PHYS 2030 - College Physics II

Academic Division: Business, Industry and Technology
Academic Discipline: Physics

Assistant Dean: Vincent Palombo PhD

4 Credit(s)
This is a calculus based physics course that has a study of heat to include calorimetry, expansion, heat capacity, conductivity, phase change, kinetic theory and gas laws. A study of light including its nature, and geometric optics. Also a study of electricity and magnetism including electric charges at rest, potentials, capacitance and dielectrics, current, resistance, and voltage, alternating circuits theory of frequency, reactance, impedance, power and resonance, magnetic field definition and effects on moving charges and conductors. UG

3 Lab Hour(s)

3 Lecture Hour(s);

Required Prerequisite Course(s): Take PHYS 2010 ; Minimum Grade C;

College Wide Outcomes

College-Wide Learning Outcomes	Assessments - - How it is met & When it is met
Communication – Written
Communication – Speech
Intercultural Knowledge and Competence
Critical Thinking
Information Literacy
Quantitative Literacy

Student Learning Outcomes for Course

Outcomes	Assessments – How it is met & When it is met
1. Calculate the Doppler Shift of sound waves for either the source or observer moving.	Homework, labs, quizzes, and exams during the weeks 1-16.
2. Solve for indicated variables in problems involving Archimedes’ principle or Bernoulli’s principle.	Homework, labs, quizzes, and exams during the weeks 2-16.
3. Solve for the pressure, volume, temperature, mass of gas, or amount of gas in ideal gas law problems.	Homework, labs, quizzes, and exams during the weeks 3-16.
4. Calculate the thermal expansion and thermal stresses in an object given the material and temperature range.	Homework, labs, quizzes, and exams during the weeks 3-16.
5. Solve for the indicated variables in calorimetric problems with or without change of phase and involving no more than three materials.	Homework, labs, quizzes, and exams during the weeks 4-16.
6. Calculate the heat loss due to conduction, convection, or radiation given the temperature of an object and its environment.	Homework, labs, quizzes, and exams during the weeks 4-16.
7. Calculate the net electric force and potential energy of a test charge and the electric field and electric potential at a point due to a specified array of not more than three point charges at rest.	Homework, labs, quizzes, and exams during the weeks 5-16.
8. Calculate specified electrostatic or kinematic variables due to a specified electric field or charge distribution using conservation of energy.	Homework, labs, quizzes, and exams during the weeks 6-16.
9. Calculate the equivalent capacitance of a specified network of capacitors and the charge on, potential difference across and energy stored by specified capacitors in the network.	Homework, labs, quizzes, and exams during the weeks 6-16.
10. Calculate current, resistance, electromotive force, power loss, potential difference, and resistivity for specified parts of a direct current circuit.	Homework, labs, quizzes, and exams during the weeks 7-16.
11. Calculate related current, magnetic force and magnetic flux, induced 12. electromotive force, and torque for magnetic field problems.	Homework, labs, quizzes, and exams during the weeks 11-16.
13. Calculate the peak current, RMS current, impedance, peak voltage, and RMS voltage for alternating current problems.	Homework, labs, quizzes, and exams during the weeks 13-16.
14. Calculate the position, size and nature of an image (or object) given a problem in geometrical optics with no more than two optical devices.	Homework, labs, quizzes, and exams during the weeks 15-16.

Evaluation of the above will be determined by:

1. The appropriate solution formula.

2. Correct substitution into said formula.

3. The logical consistency of the methods and mathematical steps.

4. Correctness of the final numerical result, including proper units.

The students will develop the following skills to meet the above outcomes.

1. Use computers as a tool to gather and process data from an experiment.

2. Identify and use the proper units for physical quantities.

3. Interpret and construct graphs and diagrams that describe relationships among physical variables and objects.

4. Interpret formulas by identifying the meaning of constants, describing the conditions for which the formula is valid, and using mathematical relationships to predict how a change in one variable affects the value of another variable.

5. Given a problem, decide what information is missing and what given information is irrelevant. Obtain the missing information and solve the problem.

6. Integrate learning from early units in the course to solve a problem later in the course.

7. Apply appropriate physics concepts to solve problems.

8. Determine whether or not the result of a calculation is reasonable.

Standard Grading Scale
93-100 A

90 - 92 A-

87- 89 B+

83 - 86 B

80 -82 B-

77- 79 C+

73 - 76 C

70 -72 C-

67- 69 D+

63 - 66 D

60 -62 D-

00- 59 F

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