OAKTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE
COURSE SYLLABUS
I. Course Course Course
Prefix Number Name Credit: Lecture Lab
PHY 132 College Physics II 4 3 2
II. Prerequisites:
PHY 131
III. Course (catalog) Description:
Course continues PHY 131. Content includes waves, sound, electrostatic forces, capacitance, electric current, voltage, resistance, magnetism, Faraday’s law, electrical instruments and electrical safety, light, geometric and physical optics, and optical instruments.
IV. Learning Objectives:
A. General Education Objectives. After successful completion of this course, students will have practiced and enhanced their ability to do the following.
1. To become proficient in setting up and solving physics problems using basic mathematics.
2. To formulate predictions of the outcomes of experiments based on scientific reasoning and past experiments.
3. To carry out experiments to test hypotheses by analyzing and interpreting data while taking into account errors in the measurement process.
4. To demonstrate an appreciation and understanding of the history and development of current physical laws and theories.
5. To evaluate the validity of statements, that try to explain physical phenomena, by differentiating between fact and opinion.
6. To develop and compare alternate solution to problems in physics.
7. To communicate experimental results effectively through the writing of laboratory reports.
8. To carry out laboratory exercises by working effectively with people from diverse backgrounds in small groups.
B. Course Specific Learning Objectives. After successful completion of this course, students should be able to do the following at an acceptable level.
1. Demonstrate the ability to specify the conditions necessary for producing static electric charges and to be able to interpret various static electric phenomena.
2. Demonstrate a working knowledge of capacitors and understand the relationship between voltage, charge and capacitance.
3. Demonstrate the ability to connect simple circuits using voltage sources, wires and resistances and be able to measure and calculate voltage drops, currents, and resistance.
4. Demonstrate a practical knowledge of DC and AC circuits, and understand how voltmeters, ammeters, and ohmmeters are connected and interpreted.
5. Demonstrate a working knowledge of electrical safety.
6. To be able to explain phenomena relating to RC, RL and RLC circuits, especially exponential growth and decay.
7. Demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between electricity and magnetism, particularly electromagnetic induction, Ampere's Law and Faraday's Law.
8. Demonstrate an understanding of the origin of light as electromagnetic waves, and demonstrate a basic knowledge of geometric optics including ray tracing, reflection, Snell's laws, critical angle and common optical devices such as the eye, telescope, microscope, prism and camera.
9. To be able to describe and explain diffraction, interference, dispersion, resolution, spectrum, polarization and scattering.
10. Demonstrate an understanding of sound as a wave and an understanding of interference of sound, including beats.
11. Demonstrate an understanding of the Doppler Effect as applied to light and sound.
V. Academic Integrity and Student Conduct:
Students and employees at Oakton Community College are required to demonstrate academic integrity and follow Oakton’s Code of Academic Conduct. This code prohibits:
· cheating,
· plagiarism (turning in work not written by you, or lacking proper citation),
· falsification and fabrication (lying or distorting the truth),
· helping others to cheat,
· unauthorized changes on official documents,
· pretending to be someone else or having someone else pretend to be you,
· making or accepting bribes, special favors, or threats, and
· any other behavior that violates academic integrity.
There are serious consequences to violations of the academic integrity policy. Oakton’s policies and procedures provide students a fair hearing if a complaint is made against you. If you are found to have violated the policy, the minimum penalty is failure on the assignment, and a disciplinary record will be established and kept on file in the office of the Vice President for Student Affairs for a period of 3 years.
Please review the Code of Academic Conduct and the Code of Student Conduct, both located online at www.oakton.edu/studentlife/student-handbook.pdf.
VI. Outline of Topics:
A. Waves
1. Wave Definition and Types of Waves
2. Basic Wave Terminology
3. Wave Principles
4. Wave Phenomena
5. Standing Waves and Resonance
B. Sound
1. Intensity and its Measurement
2. The Mechanism of the Human
3. Reflections at Boundaries and Standing Waves
4. Beats and the Doppler Effect
C. Electric Charge and Electric Field
1. Static Electricity
2. Insulators and Conductors
3. Coulomb’s Law
4. The Electric Field
5. Electric Fields and Conductors
6. Gauss’s Law
D. Electric Potential
1. Electric Potential Energy and Potential Difference
2. Equipotential Lines and Surfaces
3. The Parallel Plate Capacitor
4. Stored Electrostatic Potential Energy
5. The Cathode Ray Tube
E. Electric Currents
1. The Battery
2. Electric Current
3. Ohm’s Law and Resistance
4. Power
5. RMS Voltage and Current
F. DC Circuits
1. Terminal Potential Difference and Voltage Under Load
2. Kirchhoff’s Rules
3. Resistors in Series and Parallel
4. Capacitors in Series and Parallel
5. Resistor-Capacitor Circuits
6. Electric Hazards
7. Ammeters, Voltmeters and Ohmmeters
G. Magnetism
1. Magnets, Magnetic Materials, Magnetic Susceptibility
2. The Earth’s Magnetic Field
3. Oersted’s Discovery
4. Ampère’s Law
5. Lorentz Force on Charge Law
6. Solenoids, the D’Arsonval Meter Movement, DC and AC Motors
H. Electromagnetic Induction
1. Faraday’s Law
2. Lenz’s Law
3. Generators and Alternators
4. Transformers
5. Inductors
6. Inductive and Capacitive Reactance
7. Radio Tuning, AM vs FM
I. Electromagnetic Waves
1. Summary of Maxwell’s Equations
2. Light and the Electromagnetic Spectrum
3. Energy in Electromagnetic Waves
J. Geometric Optics
1. The Ray Model of Light
2. Specular and Diffuse Reflection
3. Refraction and Dispersion
4. Mirrors, Lenses, the Thin Lens Equation and Ray Tracing
5. Real and Virtual, Reduced and Enlarged Images
K. The Wave Nature of Light
1. Huygen’s Principle
2. Snell’s Law
3. Diffraction and Young’s Double Slit Experiment
4. Polarization
L. Optical Instruments
1. Cameras
2. The Human Eye
3. The Magnifying Glass
4. Microscopes and Telescopes
M. Laboratory Exercises:
Ten laboratory exercises will be done:
A. Resonance in Air Columns
B. Electrostatic Field Mapping
C. Ohm's Law – the Basics
D. Ohm’s Law - Resistances in Series and Parallel
E. The RC Time Constant
F. Faraday Induction and Lenz’s Law
G. Oscilloscope, Transformers and Diodes (2 labs)
H. Diffraction
I. Color Vision
VII. Methods of Instruction:
Lecture, demonstration, problem solving, cooperative learning, and discussion methods will be used throughout the course. In addition, laboratory demonstrations and hands-on activities will be performed.
