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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) |
| 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-243
| Week# | Experiment | Dates | Write-up |
| --- | 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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