Introduction to
Electricity and
Magnetism,
Light and Sound
Physics 202 is the second semester of a 2-semester
introduction to physics that is designed mainly for engineering students. The
main topics are electricity, magnetism, light, optics, and sound. There are two
lectures, two discussions and one three-hour lab per week. Our goal is to help
you develop an understanding and intuition for physics so that you can solve
practical problems. The only way to accomplish this goal is by thinking
about and solving lots of problems and experimenting in the lab. We hope that
Physics 202 will develop the critical thinking and collaborative skills you
will need in your future career.
Administrative announcements about the course,
examinations, etc., will be made in lecture and will sometimes be sent out
by email. All course information is also available on the course home page
(this document) at http://uw.physics.wisc.edu/phys202/. Watch for updates! All grades will be posted
at the Learn @ UW site: http://uwmad.courses.wisconsin.edu/
Prerequisites: Physics 201 or
equivalent.
Tu & Th 1:20 -- 2:10 PM and 2:25 --
3:15 PM in 2103 Chamberlin Hall (Rennebohm Auditorium). The two lectures on each day are the
same; you can attend either one.
The lectures supplement, but do not substitute for,
reading and studying the text. You
are responsible for all the material in the weekly reading assignments and we
expect you to do the assigned reading before coming to lecture. We encourage
questions, but realize you may feel intimidated by the large class. Ask them
anyway! Lectures will be given by:
Prof. Albrecht Karle (4215 Chamberlin Hall, 262-3945,
karle@amanda.wisc.edu)
Prof. Peter Timbie (6209 Chamberlin Hall, 262-5916, pttimbie@wisc.edu)
There are special lectures on Fridays at 12:05 –
12:55 in 2103 Chamberlin Hall for Honors students (who are required to
attend). Everyone else is encouraged to attend. These talks are
about applications of physics to topics ranging from astrophysics to fusion
energy to biology. The schedule will be announced in class.
The weekly laboratory exercises are 3 hours long.
We meet in 3310 and 3314 Chamberlin Hall. Follow the "General
Instructions" in the laboratory manual (pages 5-15). Information
about the laboratories is also found on http://badger.physics.wisc.edu/lab/manual2/ . You
will work in groups of 3 students.
Groups will be chosen by your TA and will be changed every few weeks.
You will write up your observations and results during the laboratory period in
the lab notebook. The lab notebook is not to be taken from the laboratory. YOU
MUST COMPLETE AT LEAST 10 OF THE 11 LABORATORY ASSIGNMENTS IN ORDER TO RECEIVE
CREDIT FOR THE COURSE. You must get written permission from only your lab TA to take a make-up lab. Make-up time is given
for the labs covered in each exam period during the week of the exam only (i.e.
you can’t make up a lab from September in December). Each lab will be preceded by a “Prelab Quiz” to be handed in
before starting the lab. The quiz
questions are posted on the course schedule below. Your TA has two options each week for grading your labs – 1)
by giving a “Postlab Quiz” during lab time or 2) by examining your write-up in
your lab book.
The homework problems are assigned in the
syllabus for each week and are due by 4 PM on Wednesday of the week after the
homework is assigned. There are mailboxes outside Rm 2103 CH for
you to drop off your work. Homework will count toward your grade; your TA will grade one of the problems
each week in detail and account for the completeness of your work as well. Feel free to discuss homework with
others. The solutions will be explained in discussion section and available on http://physics.library.wisc.edu/reserves/202.htm shortly after homework is handed in. There are also
resources available on the Text Publisher Web Page,. Homework assigned for the week of an exam is not to
be handed in for grading.
Study Skills:
It is difficult to learn physics without
asking lots of questions. The more active you are, the easier it will become.
We have tried to offer as many ways as possible for you to take an active role
in the course: discussion sections, office hours, email, labs, etc. Never be
shy about asking a question! Chances are half the class has the same one. A
colleague of ours says “To have a question can seem like a shame for a moment,
but not asking is a shame for a lifetime.”We strongly recommend studying with
other students in the class. Be sure you can completely solve all the exercises
in the main textbook as well as the assigned homework.
