PHYS& 116: General Physics III W/Lab

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Class Program

Physics

Credits

Weekly Contact Hours

Course ID

091901

Meets Degree Requirements For

Natural Science with Lab

Description

Study of the basic principles and applications of electricity and magnetism and an introduction to modern physics. Includes laboratory.

Grading Basis

Graded

Prerequisites

PHYS& 114 or equivalent or Instructor Permission

Course Learning Outcomes

Demonstrate understanding of laws and principles of classical electromagnetism apply problem-solving techniques used in the physical sciences to a variety of related physics problems.

Communicate effectively through written assignments and comprehensive lab reports.

Relate science knowledge to their future educational and career goals.

Use and understand physics laboratory instrumentation at a level equivalent to that of students in the major transfer institutions.

Core Topics

Electric charges; insulators and conductors; Coulomb’s law.
The electric field; electric field lines; potential difference; electric potential; potentials and charged conductors.
Definition of capacitance; parallel-plate capacitors; combinations of capacitors; energy stored in capacitors.
Electric current; Ohm’s law; resistance.
Electrical energy and power; direct current circuits; electromotive force.
Resistors in series and parallel; Kirchhoff’s rules. RC circuits
Magnetic Sources and Properties; Magnetic fields; Ampere’s law.
Induced Emf and magnetic flux; Faraday’s law; motional Emf; self and mutual inductance, transformers, and Maxwell’s equations.
RL circuits, AC circuit analysis; EM radiation and resonance circuits
(SUBJECTS IN WEEK 10 WILL VARY WITH INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT INTERESTS)
Topics in Modern Physics: relativity, quantum mechanics, wave-particle duality