Instructor: Dr. Athanasios Petridis
Office: Harvey Ingham Hall, Room 31C
Phone: (515) 271-3723
E-Mail: Athan.Petridis@drake.edu
Office Hours: MWF 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Lectures: MWF 9:00 am - 9:50 am, OLIN HALL, Room 155
Discussion: Instructor: Dr. A. Petridis
T 1:00 pm -1:50 pm, Harvey Ingham Hall, Room 28
Laboratory: Instructor: Mr. Donald Hey
Section 402: T 8:00 am - 10:50 am, Harvey Ingham Hall, Room 110
Section 403: T 2:00 pm - 4:50 pm, Harvey Ingham Hall, Room 110
Section 404: W 2:00 pm - 4:50 pm, Harvey Ingham Hall, Room 110
Section 406: R 2:00 pm - 4:50 pm, Harvey Ingham Hall, Room 110
Textbook: “Physics” by Douglas Giancoli, Fifth edition, Prentice Hall
Extra WWW help: http://demoroom.physics.ncsu.edu/
http://www.physicsclassroom.com/Default2.html
http://www.glenbrook.k12.il.us/gbssci/phys/Class/BBoard.html
Homework: Problems and questions are assigned weekly but are NOT graded;
the most important problems will be solved in the discussion sessions;
students are encouraged to solve ALL odd-numbered problems.
Exams: 5 exams covering material presented in lecture, discussion, and lab.
They are CLOSED BOOK tests. The necessary equations will be provided.
The exams are not comprehensive.
They consist of multiple choice and written parts.
Grades: Each exam takes 20 points maximum (total 100 points).
Laboratory is PASS/FAIL; Lab questions will be included in the exams.
The student MUST PASS THE LAB TO PASS THE COURSE.
Grading scale: At least 85 points -> A
At least 75 points -> B
At least 65 points -> C
At least 50 points -> D
Under 50 points -> F
Further information: 1. NO MAKE-UP TESTS. In the case of a documented medical
emergency, jury duty, or artistic, athletic performance
the final grade will be evaluated based on the other four exams.
If two such documented emergencies occur during the
semester the student’s grade will be evaluated based on the other
three tests as well as her/his overall performance and the
instructor’s opinion of the student.
If more than two exams are missed for ANY reason a solid
F will be given. Undocumented emergencies will NOT
be accepted as reasons for missing a test.
2. NO EXTRA CREDIT WHAT-SO-EVER.
3. Programmable calculators are not allowed in tests.
Simple calculators are provided if needed.
4. NO MAKE-UP LABS. Same policy as for tests (see above).
5. NO CHEATING/COPYING ON TESTS. Any such incident
will automatically result in a 0 score for the test and a report
to the Dean. Two such incidents will result in an F for the course.
6. In case of class cancellation due to bad weather:
If a lecture is missed the lecture material will be shifted forward.
If a lab session is missed students of ONLY that section will be
excused from it. The labs will continue on schedule.
If a discussion session is missed there will be no change of
schedule. Examples will be given in the review session.
If an exam is missed it will occur during the NEXT lecture time
and the lecture material will be shifted forward.
7. NO WHINING OVER GRADES IS ALLOWED.
SYLLABUS
Date Topic Reading Problems Discussion
M 1-13
Static electricity 16:1-4 T 1-14
W 1-15
Coulomb’s law 16:5-6
Vectors
F 1-17
The electric field 16:7-10
M 1-20
NO CLASS (Martin Luther King Jr.
day)
T 1-21
W 1-22
Electrostatic potential, dipoles 17:1-6 Ch. 16
F
1-24 Capacitance,
electrostatic energy 17:7-11
M 1-27
Electric current, Ohm’s law 18:1-5 T 1-28
W 1-29
Review for Exam No. 1
Ch. 17
F
1-31 Exam No. 1: Ch. 16-17
M 2-3
Electric power, alternating current
18:6-8,10 T 2-4
W 2-5
Resistors in series and parallel 19:1-3 Ch. 18
F 2-7
Kirchhoff’s rules, RC circuits 19:4-9
M 2-10
Magnets and magnetic fields
20:1-3 T 2-11
W 2-12
Force on charges in magnetic fields
20:4-7 Ch. 19
F 2-14
Ampere’s law, magnetic moment
20:8-10,12, 14
M 2-17
Induction and Faraday’s law 21:1-5 T 2-18
W 2-19
Review for Exam No. 2 Ch. 20
F 2-21
Exam No. 2: Ch. 18-20
M
2-24 Applications of induction 21:6-9
T 2-25
W
2-26 Electromagnetic waves 22:1-4 Ch. 21
F 2-28
Light and applications of E/M waves
22:5-8
M 3-3
Mirrors and images 23:1-3 T 3-4
W 3-5
Refraction, reflection, lenses 23:4-7 Ch. 22
F 3-7
The lens equation 23:8-11
M 3-10
The wave nature of light 24:1-4
T 3-11
W 3-12
Review for Exam No. 3
Ch. 23
F 3-14
Exam No. 3: Ch. 21-23
M 3-17
NO CLASS (SPRING RECESS)
W 3-19
NO CLASS (SPRING RECESS)
F 3-21
NO CLASS (SPRING RECESS)
M 3-24
Diffraction, spectroscopy 24:5-9 T 3-25
W 3-26
Polarization, scattering of light 24:10-11 Ch. 24
F 3-28
The camera and the human eye
25:1-2
M 3-31
Telescopes, microscopes, resolution
25:3-7 T 4-1
W 4-2
X-rays, applications 25:8-12 Ch. 25:1-7
F 4-4
Special theory of relativity 26:1,3-6
M 4-7
Relativistic mechanics 26:7-12 T 4-8
W 4-9
Review for Exam No. 4
Ch. 26
F 4-11
Exam No. 4 Ch. 24-26
M 4-14
Early quantum theory 27:1-4 T 4-15
W 4-16
Wave-particle duality 27:5-9 Ch. 27:1-4
F 4-18
The Bohr model
27:10-11
M 4-21
New quantum mechanics
28:1-4 T 4-22
W 4-23
The hydrogen atom 28:5-9 Ch. 27:5-9
F 4-25
Problems on Ch.28
M 4-28
The nucleus and
radioactivity 30:1-7
T 4-29
W 4-30
The decay law 30:8-11 Ch. 30:1-7
F 5-1 Review for Exam No. 5
Exam No. 5 during the
Final’s week.
ALL THE ABOVE INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT the web site:
http://www.drake.edu/artsci/phycics/physics12.htm