Maricopa Community Colleges  PHY116   19886-19915 
Official Course Description: MCCCD Approval: 04/12/83
PHY116 19886-19915 LEC
LAB 		5 Credit(s)
0 Credit(s) 		4 Period(s)
3 Period(s)
University Physics II
Principles of electricity, magnetism, waves, and optics. Required for Engineering majors. Prerequisites: (PHY115) and (MAT220 or MAT223). Prerequisites or Corequisites: MAT224 or MAT231.
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MCCCD Official Course Competencies:
 
PHY116   19886-19915 University Physics II
1. Use fundamental physical laws and principles to solve problems encountered in the academic and nonacademic environments. (I-IV)
2. Develop and use appropriate models that closely represent real-world physical situations. (I-IV)
3. Apply probelm-solving techniques in terms of logic, efficiency, and effectiveness. (I-IV)
4. Solve problems beyond the level of "plug-in" type problems. (I-IV)
5. Use computer systems and techniques in solving a variety of problems. (I-IV)
6. Solve practical real-world engineering and science problems while accomplishing the preceding competencies. (I-IV)
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PHY116   19886-19915 University Physics II
    I. Electricity
        A. Coulomb's law
          1. Electric charge
          2. Atomic structure
          3. Electrical interaction
          4. Conductors and insulators
        B. Electric field and Gauss' law
          1. Electric field and field lines
          2. Gauss' law and application
        C. Potential
          1. Electric potential energy
          2. Equipotential surfaces
          3. Potential gradient
        D. Capacitance
          1. Parallel plate capacitor and dielectric
          2. Series and parallel capacitors
          3. Energy of a charged capacitor
        E. Current, resistance, and electromotive force
          1. Electrical current
          2. Resistivity and resistance
          3. Electromotive force
          4. Current-voltage relationships and Ohm's law
          5. Work and power in electrical circuits
        F. Direct-current circuits and instruments
          1. Resistors in series and parallel
          2. Kirchhoff's rules
          3. Ammeters, voltmeters, and ohmmeters
      II. Magnetism
          A. The magnetic field
            1. Magnetic field and field lines
            2. Motion of charged particles in a magnetic field
            3. E/M expirement
          B. Magnetic forces and torques
            1. On current carrying conductors
            2. On a complete circuit
            3. Hall effect
            4. Pivoted-coil galvanometer
          C. Magnetic field of a current
            1. Magnetic field of moving charge/current - the Biot law
            2. Magnetic field of various current geometries
            3. Ampere's law
          D. Induced electromotive force
            1. Motional electromotive force
            2. Faraday's law
            3. Induced electric fields
            4. Lenz's law
          E. Inductance
            1. Mutual and self inductance
            2. Energy in an inductor
          F. Magnetic properties of matter
            1. Magnetic materials and ferromagnetism
            2. Magnetic permeability
            3. Molecular theory of magnetism
          G. Alternating currents
            1. R-L-C series circuits
            2. Average and root-mean-square values; AC instruments
            3. Power
            4. Series and parallel resonance
            5. Transformers
        III. Optics
            A. Electromagnetic waves
            B. The nature and propagation of light
              1. Nature of light
              2. Electromagnetic spectrum
              3. Waves, wavefronts, and rays
              4. Reflection and refraction
              5. Huygen's principle
              6. Dispersion
            C. Images formed by a single surface
              1. Reflection - plane and spherical surfaces
              2. Focal point and focal length
              3. Refraction - plane and spherical surfaces
            D. Lenses and optical instruments
              1. Converging lens
              2. Diverging lens
              3. Images as objects
              4. Lens aberrations
              5. The eye
              6. Optical instruments: magnifier, camera, projector, compound microscope, telescope
            E. Interference and diffraction
              1. Interference and coherent sources
              2. Young's experiment
              3. Interference in thin films
              4. Fresnel and Fraunhoffer diffraction
              5. Diffraction grating
            F. Polarization
              1. Polarization by reflection
              2. Polarizers
              3. Scattering of light
          IV. Atomic and nuclear physics
              A. Relativistic mechanics
              B. Photons, electrons, and atoms
                1. Emission and absorption of light
                2. The photoelectric effect
                3. Atomic spectra and energy levels
              C. Quantum mechanics: the Bohr atom
              D. Atoms, molecules, and solids
                1. Exclusion principle
                2. Atomic structure
                3. Molecular spectra
                4. Semiconductors
              E. Nuclear physics
                1. Nuclear atom
                2. Properties of nuclei
                3. Natural radioactivity
                4. Nuclear stability
                5. Nuclear reactions
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