VIII. Course Practices Required:
A. Course may be taught as face-to-face, hybrid or online course.
B. The required readings will include the textbook and selected material supplied by the instructor.
C. Mathematics and problem solving will be emphasized throughout the course. The level of mathematics used will be limited to algebra, geometry and trigonometry. The student will be expected to use a handheld scientific calculator throughout the course. Computer use is encouraged but not required.
D. Students will be expected to complete lab worksheets for each lab performed. The worksheets will be provided by the instructor.
E. Laboratory practices include setting up the equipment, performing the experiment, collecting the data, and analyzing the data.
IX. Instructional Materials:
Text: Physics, Giancoli, 7th edition, Pearson, 2014. Ranking Tasks book is not required. You will have to sign up for Mastering Physics.
Calculator: Any scientific calculator
A. Methods of Evaluating Student Progress
There will be four tests, test 1, the midterm, test 3 and the final. Each test is worth 25 points. The lowest score of the first three tests will be dropped, but the final is not droppable. There are no makeups, and no tests are given in the testing center without an accommodation request. Everyone takes the tests at the same time. At test time, you must use the calculator provided to you by the instructor. You may not leave the classroom during the test until you have finished the test.
There will be 10 labs each valued at 2 points, for a total of 20 points. There will be no lab makeups. For labs requiring a lab report, if the lab report is not turned in on time, or is otherwise deemed inadequate, the lab, if physically completed, will be valued at 1 point instead of 2 points.
There will be 40 points total of Mastering Physics homework. Half of the points you accumulate (rounded up to the nearest half point) will go towards your grade. The course number on MasteringPhysics.com is PHY132SP2017. Instructions for signing up for Mastering Physics are on both the course website and the D2L shell for the course.
Class participation (for example, attendance, answering questions, etc) is valued at 5 points.
Grades will be assigned by total points as follows: A = 107+ or more, B = 95 – 106.5, C = 84 – 94.5,
D = 72 – 83.5, F = less than 72. Maximum possible points without extra credit are 120.
If, during the semester, you want to know what your grade so far is, simply add up the points you’ve earned up to that point, and use the paragraph above to calculate how many more points you would need to earn to get the grade you are hoping for.
XI. Other Course Information:
A. Attendance is expected. Excessive absences affect the class participation portion of your grade.
B. Tutoring services are available through the Learning Center.
C. If you have a documented learning, psychological, or physical disability, you may be entitled to reasonable academic accommodations or services. To request accommodations or services, contact the Access and Disability Resource Center in the Learning Center. All students are expected to fulfill essential course requirements. The College will not waive any essential skill or requirement of a course or degree program.
Please make your accommodation requests at the beginning of the semester.
D. Oakton Community College recognizes the broad diversity of religious beliefs of its
constituencies. The college has embraced a practice of shared responsibility in the event a
religious observance interferes with class work or assignments. Students who inform instructors
in advance of an intended absence for a major religious observance will not be penalized. The
instructor will make reasonable accommodation for students, which may include providing a
make-up test or lab, altering assignment dates, permitting a student to attend another section of the same course for a class period, or similar remedies. Instructors are not responsible for teaching material again.
Students should inform the instructor of the dates they will be missing class due to religious observances by the end of the first week of class. This should be in writing, via email, from the student directly. Students may be required to sign a statement saying that they understand that if they do not inform the instructor of the days they will miss due to religious observance they may not (or will not, by the instructor’s choice) be allowed to make up the missed material.
E. Oakton Community College is committed to maintaining a campus environment emphasizing the dignity and worth of all members of the community, and complies with all federal and state Title IX requirements.
Resources and support for
pregnancy-related and parenting accommodations; and
victims of sexual misconduct
can be found at www.oakton.edu/title9.
Resources and support for LGBTQ+ students can be found at www.oakton.edu/lgbtq.
All public class information is accessible via this website (the class website):
http://sites.google.com/site/physics132spring2017
Syllabus for Physics 132 – 050, DSP Campus, Room 141, Spring 2017
Robert Mahoney
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