PREREQUISITE:  

PHY111 - General Physics I

COREQUISITE:  

MAT204 - College Algebra with Trigonometry II or MAT 205 - Technical Mathematics II.

REQUIRED TEXTBOOK AND MATERIALS:  

This course uses an Open Educational Resource (OER) which is free. You can access the textbook at the following URL: http://cnx.org/content/col11406/latest  ISBN: 978-938168-00-0

Optional text in addition to OER

Physics, 7^th Edition; Giancoli. Prentice Hall. ISBN#: 0-13-060620-0

REQUIRED MATERIALS:  

Safety glasses are required for all on-campus sections.

 As the result of instructional activities, students will be able to:

1. List and explain the general properties of waves.
   1. Use the wave equation solve problems.
   2. Compute the velocity of waves on a string.
   3. Describe and explain constructive and destructive interference.
   4. Describe and explain standing wave patterns and be able to solve problems related to them.
2. Describe the general properties of sound.
   1. Solve problems involving the intensity and intensity levels of sound.
   2. Solve problems involving frequencies of vibrating strings
   3. Solve problems related to vibrating open and closed air columns.
   4. Describe and solve problems related to the Doppler effect.
3. Describe what static electricity is and how it originates.
   1. Describe Coulomb's Law and apply it to the solution of problems.
   2. Calculate electrical field intensities surrounding one or more charges.
4. Define and demonstrate an understanding of electrical potential.
   1. Compute potential energy in the vicinity of a charge
   2. Compute electrical potential in the vicinity of one or more charges.
   3. Define and solve problems involving the electron volt
   4. Define and solve problems involving electrical gradient.
   5. Describe Millikan's oil drop experiment
   6. Describe how capacitors function and apply the basic equations to the solution of problems.
5. Analyze electrical circuits.
   1. Describe and define voltage, current and resistance.
   2. Describe and apply Ohm's law, Kirchoff's rules and the power formula to the solution of problems.
   3. Analyze series circuits, parallel circuits and series-parallel circuits.
   4. Calculate total capacitance in series, parallel and series-parallel.
   5. Describe the behavior of capacitors in electric circuits, and apply the formulas for charging and discharging of capacitors to the solution of problems.
6. Describe the properties of magnetic fields.
   1. Apply the right hand rules to predict direction of magnetic fields and direction of forces on current carrying conductors.
   2. Apply the formulas for computing magnitudes of magnetic fields, forces on conductors and charges in magnetic fields.
   3. Describe and compute induced voltages
   4. Describe and apply Lenz's law
   5. Describe how a transformer works and apply formulas for computing voltages and currents
   6. List the properties of electromagnetic waves and compute frequencies and wavelengths of electromagnetic waves.
7. Explain how light interacts with lenses and mirrors.
   1. Describe how light reflects in plane mirrors.
   2. Describe how light reflects in curved mirrors and predict the position, type and orientation of images.
   3. Solve problems related to the mirror equations.
   4. Describe how light refracts using Snell's law.
   5. Describe how light refracts in lenses and be able to predict the position, type and orientation of images.
   6. Solve problems related to the lens equations.
8. Describe optical phenomena associated with the wave properties of light.
   1. Describe diffraction and solve problems related to double slit interference patterns.
   2. Solve problems related to single slit interference patterns.
   3. Describe and solve problems involving thin film interference.
   4. Describe polarization.
   5. Solve problems involving Mallus' Law and Brewster's angle.
9. Describe quantum theory and how it relates to the model of the atom
   1. Describe the photoelectric effect, and explain how the photon theory explains the results obtained.
   2. Solve problems related to the photoelectric effect equations.
   3. Define and describe complementarity.
   4. Define and solve problems involving pair production.
   5. Define and solve problems related to deBroglie hypothesis.
   6. Describe the Bohr model of the atom and be able to compute the frequency and wavelengths emitted or absorbed as electrons change energy levels.
10. Describe the structure and properties of the nucleus of an atom.
    1. Describe the makeup of the nucleus and define atomic number, mass number and isotopes.
    2. Calculate binding energies for nuclei.
    3. Describe the three types of nuclear disintegration reactions, and be able to apply the equations of rate of disintegration to the solution of problems.

Laboratory Objective

 Be able to record, organize, graph and perform computations upon the data collected in the laboratory.

1. Be able to prepare a written laboratory report that effectively interprets and communicates their results.
2. Be able to effectively use computers as a tool for communication, data collection, data analysis.
3. Perform at least 14 laboratory activities where students collect, organize and analyze data demonstrating concepts from the 8 major objectives listed above.

GENERAL TOPICS OUTLINE:

1. Waves
   1. Wave Motion
   2. Types of Waves
   3. Behavior of waves
   4. Standing Waves
2. Sound
   1. Characteristics of sound
   2. Intensity of sound
   3. Vibrating strings and air columns
   4. Interference of sound waves
   5. The Doppler effect
3. Electrical Charge and Electrical Fields
   1. Static electricity
   2. Charges in the atom
   3. The electroscope
   4. Coulomb's law
   5. The electric field
4. Electrical Potential and Electrical energy
   1. Electrical potential and potential difference
   2. The electron volt
   3. Electrical potential due to a point charge
   4. Capacitors 
5. Electric Currents
   1. The electric battery
   2. Electric current
   3. Ohm's law and resistance
   4. Electric power
   5. Alternating current
6. DC Circuits and Instruments
   1. Resistors in series and parallel
   2. EMF and terminal voltage
   3. Kirchoff's Rules
   4. Capacitors in series and parallel
   5. DC ammeters and voltmeters
7. Magnetism
   1. Magnets and magnetic fields
   2. Magnetic field produced by electrical currents
   3. Domain theory
   4. Force on an electric current in a magnetic field
   5. Force on a moving charge in a magnetic field
   6. Applications
8. Electromagnetic Induction and Faraday's laws
   1. Induced EMF
   2. Faraday's laws
   3. Electric Generators
   4. Transformers
9. Electromagnetic waves
   1. Maxwell's equations
   2. Production of electromagnetic waves
   3. The electromagnetic spectrum
10. Geometric Optics
    1. The ray model of light
    2. Index of refraction
    3. Reflection and image formation
    4. Refraction and Snell's law
    5. Thin lenses
11. The Wave Nature of Light
    1. Huygen's principle
    2. Interference and Young's experiment
    3. Dispersion
    4. Diffraction and diffraction gratings
    5. Thin film interference
    6. Polarization
12. Quantum Theory and Models of the Atom
    1. Planck's quantum hypothesis
    2. Photon theory of light
    3. Wave-Particle duality
    4. Wave nature of matter
    5. Early models of the atom
    6. The Bohr model
13. Nuclear Physics and Radioactivity
    1. Structure and properties of the nucleus
    2. Binding energy and nuclear force
    3. Radioactivity
    4. Alpha, Beta and Gamma decay
    5. Conservation laws
    6. Half life and radioactive decay
    7. Decay series

Feel free to contact a member of the Science Department or the Science Department Chair.