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Introductory Physics-Electricity and Magnetism, Optics, Modern Physics


Course Description

The continuation of Introductory Physics-Mechanics, Waves, Thermodynamics. Electricity and electric circuits, magnetism, geometric and wave optics, and elementary atomic and nuclear physics.


Athena Title

Intro Physics Electricity


Prerequisite

PHYS 1111-1111L or PHYS 1211-1211L or PHYS 1311-1311L or PHYS 1251


Semester Course Offered

Offered fall, spring and summer


Grading System

A - F (Traditional)


Student Learning Outcomes

  • Students should be able to analyze text, diagrams, and graphs representing basic problems in optics and electromagnetism to identify the physics principles and concepts needed to solve the problem.
  • Students should be able to derive relevant mathematical relationships from the physical principles and concepts.
  • Students should be able to apply those mathematical relationships to solve quantitative problems and reason abstractly with regard to dimensional and scaling arguments.
  • Students should be able to explain their reasoning and describe their problem-solving process when approaching optics and electromagnetism problems.
  • Students should be able to evaluate the reasonableness of any solution through such methods as dimensional analysis, limiting/special cases, and order of magnitude estimates.
  • Students should be able to generate diagrams, graphs, and other visual representations of optics, electric, and/or magnetic data and measurements.

Topical Outline

  • Geometric optics
  • Wave optics
  • Physical field concept and linear superposition
  • Electric field and electric potential
  • Electric force and dynamics of charges
  • Magnetic field and magnetic force
  • Electromagnetic induction
  • DC and AC circuits
  • Maxwell equations

General Education Core

CORE II: Physical Sciences
CORE III: Quantitative Reasoning

Syllabus