2 Ch. 16.1 - 16.6 HW2 Due; HW4 Opens
  25-Jan-22 Tuesday      
  26-Jan-22 Wednesday Ch. 16.7-16.9 The Electric Field  
  27-Jan-22 Thursday   RQ3 Due; RQ5 Opens
  28-Jan-22 Friday Ch. 17.1-17.3 Electric Potential I  
  29-Jan-22 Saturday      
  30-Jan-22 Sunday      
5 31-Jan-22 Monday Ch. 17.4-17.5 Electric Potential II HW3 Due; HW5 Opens
  1-Feb-22 Tuesday      
  2-Feb-22 Wednesday Ch. 17.7-17.8 Capacitance  
  3-Feb-22 Thursday     RQ4 Due; RQ6 Opens
  4-Feb-22 Friday Ch. 17.9 Electric Energy Storage  
  5-Feb-22 Saturday      
  6-Feb-22 Sunday      
6 7-Feb-22 Monday Group Work 3 Ch. 16.7-16.9 & Ch. 17 as specified HW4 Due
  8-Feb-22 Tuesday      
  9-Feb-22 Wednesday Ch. 18.1-18.4 Ohm's Law  
  10-Feb-22 Thursday     RQ5 Due; RQ7 Opens
  11-Feb-22 Friday Ch. 18.5-18.7 Electric Power  
  12-Feb-22 Saturday      
  13-Feb-22 Sunday      
7 14-Feb-22 Monday Exam 1: HW1-4 Ch. 16 & 17 as specified No HW Due; HW6 Opens
  15-Feb-22 Tuesday      
  16-Feb-22 Wednesday Ch. 19.1-19.3 Circuits I  
  17-Feb-22 Thursday     RQ6 Due; RQ8 Opens
  18-Feb-22 Friday Ch. 19.4-19.6 Circuits II  
  19-Feb-22 Saturday      
  20-Feb-22 Sunday      
8 21-Feb-22 Monday Group Work 4 Ch. 19 as specified HW5 Due; HW7 Opens
  22-Feb-22 Tuesday      
  23-Feb-22 Wednesday Ch. 20.1-20.6 Magentic Fields & Forces  
  24-Feb-22 Thursday     RQ7 Due; RQ9 Opens
  25-Feb-22 Friday Ch. 20.7-20.10 Ampere's Law  
  26-Feb-22 Saturday      
  27-Feb-22 Sunday      
9 28-Feb-22 Monday Ch. 21.1-21.4 Faraday's & Lez's Law HW6 Due; HW8 Opens
  1-Mar-22 Tuesday      
  2-Mar-22 Wednesday Ch. 21.5-21.7 Electric Generators & Power Transmission  
  3-Mar-22 Thursday     RQ8 Due; RQ10 Opens
  4-Mar-22 Friday Ch. 22.2-22.3 Electromagnetic Waves
  5-Mar-22 Saturday      
  6-Mar-22 Sunday      
10 7-Mar-22 Monday Spring Break    
  8-Mar-22 Tuesday Spring Break    
  9-Mar-22 Wednesday Spring Break    
  10-Mar-22 Thursday Spring Break    
  11-Mar-22 Friday Spring Break    
  12-Mar-22 Saturday      
  13-Mar-22 Sunday      
11 14-Mar-22 Monday Group Work 5 Ch. 20-22 as specified RQ7 & HW7 Due
  15-Mar-22 Tuesday    
  16-Mar-22 Wednesday Ch. 23.1-23.5 Geometric Optics I  
  17-Mar-22 Thursday     RQ9 Due; RQ11 Opens
  18-Mar-22 Friday Ch. 23.6-23.8 Geometric Optics II  
  19-Mar-22 Saturday      
  20-Mar-22 Sunday      
12 21-Mar-22 Monday Exam 2: HW5-7 Ch. 18-22, as specified No HW Due; HW9 Opens
  22-Mar-22 Tuesday      
  23-Mar-22 Wednesday Ch. 25.1 Cameras  
  24-Mar-22 Thursday     RQ10 Due; RQ12 Opens
  25-Mar-22 Friday Ch. 25.2 The Human Eye  
  26-Mar-22 Saturday      
  27-Mar-22 Sunday      
13 28-Mar-22 Monday Group Work 6 Ch. 23 & 25 as specified HW8 Due; HW10 Opens
  29-Mar-22 Tuesday      
  30-Mar-22 Wednesday Ch. 24.1 & 24.3-24.6 Wave Nature of Light & Diffraction  
  31-Mar-22 Thursday     RQ11 Due; RQ13 Opens
  1-Apr-22 Friday Ch. 24.7-24.8 & 24.10 Interference & Polarization  
  2-Apr-22 Saturday      
  3-Apr-22 Sunday    
14 4-Apr-22 Monday Group Work 7 Ch. 24 as specified HW9 Due; HW11 Opens
  5-Apr-22 Tuesday      
  6-Apr-22 Wednesday Ch. 27.1-27.4 & 27.7-27.8 Photons  
  7-Apr-22 Thursday     RQ12 Due
  8-Apr-22 Friday Ch. 27.10-27.12 Models of the Atom  
  9-Apr-22 Saturday      
  10-Apr-22 Sunday      
15 11-Apr-22 Monday Final Exam Review, Part 1 Ch. 16-21 HW10 Due
  12-Apr-22 Tuesday      
  13-Apr-22 Wednesday Ch. 30.1-30.2 Atomic Nuclei  
  14-Apr-22 Thursday     RQ13 Due
  15-Apr-22 Friday Ch. 30.3-30.5 Radioactivity  
  16-Apr-22 Saturday      
  17-Apr-22 Sunday      
16 18-Apr-22 Monday Final Exam Review, Part 2 Ch. 22-25, 27, 30 HW11 Due
  19-Apr-22 Tuesday      
  20-Apr-22 Wednesday E&M Survey II    
  21-Apr-22 Thursday Reading Day    
  22-Apr-22 Friday Reading Day    
  23-Apr-22 Saturday      
  24-Apr-22 Sunday      
  25-Apr-22 Monday      
  26-Apr-22 Tuesday      
  27-Apr-22 Wednesday      
  28-Apr-22 Thursday Final Exam, 10 am - 12 pm, NPB 1002 Cumulative  

