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Course Description & Grading Policy-Term 241
Course Description: A continuation of PHYS 101. Topics covered include wave motion and sound; temperature, first and second law of thermodynamics; kinetic theory of gases; Coulomb’s law; electric field; Gauss’ law; electric potential; capacitors and dielectrics; D.C. circuits; magnetic field; Ampere’s and Faraday’s laws.
Pre-requisite: PHYS 101
Textbook: "Principles of Physics", by Halliday, Resnick and Walker, Tenth Edition, John Wiley & Sons, Inc (2014).
Teaching Method:
Lectures - Three meetings per week
Recitations- One meeting per week
Labs- One meeting per week and as per lab schedule (3 hours duration)
All classes (lectures and recitations) will start from the first day of the semester. The labs start from the second week of the semester.
Course Learning Outcomes:
1- Recognize the wave concepts, interference of waves, Doppler Effect.
2- Recognize the nature of temperature, thermal energy, zero, first and second laws of thermodynamics as well as entropy.
3- Recognize Coulomb’s law and Gauss’s Law. Recognize Kirchhoff’s laws.
4- Recognize Biot-Savart’s law and Ampere’s law. Recognize Faraday’s and Lenz laws.
5- Find electric fields of different charge distributions.
6- Find magnetic field of different current distributions.
7- Work in small teams in solving problems during recitation classes and performing experiments in the labs.
Assessment:
| Class Work | 10 | Average = 7 out of 10 (70%) |
| Lab Work | 20 | Average = 14 out of 20 (70%) |
| First Major Exam | 20 | 20 multiple-choice questions |
| Second Major Exam | 20 | 20 multiple-choice questions |
| Final Exam | 30 | 30 multiple-choice questions |
| Total | 100 |
Attendance:
• A DN grade shall be given to the student who has 3 or more unexcused absences in the LAB.
• A DN grade shall be given to the student who has more than 12 unexcused absences in lectures + recitations.
• A student who has a valid excuse for his absence must present it to his instructor no later than one week following his resumption of the classes.
• Any student with 5 or fewer absences (in lecture + recitation) will receive 1 bonus point.
Classwork: The classwork score will be derived from students’ performance on quizzes only. There should be a minimum of 6 quizzes. It's the student responsibility to check his/her classwork and/or lab work grades with his/her instructor before they are submitted to the technical coordinator. Once submitted, they will not be changed.
Lab work: The lab work score will be based on a combination of lab reports and quizzes.
Exams: All exams will be in-person at KFUPM campus. A sheet of important formulae (not definitions) will be provided in all the exams.
Final Letter grade: Based on the curve model.
Make-up Exam Policy:
A student who misses an exam with a valid excuse must present an officially authorized document to the course coordinator within 3 days after the date of the exam in order to take a make-up exam. However, if he/she misses the Final Exam with a valid excuse, he/she will get an “IC” grade in the course and will take a make-up exam in the following semester. If he/she does not have a valid excuse (issued by student affairs), the score for that exam will be zero. Personal excuses are not accepted.
Mobile phone policy: Mobile phones are prohibited in the exam hall.
Mobile phone policy: Mobile phones are prohibited in the exam hall.
