Maricopa Community Colleges  PHY116   19946-19965 
Official Course Description: MCCCD Approval: 05/24/94
PHY116 19946-19965 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 (MAT224 or MAT231). Corequisites: MAT235.
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MCCCD Official Course Competencies:
 
PHY116   19946-19965 University Physics II
1. Apply fundamental physical laws and principles to solve problems encountered in academic and non-academic environments. (I-IV)
2. Develop and use models that represent actual physical situations. (I-IV)
3. Apply problem-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 engineering and science problems. (I-IV)
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PHY116   19946-19965 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. Guass' 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 charge particles in a magnetic field
          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. Coveraging 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 and 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 reaction
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