PHY 1308: Eletriity and MagnetismSyllabusProfessor Stephen SekulaFALL 2014August 22, 2014University Curriulum Student Learning OutomesPure and Applied Sienes Level 1 [PAS1℄ Student Learning Outomes:1. Students will b e able to demonstrate basi faility with the methods and approahes of sienti inquiryand problem solving.2. Students will be able to explain how the onepts and ndings of siene or tehnology in general, orof partiular sienes or tehnologies, shape our world.Quantitative Reasoning [QR℄ Student Learning Outomes:1. Students will b e able to develop quantitative mo dels as related to the ourse sub jet matter.2. Students will b e able to assess the strengths and limitations of quantitative models and metho ds.3. Students will b e able to apply symboli systems of representation.4. Students will b e able to test hypotheses and make reommendations or preditions based on results.5. Students will b e able to ommuniate and represent quantitative information or results numerially,symbolially, aurally, visually, verbally, or in writing.Goals of this CourseThe spei learning goals of this ourse are as follows. Up on suessful ompletion of this ourse, studentswill be able to:1. Explain the nature of eletrial harge, fore, potential, and elds and desrib e the b ehavior of ele-trial phenomena; explain the basi omponents of eletrial iruitry, inluding ondutors, batteries,resistors, and apaitors; explain the nature of magnetism and desribe the b ehavior of magneti phe-nomena; explain the nature of light and its onnetion to eletriity and magnetism; explain the basiworking of optial systems; explain how the study of eletriity, magnetism, and light set the stage fora 20th-entury revolution in our understanding of the universe;12. Setup and solve quantitative problems in the areas desrib ed ab ove, and thus b e able to apply theirunderstanding of eletriity, magnetism, light, and optis to areas other than physis, suh as mediine,biology, hemistry, eletronis, and everyday life;3. Demonstrate, through performane on homework, quizzes, in-lass exerises and disussion, and exams,a lear understanding of the priniples and appliation of eletriity, magnetism, light, and optis.Course InformationWhen/Where?The ourse is held in Fondren Siene 158 on Tuesday and Thursday from 9:30am-10:50amInstrutorProfessor Stephen SekulaOe: Fondren Siene 39Phone: (214)-768-7832E-mail: sekulaphysis.smu.eduFaeb ook: stephensekulaTwitter: drsekulaGNU So ial: stevehirp.ooleysekula.netPump.io: stevehub.p olari.usOe HoursWhere:The Varsity, Hughes-Trigg Student CenterWhen:•Tuesday: 3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.•Wednesday: 4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.Note: additional help sessions wil l be arranged with a Teahing AssistantCanellations of oe hours, when unavoidable, will b e announed by e-mail.If you annot make oe hours, whih are op en without app ointment, you needto shedule a separate time to meet with the instrutor or a teahing assistant. Itis your resp onsibility to do this. Please try to b e ourteous and request a meetingat least a day before your proposed meeting time to allow sheduling.Prerequisite(s)MATH 1337Textb ook(s)REQUIRED: Halliday, Resnik, Walker. "Fundamentals of Physis Volume I Iwith WileyPlus"(10th Edition - please note that the 9th Edition of the atualbook is ne, and homework problems wil l be assigned in suh a way as to avoiddependene on the edition)See ourse website for information about obtaining the book.Course TopisIn PHY 1308 (Eletriity and Magnetism), you will learn the foundational onepts in the study and useof eletriity, magnetism, and light. The ourse will b egin with the study of eletri harge, the eletrifore, the eletri potential and eld, eletri energy, and the basi ingredients in eletrial iruitry. We willproeed to then disuss magnetism, its nature and desription, and apply our understanding to the studyof magneti phenomena. We will then use our study of eletriity and magnetism to understand light, and2disuss the seond uniation that oured in physis in the 1800s (whih set the stage for the mo dernphysis sub jets of relativity, quantum theory, the uniation of fores, and the study of the building blo ksof nature). We will explore the appliation of light in the world through optis, and you will learn thebasi ingredients in optial systems (those designed to transport light and make use of it). Finally, we maylose with some speial topis that are diret spinos of the topis in the ourse. The nature of thesespeial topis will b e deided over the ourse of the semester in onsultation with the students in the lass.Throughout the ourse, appliations of the study and use of eletriity, magnetism, and light to the modernlife sienes (and b eyond) will b e given as a means to hone your problem-solving skills in unfamiliar territory.AttendaneYour attendane in the lass will be heked through the assignment of homework, your partiipation inreading quizzes, and through partiipation in lassro om disussions and ativities. Po or attendane will bereeted in your p erformane in the three areas. This ourse resp ets the University poliies on exusedabsenes; please see the relevant setion below.HomeworkHomework problems will b e assigned in lass. Homework will typially b e assigned on a Thursday and duethe following Thursday, with the exeption of the rst day of lass (a Tuesday), when homework will beassigned and due two days later. Redued redit will be given for late assignments, and no redit for missedassignments. A formal homework poliy will be separately provided by the instrutor.ExamsThere will b e a series of in-lass exams throughout the semester: Thursday, September 25,2014; Thursday, Otober 23, 2014; and Thursday, November 13, 2014)whih will over topis inthe ourse inrementally. The nal exam will be omprehensive and over
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