Phys 102 Lecture Schedule (Term 241)
Text Book: (Principles of Physics, Halliday, Resnick, &Walker, 10th Ed)
| Week | Week | Date | Topics | Chapter | Sections | Omitted Sections |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sun Tue Thu | 25 Aug 27 29 | Transverse waves Wave speed on a string, Energy and power Interference of waves | 16 16 16 | 1 2,3 5 | 16-4, 16-6 |
| 2 | Sun Tue Thu | 01 Sep. 03 05 | Standing waves and resonance Traveling sound waves, Interference Intensity and Sound Level, Sources of musical sound | 16 17 17 | 7 1-3 4,5 | 17-6, 17-8 |
| Thursday 05 September 2024 – Last day for dropping courses without permanent record | ||||||
| 3 | Sun Tue Thu | 08 10 12 | Doppler effect Temperature, Celsius & Fahrenheit scales, Thermal expansion. Absorption of heat | 17 18 18 | 7 1-3 4 | |
| 4 | Sun Tue Thu | 15 17 19 | First Law of Thermodynamics Heat Transfer Mechanism Avogadro’s number, Ideal gasses; | 18 18 19 | 5 6 1,2 | |
| 5 | Sun Tue Thu | 22 24 26 | National day RMS speed, Translational kinetic energy Molar specific heat of an ideal gas, Adiabatic expansion | 19 19 | 3,4 7,9 | 19-5 19-6,8 |
| 6 | Sun Tue Thu | 29 01 Oct. 03 | Entropy Entropy in real world: Heat engines & Refrigerators Review | 20 20 -- | 1 20-4 -- | |
| First Major Exam Tuesday 8 October 2024 7 – 9 PM | ||||||
| 7 | Sun Tue Thu | 06 08 10 | Coulomb’s law, Charge quantization and conservation Electric fields due to charged particles and electric dipoles Point charge and electric dipole in an Electric Fields | 21 22 22 | 1,2 1-3 6,7 | 22-4, 22-5 |
| 8 | Sun Tue Thu | 13 15 17 | Electric flux, Gauss’ law Charged isolated conductor, Cylindrical symmetry Planar symmetry, Spherical symmetry | 23 23 23 | 1,2 3,4 5,6 | |
| 9 | Sun Tue Thu | 20 22 24 | Electric potential, Equipotential surfaces, Potential energy Potential due to charged particles; Calculating E from V Potential energy of a system, Isolated conductors | 24 24 24 | 1,2 3,4,6 7,8 | 24-5 |
| 10 | Sun Tue Thu | 27 29 31 | Capacitance, Calculating the capacitance Capacitors in parallel and series Energy stored in an electric field, Capacitors with dielectrics | 25 25 25 | 1,2 3 4,5 | 25-6 |
| 31 Oct last date for dropping the course with grade “W” thru portal | ||||||
| 11 | Sun Tue Thu | 03 Nov 05 07 | Review Electric current, current density Resistance and resistivity, Ohm’s law, Power in electric circuits | -- 26 26 | -- 1-2 3-5 | |
| Midterm Break (10 Nov – 14 Nov, 2024) Classes Resume on 17 Nov 2024 | ||||||
| Second Major Exam Wednesday 20 November 2024 7 – 9 PM | ||||||
| 12 | Sun Tue Thu | 17 19 21 | Single loop circuits, Multi loop circuits RC circuits | 27 27 27 | 1 2 4 | 27-3 |
| 13 | Sun Tue Thu | 24 26 28 | Magnetic field, Crossed fields Circulating charged particle, Magnetic force on a current wire Torque on a current loop, Magnetic dipole moment | 28 28 28 | 1,2 4,6 7,8 | 28-3, 28-5 |
| 14 | Sun Tue Thu | 01 Dec 03 05 | Magnetic field due to a current Forces between two parallel currents, Ampere’s Law Solenoids and toroids, A Current-carrying coil as a magnetic dipole | 29 29 29 | 1 2,3 4,5 | |
| 15 | Sun Tue Thu | 08 10 12 | Faraday’s law and Lenz’s law Induction and energy transfers Review | 30 30 -- | 1 2 -- | 30-3 à 30-9 |
| 16 | Sun | 15 | Review | -- | -- | |
| Final Exam -- TBA | ||||||
Wish you a successful semester. Dr. Adel Abbout , PHYS 102 Course Coordinator
Phys 102 Lab Policy
Grading Policy
There are 20 points assigned for Phys102 lab, which constitutes 20 % of the Phys102 course. The lab points are distributed as follows:
| Reports (points) | Quizzes (points) | Total (points) |
| 10 | 10 | 20 |
Lab quizzes will be either pre-lab or post-lab quizzes or combination of both.
The final lab grade will be normalized to 14.0/20.
Lab Attendance Policy
A DN grade shall be given to the student who has 3 or more unexcused absences in the lab.
Make up PolicyThe instructor may allow an absent student with an official excuse to have a make-up lab.
General Lab Policy
- Students must bring the supplies they need such as, Lab notebook (graph notebook), pencil, ruler, calculator, eraser … etc.
- Students can download the write-up of each experiment from Phys102 webpage.
- Students will read the write-up, do the experiment, and write the report.
