Physics102  Semester 2024-2025 (Term 243)

 

Course Description & Grading Policy | Lecture Schedule | Lab Policy | Lab Schedule | Office Hours | Old Exams 

 

WELCOME TO PHYSICS102 SEMESTER 2024-2025 (Term 243)

 

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Course Description & Grading Policy-Term 243

 
Instructor: Dr Abdelkrim Mekki
Office: 6-219
Office hours: UTR 09:30 to 10:20 AM

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 -There will be five meetings per week (60 minutes each) 
Recitations- There will be two meetings per week (50 minutes each)
Labs- There will be two meetings per week (3 hours each) 
All classes (lectures and recitations) will start from the first day of the semester. The labs start from the third day. All classes are based on in-person attendance.

Course Learning Outcomes:
1- Learning the concept mechanical of waves and differentiating between the longitudinal and transverse waves.
2- Solving problems related to interference, resonance, and standing waves of two mechanical waves.
3- Learning about and solving problems related to Doppler effect and its applications.
4- Learning about and solving problems related to heat transfer between solids and liquids, the ideal gas law, heat, work and internal energy in ideal gases and its applications.
5- Learning about and solving problems related to the nature of temperature, thermal energy, zero, first and second law of thermodynamics, and entropy.
6- Learning, applying and solving problems related to Coulomb's law and the origin of the electric field.
7- Learning, applying and solving problems related to Gauss' law to calculate the electric field of highly symmetrical charge distributions.
8- Learning and solving problems related to the concept of electric potential difference, potential energy, and capacitors and their implementations in simple electric circuits.
9- Learning about and solving problems related to current, resistance, and emf. Analysis of simple electric circuits using Kirchhoff's laws.
10- Learning about the origin of magnetic field and solving problems related to magnetic field for different currents distributions.
11- Learning about and solving problems related to Faraday's and Lenz laws and their applications.
12- Operate basic Laboratory equipment, collect, analyze, and plot data, write results and draw conclusions in a submitted report.

 

Assessment:

Marks

Details

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 – Chapters 16 – 20  
Second Major Exam 20 20 multiple-choice questions – Chapters 21 – 26 
Final Exam 30 30 multiple-choice questions – Chapters 16 – 30
Total 100


Attendance: 

• A DN grade shall be given to the student who has three or more unexcused absences in the LAB. 
• A DN grade shall be given to the student who has more than 10 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 to the class. 

Classwork: The class work score will be derived from students’ performance in quizzes and/or homework assignments.

Lab work: The lab work score will be based on a combination of the lab reports and quizzes.




Phys 102 Lecture Schedule (Term 243)

Text Book: (Principles of Physics, Halliday, Resnick, &Walker, 10th Ed)

Week Week Date Topics Chapter Sections Omitted Sections
1 SUN
MON
TUE
WED
THR
15 JUN
16
17
18
19
Transverse waves, Wave speed on a string
Energy and power, Interference of waves
Standing waves and resonance
Traveling sound waves, Interference
Intensity and sound level, Sources of musical sound
16
16
16
17
17
1,2
3,5
7
1−3
4,5
4 , 6
 
 
6,8
 
2 SUN
MON
TUE
WED
THR
22
23
24
25
26
Doppler effect
Temperature, Celsius & Fahrenheit scales, Thermal expansion
Absorption of heat
First law of thermodynamics, Heat transfer mechanisms
Avogadro’s number, Ideal gasses
17
18
18
18
19
7
1−3
4
5,6
1,2
 
 
 
 
5,6,8
3 SUN
MON
TUE
WED
THR
29
30
01 JUL
02
03
RMS speed, Translational kinetic energy
Molar specific heat of an ideal gas, Adiabatic expansion
Entropy
Heat engines & Refrigerators
Review
19
19
20
20
---
3,4
7,9
1
2,3
 
 
 
4
First Major Exam: Chapters 16 – 20 (Sunday 06 July 2025, 7:30 – 9:30 PM) Location: TBA
4 SUN
MON
TUE
WED
THR
06
07
08
09
10
Coulomb’s law, Charge quantization, and conservation
Electric fields due to charged particles and electric dipoles
Point charges and electric dipoles in an electric field
Electric flux, Gauss’ law, Charged isolated conductor
Cylindrical, planar, and spherical symmetry
21
22
22
23
23
1−3
1−3
6,7
1−3
4−6
 
4,5
 
 
 
5 SUN
MON
TUE
WED
THR
13
14
15
16
17
Electric potential, Equipotential surfaces, Potential energy
Potential due to charged particles, Calculating E from V
Potential energy of a system, Isolated conductors
Capacitance and its calculation, Combinations of capacitors
Energy stored in an electric field, Capacitors with dielectrics
24
24
24
25
25
1,2
3,4,6
7,8
1–3
4,5
5
 
 
6
6 SUN
MON
TUE
WED
THR
20
21
22
23
24
Electric current, current density
Resistance and resistivity, Ohm’s law, Power
Single loop circuits
Multiloop circuits
RC circuits
26
26
27
27
27
1,2
3−5
1
2
4
 
 
3
Second Major Exam: Chapters 21 – 26 (Thursday 24 July 2025, 7:30 – 9:30 PM) Location: TBA
7 SUN
MON
TUE
WED
THR
27
28
29
30
31
Magnetic field, Crossed fields, Circulating charged particle
Magnetic force on a current wire, Torque on a current loop
Magnetic field due to a current
Forces between two parallel currents, Ampere’s law
Solenoids and toroids, A current-carrying coil as a dipole
28
28
29
29
29
1,2,4
6−8
1
2,3
4,5
3,5
8 SUN
MON
03 AUG
04
Faraday’s law and Lenz’s law
Induction and energy transfers
30
30
1
2
3 – 9
Final Exam: Chapters 16 – 30 (5 – 7 August 2025)

  Wish you a successful semester. Course coordinator: Dr Abdelkrim Mekki    

 

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)
101020
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-243

  Week# Experiment Dates Write-up
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15 June
16 June
No Lab
1  1
 
17 June
18 June
Data Analysis
 
 2 22 June
23 June
Resonance on String
 
2 3
 
24 June
25 June
Resonance in Air
 
 4
 
29 June
30 June
Perfect Gas Law
3 5
 
01 July
02 July
Electric Field Mapping
 ---
 

06 July

07 July

No Lab: First Major on 06 July

4 6
 
08 July
09 July
Capacitors
 7
 
13 July
14 July
Ohm’s Law
5 8
 
15 July
16 July
Kirchhoff’s Laws
 9
 
20 July
21 July
e/m of electron
6 10
 
22 July
23 July
Current Balance
 ---
 
27 July
28 July
No Lab
      7 ---
 
29 July
30 July
Lab Grade Submission

 

 

Phys 102 Office Hours Term-243

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ou are encouraged to seek help from any instructor teaching phys102 even if he is not your instructor.

 

 

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