Physics 1304 Section 001

Introductory Electricity and Magnetism

Fall 2017 Course Information

• Lecturer: Professor Randall J. Scalise
• Lecture meeting times and place: T,Th 11:00AM-12:20PM in room 123 Fondren Science Building
• Office hours: after lecture in room 107 Fondren Science and by appointment.
• TA Office hours:
• Contact:
  • Call or leave a message at 768-2504, or
  • Leave a note in the Physics Department Office - 102 Fondren Science, or
  • send me e-mail: <scalise@smu.edu>
  
  
• Text: Halliday, Resnick, and Walker Fundamentals of Physics, 10th edition, Volume 2.
  This is the official textbook for the course, but you are welcome to use any calculus-based physics text that you like. We will cover chapters 21-36. The version listed includes Wiley Plus which gives you access to an electronic version of the book and online learning tools. The homework problems are listed below and will not require Wiley Plus or HRW10.
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• Objective: Upon completion of this course students will be able to demonstrate basic facility with the methods and approaches of scientific inquiry. In particular, 1) Students will demonstrate basic facility with the problem-solving methods related to electric fields, magnetic fields, Maxwell's equations, circuits, and optics. 2) Students will be able to explain how the concepts and findings of physics shape our world.
  
  
• Lecture Notes:
  • Chapters 21-25
  • Chapters 26-29
  • Chapters 30-33, Inductance
  • Chapters 34-37, Ray tracing diagrams
  
  
• Practice Exams:
  • Exam 1 - PDF Answers.
  • Exam 2 - PDF Answers.
  • Exam 3 - PDF, Answers.
• Exam Dates: Closed book, closed internet, one 8.5 inch x 11 inch formula sheet of your own creation
  • Exam 1 - Thursday 28 September 2017 in class
  • Exam 2 - Thursday 2 Novemver 2017 in class
  • Final Exam (Cumulative) - Saturday 9 December 2017, 11:30 AM-2:30 PM in room 123 Fondren Science Building
• Make-up Exams: You must present me with a verifiable excuse in writing. No make-up will be given for the final exam.
• Homework Quizzes: 20 minutes long, at the beginning of lecture, closed book, open homework, based strongly on the homework.
• Make-up Quizzes: There are none.
• Reading Quizzes: Unannounced, based on the assigned reading, very short, very easy (if you have done the assigned reading)
• Homework: Due on the day of the quiz at the beginning of lecture.
• Laboratory: If you need the one-credit laboratory course, you must register separately for Physics 1106.
• Grading: (Absolute, not curved) Letter Grade Break Points
  • Exam 1 - 25%
  • Exam 2 - 25%
  • Final - 25%
  • Homework Quizzes - 15% (Drop lowest)
  • Homework - 5% (Drop lowest)
  • Reading Quizzes - 5% (Drop lowest)
• Grade Summary - All the individual test grades arranged by code number
• Syllabus
• Disability Accommodations, Absences
• Official University Calendar
• Homework Assignments (Click the links; these are NOT from HRW10.)
  Q=Question, P=Problem, X=Extra problem (not for credit, but for practice)
  • Ch21 - Q: 3, 4, 10; P: 2, 6, 11, 13, 19, 23, 57; X: 7, 12, 33, 41.
  • Ch22 - Q: 3g, 4, 5, 10, 11; P: 7, 9, 22, 24, 39; X: 33.
  • Ch23 - Q: 2, 6, 8, 9; P: 5, 7, 12, 20, 34, 44, 49; X: 40, 48, 50, 73.
  • Ch24 - Q: 1, 2, 3, 4, 9, 10; P: 1, 4, 11, 13, 15, 19, 24, 28, 37, 43, 62; X: 8, 27, 35.
  • Ch25 - Q: 2, 7, 8, 9, 10; P: 4, 6, 14, 19, 25, 32, 33, 37, 50; X: 26, 27, 34, 39.
  • Ch26 - Q: 3, 6; P: 2, 16, 25, 28, Solve the "Chocolate Crumb Mystery": Ch23-P60, Ch24-P70, Ch25-P60, Ch26-P60.
  • Ch27 - Q: 3, 5, 7, 9, 11; XQ: 6, 8; P:15, 17, 19, 20, 22, 30, 63; X: 33, 35.
  • Ch28 - Q: 1, 3, 4, 7, 11; P: 2, 14, 17, 42, 58; X: 22.
  • Ch29 - Q: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5; XQ: 6; P: 4, 5, 20, 23, 29, 43, 53; X: 77, 87.
  • Ch30 - Q: 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10; P: 2, 8, 19, 26b), 29, 34, 37, 54; X: 26a), 95.
  • Ch31 - Q: 1, 3, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12; P: 1, 15, 29, 30, 44, 45, 56; X: 87.
  • Ch32 - Q: 1, 2, 9; P: 5, 9, 13, 56.
  • Ch33 - Q: 1, 3, 4, 7, 9; P: 8, 11, 20, 32, 39, 48, 58, 93; X: 29, Can the electromagnetic fields from transmission lines cause cancer? How about fields from mobile phones?
  • Ch34 - Q: 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10; XQ: 7; P: 7, 41, 43, 45, 106; X: 101, 111, 112, In William Golding's Lord of the Flies the character Piggy uses his glasses to focus the sun's rays and kindle a fire. Later, the boys abuse Piggy and break his glasses. He is unable to identify them even at close range because he is nearsighted. Find the flaw in this narrative. It is still possible to start a fire with Piggy's (unbroken) glasses; how could this have been done?
  • Ch35 - Q: 1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12; P: 6, 14, 23, 35, 80, 100.
  • Ch36 - Q: 1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11; XQ: 12; P: 1, 4, 22, 25, 45, 64; X: 16, 77.
• Homework Solutions
  
• The Mechanical Universe and Beyond
• MIT Open Courseware (Physics)
• Yale University Opencourseware - Prof. Ramamurti Shankar - Fundamentals of Physics II
• Khan Academy
• Circuit Construction Kit: DC - PhET
• Lenses and Mirrors applet

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