- Students are expected to work in groups during the data collection part. Then, every student will compile his own lab report i.e. lab reports should be written individually, and not shared with others. Any cheating, copying, and sharing attempts of the lab reports will be dealt with severe consequences according to the university policy.
- Students should finish their lab work during the lab session and submit it to the lab instructor before the end of the lab session.
- Using mobile phones is not allowed in the labs. Students should keep their mobiles in their pockets or their bags, any student showing his mobile should consider as cheating case.
According to the Labs safety guidelines foods and beverages are not allowed in the labs.
Carrying Previous Lab Grade Policy
- Those students who are repeating the course can carry their previous lab grade provided that they have completed the lab part of the course (in person) previously and a lab grade was assigned.
Lab Policy for Instructors
- The instructor will spend the lab duration interacting with students, monitoring their work, and answering their questions.
- The instructor will decide whether to provide different parameters for different students to minimize cheating.
- The instructor must collect all the reports before leaving the lab.
- Lab reports and quizzes should be graded and returned to the students by the next lab session.
- At the end of the semester, the lab instructor will send raw grades to the technical course coordinator. The technical course coordinator will average the lab grades with a section average of 14 out of 20 and post the raw and final lab grades on Blackboard.
Phys 102 Lab Schedule Term-241
| Week | Date | Write-Up | Data Studio File |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 25 Aug. – 29 Aug. | NO LAB | |
| 2 | 01 Sep. - 05 Sep. | Data Analysis | |
| Thursday 05 September 2024 – Last day for dropping courses without a permanent record | |||
| 3 | 08 Sep. - 12 Sep. | Resonance on String | |
| 4 | 15 Sep. - 19 Sep. | Resonance in Air Column | |
| 5 | 22 Sep. - 26 Sep. | NO LAB | |
| 6 | 29 Sep. – 03 Oct. | Specific Heat | |
| 7 | 06 Oct. - 10 Oct. | Perfect Gas Law | First Major Exam |
| 8 | 13 Oct. - 17 Oct. | Electric Field Mapping | |
| 9 | 20 Oct. - 24 Oct. | Capacitors | |
| 10 | 27 Oct. - 31 Oct. | Ohm’s Law | |
| Thursday 31 October 2024: Last day of dropping course(s) with grade “W” thru KFUPM portal | |||
| 11 | 03 Nov. – 07 Nov. | Kirchhoff’s Laws | |
| Midterm Break (10 –14 Nov. 2024) | |||
| 12 | 17 Nov. – 21 Nov. | NO LAB | |
| 13 | 24 Nov. – 28 Nov. | e/m of electron | |
| 14 | 01 Dec. – 05 Dec. | Current Balance | |
| 15 | 08 Dec. – 12 Dec. | NO LAB | |
| 16 | 15 Dec. | ||
| Final Exam | |||
* The lab schedule may change according to the time of the major exams.
Phys 102 Office Hours Term-241
Need Help in PHYS 102?
You are encouraged to seek help from any instructor teaching phys102 even if he is not your instructor.
| SUN | MON | TUE | WED | THU | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07:00– 07:50 | |||||
| 08:00– 08:50 | |||||
| 09:00- 09:50 | Khateeb (6-152) | Khateeb (6-152) | Dastageer (6-135) | ||
| 10:00- 10:50 | Aljalal (6-117) Khateeb (6-152) Dastageer (6-135) | Aljalal (6-117) Khateeb (6-152) | Aljalal (6-117) Dastageer (6-135) | Aljalal (6-117) | |
| 11:00- 11:50 | Al-Abdullah (6-106) Dastageer (6-135) Abbout (6-123) Haider (6-143) Al-Dossari (6-141) | Al-Abdullah (6-106) Abbout (6-123) Haider (6-143) Al-Dossari (6-141) | Al-Dossari (6-141) | Al-Abdullah (6-106) Abbout (6-123) Haider (6-143) Al-Dossari (6-141) | |
| 12 :00- 12 :50 | |||||
| 01:00- 01:50 | |||||
| 02:00- 02:50 | Abbout (6-123) | ||||
| 03:00– 03:50 | |||||
| 04 :00-04 :50 |
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