In this class, we will learn about the physics governing electricity and magnetism. This is an honors class with an accelerated curriculum and is geared toward Physics Majors and anyone else desiring to progress further into upper-division Physics classes. The semester will be equally split between subjects pertaining to electricity and magnetism, starting from first principles. Below you can find a list of topics covered.
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Course: PHYS 2232, Honors Physics II, Fall 2018, MW 10:10-11:00, T 9:30-10:20, Howey S107
Recitations and Tests: Friday class period 10:10-11:00, Howey S107
Laboratory: PHYS 2232 A01 or A02 (Tuesday 4:30-6:20pm), CULC 383
Note: There is no recitation during the Tuesday 3:00-3:50pm period.
Instructor: Prof. John Wise, Office: Boggs 1-90J, Email: jwise [ at ] physics.gatech.edu
Teaching Assistant: Brian Day, Boggs 1-58, Email: bday7 [ at ] gatech.edu
PHYS 2211 or 2231. We will heavily use multi-variable calculus (MATH 2551), but since it's not a prerequisite, the instructor and teaching assistant will cover the necessary mathematics to solve the physics problems at hand.
Electricity and Magnetism (3rd edition), Edward Purcell and David Morin, ISBN: 1107014026
The tests will last up to 50 minutes. Each test can include any material covered in lecture and in the chapters noted in the schedule. The final will be comprehensive. For both the tests and final, a formula sheet will be provided for you and will released by the Tuesday preceding the test. You will be allowed to use a calculator on the tests and final. No devices with internet access are allowed.
Grading scale: 89.5-100 = A, 79.5-89 = B, 69.5-79 = C, 59.5-69 = D, <59.5 = F. For a pass/fail grade, a C or higher is considered passing. Appropriate curves will be applied for each test and possibly at the end of the semester.
There will be weekly homework with the exception of weeks with tests. They are due on Friday at beginning of recitation, turned into the TA, unless otherwise specified. Late assignments are not accepted unless previous arrangements have been made. Students are encouraged to work and discuss problems together, but the written work must be your own.
Every homework assignment will be out of 100 points with the following grading rubric, stating the percentage deductions for each problem.
Labs begin the week of August 27th. The labs for Fall 2018 are a pilot program, specifically designed for the honors section. The activities will be open-ended and similar to real-life research procedures. Sign up for the lab sections PHYS 2232 A1 or A2. You will be held to the same grading and attendance policies as the regular introductory physics labs.
Attendance in lab is a course requirement. To pass this course, you must pass the laboratory portion with an average of 60% or more. Three unexcused absences from lab will result in automatic failure of the lab, and therefore, of the course.
Recitations begin the week of August 27th and will be led by the teaching assistant (TA). Here the TA will start a pertinent inquiry-based problem with concepts that are similar to the current homework or upcoming test. You will have to finish it and turn in your work at the end of the period. Tests will be held during the recitation time period when indicated in the schedule.
Each recitation will be graded on a scale of zero through ten. The first five points will be for participation. Your score on your work will be added to this value, giving everyone who participates a score in the 6–10 range for each recitation meeting.
Your work will be graded based on qualitative features of your solution, not necessarily on the rigorous accuracy of your final answer — i.e. it isn't so much what you answer, but how you arrive at that answer, that matters. Scores will be assigned on a five-point scale: