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Physics   4B/4C, General Physics With Calculus: The Saga continues... protons, electrons, fluids, waves, electromagnetism and all that..
Q1 Electricity and Magnetism
Course Description, Schedule of Topics
Instructor N.V. Alexander (AKA drn)
nalexander@igc.org
TEXTBOOKS
Giancoli,  Physics for Sci/Eng, 4th ED 
(with Mastering Physics, Vol 2 or Vol 1 and 2 combo).
Recommended: E and M Tipers: Electricity and Magnetism Tasks, by Hieggelke et al. 
LECTURES Will generally follow the text. Try to scope the assigned material before you come to class. Please ask questions in class or during my office hours. This course  gets hectic. I strongly recommend you form  study groups; use the wealth of resources I've tried to provide you.  
EMAIL Upon enrollment through the college, you will subscribe to a  class email list for updates, reminders, corrections, discussion of the course material and more! Please fill in your own info in the college forms  provided. The list is in full effect.
HOMEWORK
Homework will be assigned in the form of weekly quizzes based on problems in the text book. Once set up, use the discussion forum to get info on problems; conversate with your classmates (and me) ! My blogs discussing many of the problems may help and will be posted on this web site with links provided in the discussion column on the left side of this page. Until these discussions,  labeled  Q1, Q2, Q3, etc,  are actually posted, the links to the left will be dead. The problems are mission critical. You must  learn the material so you can move to the next level !  Quizzes will be collected and graded and could account for 18 percent of your course grade. To get credit for these assignments you must follow these guidelines:
1. Don't use paper torn from a spiral notebook.
2. Staple pages together.
3. Fold the pages. Put your name, date, section, and quiz number on first and back page.
IN-CLASS QUIZZES (ICQ's) These are un-announced in-class quizzes that reinforce the lecture. They generally are required (not extra credit) and are part of your homework grade with the weightings discussed below--quizzes represent about 18 % of your grade. Included with these quizzes  are the "Tipers" problems from the physics paperback on sale in the bookstore--these quizzes are often administered on Friday during lab but could occur at any time. 
EXAMS Tentative dates for three or more midterm exams will be announced. Sample exams will  be posted. You shouldn't colab during the exams. Please  work independently; be original. As it was once said, "Line for line, you should shine on your own work."  Don't worry. One or more pages of your own handwritten notes aka cheat sheets are allowed. Please do not use pages photcopied from the book or downloaded from the quiz discussions or solutions. (You may use two or more pages during the final exam.) Do not bring scratch paper to the exams.  The only things you need are a pencil or pen, eraser, and your alert mind.. Before the test begins, please put all other things on the floor. Avoid  staying up all night cramming; stay on top of it..  Get your rest,   and you will be blessed (for optimal performance). Any disputes on grading must be resolved within one or two days after the exam is returned. No make-up exams are allowed unless you can prove a state of emergency with legal, medical documents. You must take the final exam on the date and time that it is scheduled.
LABORATORY Laboratory Room: 1708
Click following link  for Physics Lab Formats.
Here is a list of lab links: Parallel/series circuitsPvsT;
Speed of Sound; index of refraction.; thin lens ; B vs I
Laboratory Schedule: The tentative dates of the lab experiments will be given in class. All experiments assigned are required. If you do not complete them all your total course grade will be dropped by one grade point or more. Your lab report is generally due a week after the experiment at the next lab session. Read the manual or handout before coming to the lab. If you miss an experiment for unavoidable reasons, make arrangements to make it up as soon as possible. Some lab reports will require using the spreadsheet program Excel. See the links here for exercises on Excel:
L1, L2  and L3 .  I will provide in-class tutorials on using the software, and I have ordered a short reference book on Excel that you may wish to buy. You may also get access to Computer Science lab by talking to me.
GRADING POLICY Grades in the course will be based on a total score consisting approximately of the following percentages: Laboratory: 18  Quizzes: 18 Midterm exams: 40  Final exam: 24  Letter grades:90-100  A; 80-89 =  B;  63-79 = C; 50-62 = D

Week   

Chapter  

Topic

Below,  4B followed by 4C .

1

21 Electric Forces 

2

21 Electric Fields 
3 22 Gauss' Law

4   

22 Gauss' Law

5

23

Electric Potential
6 23 Electric Potential 
7 24/25 Potential and Field
8 25 Current and Resistance
9 24 Capacitance
10 26 Circuits
11 27/28 The Magnetic Field
12 28 Magnetism
13 29 Induction
14 30 E&M induction,  oscillations and  AC circuits
15 30/31 Electromagnetic (E&M) Waves
16 31 Electromagnetic (E&M) Waves
17 ** Review
  4C Spring 2010 Schedule
1 30 Review
2 30 Ac Circuits
3 30 AC Apps
4 13 Fluids
5 15 Waves
6 16 Waves Pt2
7 17 Temperature
8 18 Gasses
9 19 1st Law Thermo
10 20 2nd  Law Thermo
11 31 Maxwell's Equations
12 32 Light
13 33/34 Lenses
14 34 Interference
15 34/35 Interference
16 35 Diffraction
17 review Chapters. 20, 31-35

T1 |T2 |T3|T4|SAMPLE FINAL

Q2
Q3
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Q5

Q6

Q7

Q8

T3

Q9

Q10
Q11
Q12
4CQ1
4CQ2
4CQ3
4CQ4/5

4CQ5

4CQ6

4CQ7

4CQ8
4CQ9
4CQ10
4CQ11
4CQ12
4CQ13
4CQ14
4CQ15
L1
L2
L3