Institutional Policies

UNIVERSITY POLICY ON ACCOMMODATING STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES

  • UNIVERSITY POLICY ON ACADEMIC MISCONDUCT
    • Academic honesty and integrity are fundamental values of the University community. Students should be sure that they understand the UF Student Honor Code (Links to an external site.).
    • University Honesty Policy
      • UF students are bound by The Honor Pledge which states, “We, the members of the University of Florida community, pledge to hold ourselves and our peers to the highest standards of honor and integrity by abiding by the Honor Code. On all work submitted for credit by students at the University of Florida, the following pledge is either required or implied: “On my honor, I have neither given nor received unauthorized aid in doing this assignment.” The Honor Code (Links to an external site.) specifies a number of behaviors that are in violation of this code and the possible sanctions. Furthermore, you are obligated to report any condition that facilitates academic misconduct to appropriate personnel. If you have any questions or concerns, please consult with the instructor or TAs in this class.
  • NETIQUETTE (COMMUNICATION COURTESY)
    • All members of the class are expected to follow rules of common courtesy in all email messages, threaded discussions.
  • COURSE EVALUATION
  • ATTENDANCE AND MAKE-UP POLICY
  • SOFTWARE USE
    • All faculty, staff, and students of the University are required and expected to obey the laws and legal agreements governing software use.  Failure to do so can lead to monetary damages and/or criminal penalties for the individual violator.  Because such violations are also against University policies and rules, disciplinary action will be taken as appropriate.  We, the members of the University of Florida community, pledge to uphold ourselves and our peers to the highest standards of honesty and integrity.
  • STUDENT PRIVACY
    • There are federal laws protecting your privacy with regards to grades earned in courses and on individual assignments.  For more information, please see the FERPA (Links to an external site.) page by the Registrar.

Disclaimer

This syllabus represents my current plans and objectives. As we go through the semester, those plans may need to change to enhance the class learning opportunity. Such changes, communicated clearly, are not unusual and should be expected.

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