PHY-119 College Physics II
Second semester of a two-semester sequence suitable for transfer students seeking a laboratory science elective, life science students, and those in the engineering technologies. This course is at the mathematical level of intermediate algebra and trigonometry. Topics include oscillations and waves, electricity, magnetism, AC and DC circuits, optics, and limited topics in thermodynamics. This course carries SUNY General Education Natural Sciences (and Scientific Reasoning) credit.
Prerequisite
PHY 118-with a grade of 'C' or better and
MAT-145 with a grade of 'C' or better or placement into Math Level 3 or higher
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Course Outline
Department
Science and Technology
Course Description
Second semester of a two-semester sequence suitable for transfer students seeking a laboratory science elective, life science students, and those in the engineering technologies. This course is at the mathematical level of intermediate algebra and trigonometry. Topics include oscillations and waves, electricity, magnetism, AC and DC circuits, optics, and limited topics in thermodynamics. This course carries SUNY General Education Natural Sciences (and Scientific Reasoning) credit.
Credit Hours
4Prerequisites
PHY 118-with a grade of 'C' or better and MAT-145 with a grade of 'C' or better or placement into Math Level 3 or higher
SUNY General Education Course
- Natural Science and Scientific Reasoning
Course Learning Outcomes
- Apply basic physical principles to the study of oscillators, waves, electric charges, electrical circuits, magnetic systems, and thermodynamic systems.
- Make and analyze measurements of physical phenomena, applying the proper use of units, dimensions, statistics, uncertainty, graphing, and calculation.
- Apply arithmetic, algebraic, and geometric principles to the analysis of oscillators, waves, electric charges, electrical circuits, magnetic systems, and thermodynamic systems.
- Students will connect physics to other sciences, the arts, and everyday life.
Topic Outline
- 1. Oscillations
- a. Spring-mass systems
- b. Pendulums
- c. Driven oscillators
- d. Resonance
- e. Damped oscillators
- 2. Waves
- a. Transverse and longitudinal waves
- b. Wave superposition
- c. Standing waves on strings
- 3. Sound
- a. Beats
- b. Doppler effect
- c. Standing waves in tubes
- 4. Wave and ray optics
- 5. Electromagnetic waves
- 6. Optical instruments
- 7. Electric charges, forces, and fields
- a. Common electric fields
- 8. Gauss's law
- 9. Electric potential
- 10. Capacitors
- 11. Current and resistance
- 12. Fundamentals of DC circuits
- 13. Magnetic fields
- a. Ampère's law
- 14. Electromagnetic induction
- 15. Fundamentals of AC circuits
- 16. Heat, work, and calorimetry
- 17. Ideal gases
- 18. Laws of thermodynamics