Discussion Sections:
Your discussion sections and lab are taught
by Graduate Teaching Assistants who have a lot of experience with physics. You
will spend at least 5 hours a week with your TA -- take advantage of every
moment! There are two discussion periods each week and you are expected to attend
both. Discussions will be devoted
to answering your questions about homework and working in small groups on extra
problems. As with lab,
your TA will assign you to a group of 3 students and will change the makeup of
the groups every few weeks. The
problems will be somewhat different from regular homework problems; some will be conceptual (few numbers to
plug in) and others will involve applying physics problem-solving to realistic
situations. Your group will hand in your solutions each session for grading.
The teaching assistants have office hours in the
consultation room (2307 Chamberlin Hall). You may go to the office hours of any
TA. Your TAs are very busy with
classes and have research obligations of their own so please be respectful of
their time.
The course may be taken for honors credit. Honors
students are required to attend regularly an additional lecture on Fridays at
12:05 PM in 2103 Chamberlin Hall.
DO NOT REGISTER FOR THIS COURSE IF YOU ARE NOT SURE
THAT YOU WILL BE ABLE TO ATTEND ALL EXAMS (i.e. do not take a course that
meets or has exams on Mondays, October 3, October 31, or November 21, at 5:45 –
7:15 PM or a final at 7:45 AM on Tuesday December 20). Makeup exams will not be given. The average of the other hour exam scores
will be substituted for the missing exam, provided you have a written excuse from a physician, dean, or
academic advisor only. There will be three one-hour exams on the dates shown. Click here for details.
Physics is not about memorization so we don’t want you wasting your time
memorizing equations for exams; you may bring one 5 in x 8 in card (crib sheet) to each exam. For the final, you may bring your 3
cards from the first three exams, plus one more 5 in x 8 in card for a total of
4 cards, both sides each. Or, you
may bring 2 sheets of 8.5 in x 11 in paper, both sides each. You may find
that preparing these sheets will help you review what you’ve learned. We
strongly encourage consulting the sample exams on http://physics.library.wisc.edu/reserves/202.htm.
Exams questions will be of four types:
· conceptual (similar to questions asked in lecture and
worked in discussion)
· homework (similar to hw problems)
· laboratory (related to the labs)
· context-rich (similar to discussion problems)
All your grades will be recorded and visible to you
at the Learn @ UW
site for Physics 202. Grades will
be assigned according to the point scheme below. We will be using an “absolute” grading scheme – there
will be no “curving” of grades. So
in principle everyone in the class could get an “A”.
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Exam 1 |
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100 pts |
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Exam 2 |
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100 pts |
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Exam 3 |
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100 pts |
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Final Exam |
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200 pts |
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Homework |
best 10 wks x 10 pts |
100 pts |
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Discussion Problems |
best
20 x 3 pts |
60 pts |
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Discussion Participation |
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30 pts |
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Lab (prelab and postlab quizzes and notebooks) |
11 wks x 10 pts |
110 pts |
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Total |
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800 pts |
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Letter Grades |
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A |
is 90 % or more = |
720 pts |
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AB |
Is 80 % or more = |
640 pts |
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B |
Is 70 % or more = |
560 pts |
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BC |
Is 60 % or more = |
480 pts |
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C |
Is 50 % or more = |
400 pts |
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D |
Is 40 % or more = |
320 pts |
Reading Quizzes: There will be about 10 reading
quizzes that will be worth 1 “bonus” pt each.
We want Physics 202 to be the best learning
experience you have at UW-Madison. Please feel free to offer suggestions
(by email or office hours or even by an anonymous note) to any of the teaching
staff. All teaching staff have mailboxes on the ssecond floor of
Chamberlin Hall.
