Course Webpage for PHYS-203B-001 (2022 Spring) at SIU--Carbondale

Course Webpage for
PHYS 203B-001: College Physics (2022 Spring)
Department of Physics, Southern Illinois University--Carbondale
Last updated: May 2, 2022. (This page is no more maintained.)

General information:
- Instructor: K. V. Shajesh (Office: Neckers 491, Tel.: +1-618-453-5212)
- Class meetings: MWF 10:00-10:50 AM, in Neckers 440.
- Zoom Meeting ID: 934 4515 4889.
- Office hours for instructor: MWF 1:00-3:00 PM.
- Syllabus for the course. The Provost Office has put together a Syllabus Attachment to assist the student. It lists and provides web links for many elements that are important for a student.
Resources:
- Grades will be posted on SIU MyCourses (password protected).
- Assigned Textbook:
- Playlist on YouTube: Recordings of lectures and related content.
- Errata: List of errors spotted in videos and hand-written notes.
- Equation Sheet: While working on homework you can use any reference, however, aim towards limiting your reference to the contents in the Equation Sheet.
- Formal Lecture Notes: This is not a substitute for a textbook.
- Submission of Quizzes and Homework will use SIU MyCourses.
- Physics Help Desk Schedule. Contact Chase McCrary (chase.mccrary@siu.edu) at the Physics department office for more information.
- Past course webpages: [2017S, 2016F, 2015F, 2015Sum, 2014Sum]

COURSE CONTENT: WEEKS 01-04

Coulomb's law:
1. Electric charge, insulators versus conductors
2. Electric force, electric field, superposition principle
3. Motion of a charged particle in a uniform electric field
Resources:
Examples covered in classroom lectures.
Homework No. 01 with links to solutions.
Quizzes: Q-0110, Q-0112, and Q-0119.
Examples in Chapter 18 of Textbook.
Problems at end of Chapter 18 of Textbook.
Electric field:
1. Electric field due to point charges
2. Electric field due to uniformly charges plates
3. Motion of a charged particle in a uniform electric field
Resources:
Examples covered in classroom lectures.
Homework No. 02 with links to solutions.
Quizzes: Q-0121, Q-0124, and Q-0126.
Examples in Chapter 18 of Textbook.
Problems at end of Chapter 18 of Textbook.
Gauss's law:
1. Gauss's law for spherical (point charge) configurations
2. Gauss's law for planar configurations
Resources:
Examples covered in classroom lectures.
Homework No. 03 with links to solutions.
Quizzes: Q-0128 and Q-0131.
Examples in Section 18.9 of Chapter 18 of Textbook.
Problems at end of Chapter 18 of Textbook.
Midterm Exam No. 01 and Solutions (February 7, Monday, in class).

COURSE CONTENT: WEEKS 04-08

Electric potential:
1. Electric potential energy
2. Electric potential
3. Equipotential surfaces
4. Capacitor
Resources:
Examples covered in classroom lectures.
Homework No. 04 with links to solutions.
Quizzes: Q-0209, Q-0211, and Q-0214.
Examples in Chapter 19 of Textbook.
Problems at end of Chapter 19 of Textbook.
Electric circuits:
1. Capacitor
2. Charge-voltage relation for a capacitor
3. Energy stored inside a capacitor
4. Current, current density, drift velocity
5. Resistance, resistivity
Resources:
Examples covered in classroom lectures.
Homework No. 05 with links to solutions.
Quizzes: Q-0216, Q-0218, and Q-0221.
Examples in Chapter 20 of Textbook.
Problems at end of Chapter 20 of Textbook.
Magnetic force
1. Magnetic force on a moving charge
2. Magnetic force on a current carrying wire
3. Magnetic dipole moment
Resources:
Examples covered in classroom lectures.
Homework No. 06 with links to solutions.
Quizzes: Q-0223, Q-0225, and Q-0228.
Examples, in Sections 21.1 to 21.6, in Chapter 21 of Textbook.
Problems at end of Chapter 21 of Textbook.
Midterm Exam No. 02 and Solutions (March 4, Friday, in class).

COURSE CONTENT: WEEKS 09-12

Magnetic field
1. Biot-Savart law
2. Magnetic force between current carrying wires
3. Ampère's law
Resources:
Examples covered in classroom lectures.
Homework No. 07 with links to solutions.
Quizzes: Q-0314, Q-0316, Q-0318, and Q-0321.
Examples, in Sections 21.7 to 21.8, in Chapter 21 of Textbook.
Problems at end of Chapter 21 of Textbook.
Faraday's law
1. Flux of magnetic field
2. Faraday's law of induction
Resources:
Examples covered in classroom lectures.
Homework No. 08 with links to solutions.
Quizzes: Q-0323, Q-0325, and Q-0328.
Examples in Chapter 22 of Textbook.
Problems at end of Chapter 22 of Textbook.
Electromagnetic waves
1. Inductance, LC circuit, transmission lines
2. Electromagnetic waves
Resources:
Examples covered in classroom lectures.
Homework No. 09 with links to solutions.
Quizzes: Q-0330, Q-0401, and Q-0404.
Examples in Chapter 24 of Textbook.
Problems at end of Chapter 24 of Textbook.
Midterm Exam No. 03 and Solutions (April 8, Friday, in class).

COURSE CONTENT: WEEKS 13-16

Ray optics: Reflection
1. Law of reflection
2. Spherical mirrors
Resources:
Examples covered in classroom lectures.
Homework No. 10 with links to solutions.
Quizzes: Q-0411, Q-0413, and Q-0415.
Examples in Chapter 25 of Textbook.
Problems at end of Chapter 25 of Textbook.
Ray optics: Refraction
1. Law of refraction
2. Total internal reflection
3. Spherical lenses
Resources:
Examples covered in classroom lectures.
Homework No. 11 with links to solutions.
Quizzes: Q-0418, Q-0420, and Q-0422.
Examples in Chapter 26 of Textbook.
Problems at end of Chapter 26 of Textbook.
Wave optics: Interference
1. Destructive and constructive interference
2. Young's double slit experiment
3. Thin films
Resources:
Examples covered in classroom lectures.
Homework No. 12 with links to solutions.
Quizzes: Q-0425 and Q-0427.
Examples in Chapter 27 of Textbook.
Problems at end of Chapter 27 of Textbook.
Final Exam and Solutions (May 2, Monday, 8:00-10:00 AM, in Neckers 440).

More information:

Evaluation:

Homework 30%

Quizzes 10%

Midterm Exams (3x15%) 45%

Final Exam 15%

Exam schedule:

Midterm Exam 1 --- February 4 (Friday, during class period)

Midterm Exam 2 --- March 4 (Friday, during class period)

Midterm Exam 3 --- April 8 (Friday, during class period)

Final Exam --- May 2 (Monday, 8:00-10:00 AM)

Last updated on May 2, 2022 (and is no more maintained) by K V Shajesh (kvshajesh@gmail.com).

Midterm Exam 1	---	February 4 (Friday, during class period)
Midterm Exam 2	---	March 4 (Friday, during class period)
Midterm Exam 3	---	April 8 (Friday, during class period)
Final Exam	---	May 2 (Monday, 8:00-10:00 AM)

Homework	30%
Quizzes	10%
Midterm Exams (3x15%)	45%
Final Exam	15%