PHY-152 University Physics II
Second semester of a two-semester sequence suitable for transfer students pursuing degrees in engineering, computer science, physics, or professional programs which require calculus-based physics. 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.
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Course Outline
Department
Science and Technology
Course Description
Second semester of a two-semester sequence suitable for transfer students pursuing degrees in engineering, computer science, physics, or professional programs which require calculus-based physics. 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
MAT-272 and PHY-151 with grades of 'C' or better
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, geometric and Calculus principles to the analysis of oscillators, waves, electric charges, electrical circuits, magnetic systems, and thermodynamic systems.
- 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. Continuous charge distributions
- 8. Gauss's law
- a. Derivation of symmetric fields
- 9. Electric potential
- a. Potential in a variable field
- 10. Capacitors
- 11. Current and resistance
- 12. Fundamentals of DC circuits
- a. Systems of resistors
- b. Kirchhoff's laws
- 13. Magnetic fields
- a. Applying Ampère's law
- 14. Electromagnetic induction
- 15. Fundamentals of AC circuits
- 16. Heat, work, and calorimetry
- 17. Ideal gases
- 18. Laws of thermodynamics