PHY 2202 General Physics II
Electrostatics, DC conduction and circuits, magnetism, electromagnetic induction, and geometric and physical optics. Calculus used extensively. Four classroom, three lab hours per week.
Division: Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics
Department: Physics
Repeatable Credit: No
Offered Online: No
Prereqs: PHY 2201 AND MAT 2280
Outcomes
- Apply the principles of geometric optics so as to analyze reflection and refraction of light. Use the principles of wave optics to analyze interference and diffraction patterns.
- Describe the sources of magnetic fields. Predict the motion of charged particles interacting with magnetic fields.
- Apply the laws of Faraday and Lenz to analyze the process through which induced currents and electric fields are produced.
- Discuss the mechanism of charge conduction in metals. Use Kirchhoff's rules to analyze the behavior of DC (LRC) circuits.
- Explain or predict the time varying and asymptotic electrical properties of capacitors and
inductors driven by an AC generator.
- Discuss how an object becomes charged. Calculate the forces between and the electric fields surrounding charged objects. Use the concept of electrical potential to describe electric fields and predict the motion of charged particles. State Gauss's Law, understand the concept of electric flux, apply the law to calculate the electric field for symmetric charge distributions.
Credit Hours: 5
Classroom Hours: 4
Lab Hours: 3