Course Webpage for PHYS-205B-002 (Spring 2025) at SIU--Carbondale

Course Webpage for
PHYS 205B-002: University Physics (Spring 2025)
School of Physics and Applied Physics, Southern Illinois University--Carbondale
Last updated: May 9, 2025. (This page is no more maintained.)

General information:
- Instructor: K. V. Shajesh (Office: Neckers 491, Tel.: +1-618-453-5212)
- Class meetings: TR 4:00-5:15 PM, in Neckers 440.
- Office hours for instructor: MWF 9:30-11:00 AM; MF 3:00-4:00 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:
- Assigned Textbook:
- Lectures
  - Lecture recordings from Fall 2022 as a YouTube Playlist. These serve as a partial substitute of regular lectures.
  - Formal Lecture Notes: This is not a substitute for a textbook.
- Quizzes and Homework
  - Equation Sheet: While working on homework you can use any reference, however, aim towards limiting your reference to the contents in the Equation Sheet.
  - Submission of Quizzes and Homework will use SIU MyCourses.
- Exams
  - Old Exams are available in Past course webpages [2024F, 2024S, 2023F, 2023S, 2022F, 2021F, 2017S, 2016F, 2016S, 2015F, 2015S, 2014F]
    A recorded review session serves as a 'Video Solution' for an exam in another semester.
  - Equation Sheet
- Miscellaneous
  - Errata: List of errors spotted in videos and hand-written notes has been collected here.
  - Physics Help Desk Schedule. Contact Shannon Ketteman (mari.ketteman@siu.edu) at the Physics department office for updated information.
  - Tutorial: PHYS-206B serves as a Tutorial Session for PHYS-205B. Concurrent enrollment in PHYS-206B is recommended.
  - Grades will be posted on SIU MyCourses (password protected).

COURSE CONTENT: WEEKS 01-05

Coulomb's law:
1. Electric charge
2. Insulators versus conductors
3. Electric force, Coulomb's law
Resources:
Examples covered in classroom lectures.
Homework No. 01
Quizzes: Q-0114 and Q-0116.
Chapter 23 of Textbook.
Electric field
1. Electric field due to discrete charges
2. Motion of a charged particle in a uniform electric field
Resources:
Examples covered in classroom lectures.
Homework No. 02
Quizzes: Q-0121 and Q-0123.
Chapter 23 of Textbook.
Continuous charge distributions and Gauss's law:
1. Electric field due to continuous charge distributions
2. Electric flux
3. Gauss's law
4. Calculation of electric field using Gauss's law
Resources:
Examples covered in classroom lectures.
Homework No. 03
Quizzes: Q-0128 and Q-0130.
Chapters 24 of Textbook.
Midterm Exam 01 and Solutions (February 6, Thursday, in class).
Past MT-01 Review Sessions: [2024S MT01, 2023F MT01, 2022F MT01, 2021F MT01]

COURSE CONTENT: WEEKS 05-08
Electric potential and electric potential energy:
1. Electric potential
2. Electric potential energy
3. Calculation of electric potential for given confguration.
Resources:
Examples covered in classroom lectures.
Homework No. 04
Quizzes: Q-0204 and Q-0211.
Chapter 25 of Textbook.
Capacitance
1. Charge-voltage relation for a capacitor
2. Energy stored inside a capacitor
3. Capacitors in series and parallel
Resources:
Examples covered in classroom lectures.
Homework No. 05
Quizzes: Q-0213 and Q-0220. [Snow Day on 0218.]
Chapter 26 of Textbook.
DC circuits
1. Current, current density, drift velocity
2. Resistance, resistivity
3. Kirchhoff's circuit laws
4. RC circuit
Resources:
Examples covered in classroom lectures.
Homework No. 06
Quizzes: Q-0225 and Q-0227.
Chapters 27 and 28 of Textbook.
Midterm Exam 02 and Solutions (March 4, Tuesday, in class).
Review of: [2024S MT02, 2023F MT02, 2023S MT02, 2022F MT02]

COURSE CONTENT: WEEKS 09-12
Magnetic force
1. Vector cross product
2. Magnetic force on a moving charge
3. Magnetic force on a current carrying wire
4. Magnetic dipole moment
Resources:
Examples covered in classroom lectures.
Homework No. 07
Quizzes: Q-0318, Q-0320, and Q-0325.
Chapter 29 of Textbook.
Magnetic field
1. Biot-Savart law
2. Magnetic force between two parallel current carrying wires.
3. Ampère's law
Resources:
Examples covered in classroom lectures.
Homework No. 08
Quizzes: Q-0327, and Q-0401.
Chapter 30 of Textbook.
Faraday's law
1. Flux of magnetic field
2. Faraday's law of induction
Resources:
Examples covered in classroom lectures.
Homework No. 09
Quizzes: Q-0403 and Q-0408.
Chapter 31 of Textbook.
Midterm Exam 03 and Solutions (April 15, Tuesday, in class).
MT-03 Review: [2024S MT03, 2023F MT03, 2023S MT03, 2022F MT03]

COURSE CONTENT: WEEKS 13-16
Inductance
1. Inductance
2. Magnetic energy
3. RC, RL, LC, and LCR circuits
Resources:
Examples covered in classroom lectures.
Homework No. 10
Quizzes: Q-0410.
Chapter 33 of Textbook.
Electromagnetic waves
1. Maxwell equations
2. Electromagnetic waves
Resources:
Examples covered in classroom lectures.
Homework No. 10
Quizzes: Q-0417.
Chapter 34 of Textbook.
Ray optics: Reflection
1. Law of reflection
2. Spherical mirrors
Resources:
Examples covered in classroom lectures.
Homework No. 11
Quizzes: Q-0422 and Q-0424.
Chapters 35 and 36 of Textbook.
Ray optics: Refraction
1. Law of refraction
2. Total internal reflection
3. Spherical lenses
Resources:
Examples covered in classroom lectures.
Homework No. 12
Quizzes: Q-0429 and Q-0501.
Chapters 35 and 36 of Textbook.
Final Exam and Solutions (May 6, Tuesday, 5:00-7:00 PM, in Neckers 440).
(Preview of) Final Exam
Final Exam Review Session: [2024S, 2023F]

More information:

Evaluation:

Quizzes 10%

Homework 30%

Midterm Exams (3x15%) 45%

Final Exam 15%

Exam schedule:

Midterm Exam 01 --- February 6 (Thursday, during class period)

Midterm Exam 02 --- March 4 (Tuesday, during class period)

Midterm Exam 03 --- April 15 (Tuesday, during class period)

Final Exam --- May 6 (Tuesday, 5:00-7:00 PM)

Last updated on May 9, 2025 (and is no more maintained) by K. V. Shajesh (kvshajesh@gmail.com).

Midterm Exam 01	---	February 6 (Thursday, during class period)
Midterm Exam 02	---	March 4 (Tuesday, during class period)
Midterm Exam 03	---	April 15 (Tuesday, during class period)
Final Exam	---	May 6 (Tuesday, 5:00-7:00 PM)

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