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Physics 202 Course Schedule |
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Week |
Date (2005) |
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Chapter |
Homework |
Lab |
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1 |
T |
Sept. 6 |
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Chap 23 Electric Fields |
8,15,20,26,30 |
No Lab |
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R |
8 |
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Chap 23 Electric Fields |
38,44,49,54,57 |
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2 |
T |
13 |
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Chap 24 Gauss’ Law |
4,8,12,24,26,41,58,62 |
E-1, part I, Prelab_E1_I |
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R |
15 |
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Chap 25 Electric Potential |
4,6 |
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3 |
T |
20 |
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Chap 25 Electric Potential |
8,18,20,37,42,50,52 |
E-1, part II, Prelab_E1_II |
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R |
22 |
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Chap 26 Capacitance and Dielectrics |
5,14,29 |
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4 |
T |
27 |
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Chap 26 Capacitance and Dielectrics |
31,38,43,61 |
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R |
29 |
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Chap 27 Current and Resistance |
11,14,16,42,43,44 |
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5 |
M |
Oct. 3 |
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T |
4 |
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Chap 28 Direct Current Circuits |
2,6,14,20,27 |
Make-up |
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R |
6 |
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Chap 28 Direct Current Circuits |
32,36,42,50,64 |
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6 |
T |
11 |
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Chap 29 Magnetic Fields |
8,10,14,27,34,41,48,55 |
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R |
13 |
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Chap 30 Sources of the Magnetic Field |
1,20 |
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7 |
T |
18 |
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Chap 30 Sources of the Magnetic Field |
26,33,38,40,51 |
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R |
20 |
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Chap 31 Faraday’s Law |
2,9,20,28,58 |
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8 |
T |
25 |
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Chap 31, 32 Inductance |
(31)-31,41 |
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R |
27 |
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Chap 32 Inductance |
4,6,22,36,38,39,51,54 |
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9 |
M |
31 |
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T |
Nov. 1 |
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Chap 33 Alternating Current Circuits |
10,15,21,26,32 |
Make-up |
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R |
3 |
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Chap 33 Alternating Current Circuits |
40,46,54,56,62 |
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10 |
T |
8 |
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Chap 16 Wave Motion |
18,19,22,34,44 |
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R |
10 |
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Chap 18 Superposition and Standing Waves |
8,14,21,38,52,58 |
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11 |
T |
15 |
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Chap 34 Electromagnetic Waves |
4,24,30,37 |
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R |
17 |
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Chap 34 Electromagnetic Waves |
33,42,61 |
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12 |
M |
21 |
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T |
22 |
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Chap 35 Light and Geometrical Optics |
2,15,18,29,30,40,41, and S1, S2 |
Make-up |
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R |
24 |
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THANKSGIVING RECESS |
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13 |
T |
29 |
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Chap 36 Image Formation |
2,12,18,27,34,40 |
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R |
Dec. 1 |
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Chap 36 Image Formation |
48,51,56 and S1 |
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14 |
T |
6 |
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Chap 37 Interference of Light Waves |
1,16,26,40,52,54 |
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R |
8 |
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Chap 40 Quantum Physics (reading on reserve) |
2,8,14,24,32,34,47,51 |
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15 |
T |
13 |
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Chap 40 Quantum Physics (reading on reserve) |
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R |
15 |
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Review |
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T |
20 |
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Tutoring:
If you are having trouble with the course, don't
despair! Most students find this class very challenging. Be sure you take
advantage of the office hours that the TA's and Professor have. You might
also want to try a tutor. There are several possibilities:
1. The University Physical Society (UW Physics Club) offers free tutoring on a drop-in
basis in their clubroom in 2328 Chamberlin Hall.
2. The Department of Physics main office maintains a
list of Physics graduate students who offer tutoring for an hourly fee.
3. The Greater University Tutoring Service (GUTS
Tutorial) offers free
tutoring. Their office is 302A Union South.
Also,
4. The Academics Affairs
Office in the College of Engineering will continue to offer the Supplementary
Instruction (SI) Program for Math 234, Physics 201 and 202. Students who
choose to participate in
a supplementary session will be asked to commit to attending the session
throughout the semester. The sessions will be facilitated by upper-class
engineering students. The
supplementary instruction sessions will be held in the renovated group study
area on the 4th floor of the Engineering Library (Wendt Library). There will be
three supplementary sessions offered for Math 234, one for Physics 201, and two
for Physics 202, with a limit of 15 students in each session. Each session will
meet twice a week for 50 minutes. These supplementary sessions are available
to you regardless of whether you have an engineering classification.
Study Groups:
We strongly encourage you to work with other students
in the class. You can save time on hard homework problems and you will
learn the subject better by discussing it with others.
General
Advice:
Physics is not something you
read and memorize, rather it is something you learn how to do . Try the following study procedure:
Questions
and concerns:
If you have a documented disability
(e.g. McBurney Students) and wish to discuss academic accommodations, please
contact one of the instructors as soon as possible.
If you have a non-subject-matter question or concern
that cannot be resolved by your TA or professor, contact the Instructional
Program Manager, Ms. M. A. Clarke (Department Office, 262-2629, mailto:maclarke@wisc.edu).