RICHLAND COLLEGE DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS

School of Mathematics, Science, and Health Professions

Course Syllabus For
Phys 2426: General Physics
Lecture & Lab

INSTRUCTORS INFORMATION
(Instructor reserves the right to amend this information as necessary.)
Semester and Year: Summer Session one 2014 (06-04-2014 to 07-03-2014)

Section: 85501 Lecture time and days: 7:50PM-9:50 PM MTWR Room: WH131
Laboratory time and days: 5:40PM-7:40 PM MTWR Room: SH227
These classes ALSO meet on Friday, June 6 and June 13.

Instructor: Sripathi Yarasi, PhD Contact Info: Office: SH228, Phone: (817) 803-2374, Email:
sriyarasi@dcccd.edu

Last date to withdraw: Last day to drop a class without a W - June 7
Last day to drop a class with a W - June 25

Final Exam Day and time: Held during last scheduled class meeting.
Evaluation Procedures: Final Exam 30%
Unit Exams 30%
Lab Work 30%
Homework 10%

Final grading scale: A=90-100%, B=80-89%, C= 70-79%, D=60-69%, and F=0-59%

Lab reports are due at the beginning of the next lab session. For missed labs, make ups will be given only under
genuine reason (such as illness). Grading is based heavily on concepts, reasoning, skill sets and team effort. Give
good answers by showing all your work for full credit.

Attendance Policy: Roll will be taken and attendance is required. If schedule is a problem, contact instructor.

LAB: Attendance to Lab is very strict compared to Theory classes. I f you miss a
lab, then it is STRONGLY recommended that you make up it somehow. Skipping
lab is no excuse of not knowing the experiment as it can come in lab test.
Required Materials:
Sears and Zemanskys University Physics (with Modern Physics), 13th ed.,
Authors: Hugh Young and Roger Freedman. ISBN 10: 0-321-69686-7 (Student Edition)

Lab manual on eCampus (free, but students are responsible to print and bring appropriate pages)
Laboratory Sessions
Ex.1 Electrostatic Charges
Ex.2 Electrical Method: Mechanical Equivalent of Heat
Ex.3 Equipotential and Electric Field Lines
Ex.4 Capacitors in Series and Parallel
Ex.5 Potentiometer: Measuring emf and Internal
Resistance
Ex.6 Resistors in Series and Parallel
Ex.7 RC Circuit: Measuring a Voltmeters Resistance
Ex.8 Magnetic Fields
Ex.9 Magnetic Force and Measuring the
Permeability
Ex.10 Oscilloscope
Ex.11 AC Circuits

Units of Instruction/Class Calendar:
Lectures and Exams
Ch. 15,16, 21 23: June 04 - 10
Ch. 15 Mechanical Waves Exer: 15.1, 15.4, 15.15, 15.26, 15.35, 15.37, 15.56, 15.67, 15.74, 15.84
Ch. 16 Sound and Hearing Exer: 16.3, 16.10 16.24, 16.26, 16.32, 16.37, 16.41, 16.55, 16.70
Ch. 21 Electric Charge and Electric Fields: DQ 21.4, 21.19. Exer: 21.3, 21.15, 21.30, 21.64, 21.79, 21.105
Ch. 22 Gauss' Law: DQ: 22.4, 22.12. Exer: 22.2, 22.15, 22.32, 22.39, 22.47, 22.69,
Ch. 23 Electric Potential DQ: 23.7, 23.11. Exer: 23.5, 23.11, 23.19, 23.28, 23.37, 23.47, 23.56, 23.64, 23.91.
Unit Exam #1 Ch. 15, 16, 21-23 June 12

Ch. 24 28: June 11 - 17
Ch. 24 Capacitance and Dielectrics Exer: 24.1, 24.5, 24.16 24.18, 24.26, 24.39, 24.45, 24.64
Ch. 25 Current, Resistance and Electromotive Force Exer: 25.1, 25.8, 25.23, 25.28, 25.33, 25.39, 25.44
Ch. 26 Direct Current Circuits Exer: 26.5, 26.11, 26.21, 26.26, 26.31, 26.36, 26.43, 26.53, 26.55, 26.69, 26.81
Ch. 27 Magnetic Fields and Magnetic Forces Exer: 27.1, 27.15, 27.28, 27.31, 27.39, 27.42, 27.45, 27.51, 27.64
Ch. 28 Sources of Magnetic Fields : 28.2, 28.12, 28.14, 28.19, 28.25, 28.30, 28.37, 28.44, 28.55, 28.71, 28.84
Unit Exam #2 Ch. 22-26 June 19
Ch. 29 32: June 18 - 25
Ch. 29 Electromagnetic Induction Exer: 29.7, 29.15, 29.17, 29.28, 29. 29.37, 29.49, 29.62, 29.69
Ch. 30 Inductance Exer: 30.3, 30.8, 30.16, 30.19, 30.24, 30.39, 30.66
Ch. 31 Alternating Currents Exer: 31.3, 31.14, 31.20, 31.30, 31.36, 31.52
Ch. 32 Electromagnetic Waves Exer: 32.1, 32.11, 32.18, 32.31, 32.33,
Unit Exam #3 Ch. 29-32, June 26

Ch. 33 36: June 26 July 2
Ch. 33 The Nature and Propagation of Light Exer: 33.8, 33.24, 33.32, 33.49
Ch. 34 Geometric Optics Exer: 34.2, 34.4, 34.16, 34.35, 34.46, 34.64, 34.67
Ch. 35 Interference Exer: 35.9, 35.25, 35.35, 35.38
Ch. 36 Diffraction Exer. 36.12, 36.22, 36.28, 36.39, 36.41, 36.68
Comprehensive Final Exam Ch. 15, 16, 21-36 July 3

Instructor Policies and Suggestions for Student Success: The exams will include several questions
covering material from the text and the lectures. All exams will contain a few problems similar to those given as
homework or solved in class. Students who spend enough time to do well on homework tend to have better
final course grades.

College Policies and Procedures:
For Institution Policies, please refer students to the Richland website www.richlandcollege.edu (Current Students) or
to www.richlandcollege.edu/syllabusinfo/syllabiInformation.pdf

CATALOG COURSE DESCRIPTION
This course presents the principles and applications of electricity and magnetism. Emphasis is on
fundamental concepts, problem-solving, notation and units.


PREREQUISITES
General Physics (Mechanics) and credit or concurrent enrollment in Mathematics 2414.
Developmental Reading 0093 or English as a Second Language (ESOL) 0044 or have met the
Texas Success Initiative (TSI) standard in Reading.

COURSE OBJECTIVES
The specific objectives are to: To understand and apply a method and appropriate technology to
the natural sciences; to recognize scientific and quantitative methods and the differences between
them these approaches and other methods of inquiry; to communicate findings, analyses, and
interpretation both orally and in writing; to recognize the influences and contribution of science
to modern culture.

CORE CURRICULUM STATEMENT
1. Reading: The ability to read and interpret a variety of printed materials books, articles, and
documents above a 12th grade level.
2. Speaking: Communicate orally in clear, coherent and persuasive language appropriate to
purpose, occasion, and audience above a 12th grade level.
3. Listening: Analyze and interpret various forms of spoken communication, possess sufficient
literacy skills of writing, and reading above a 12th grade level.
4. Critical thinking: Think and analyze at a critical level.
5. Computer literacy: Understand our technological society, use computer-based technology in
communication, solving problems, and acquiring information.