131 Syllabus

Second Summer Session 2002

     PHY-131 is the second part of a four-semester sequence in introductory physics offered to engineering and other science and pre-professional majors who have the appropriate background in mathematics. The prerequisite for PHY-131 is the second semester of calculus, or, in terms of its ASU course number, MAT-271. Since a working familiarity with basic integral calculus will be assumed, the student who has not had this course or its equivalent should withdraw from the class. Differential and integral calculus will be used regularly throughout the course.

     PHY-131 covers the subject of electricity and magnetism from the electrostatics of Coulomb's law through electrodynamics, as contained in Ampere's and Faraday's laws. Some DC and AC circuit analysis is done, but only to illustrate the physical properties of simple circuit elements and the concept of resonance in physical systems. The course concludes with a discussion of Maxwell's equations and a brief introduction to electromagnetic waves. A detailed list of topics can be found on the Homework and Lecture Schedule which accompanies this syllabus.

     The textbook is Fundamentals of Physics, by Halliday, Resnick, and Walker, Sixth Edition, (John Wiley & Sons, 2001.) Reading assignments and homework problems are keyed to this textbook. The Problem Supplement #1 is optional; any problems assigned from that book will also be made available on the web.

The full text of the syllabus is also available as a pdf file.

Course Format and Policies
Homework and Lecture Schedule
Reading Schedule

Online Problems July 1 - July 8 <> July 10 - July 16
July 18 - July 24 <> July 26 - Aug 1
Definitions: Current and Resistance
Course Updates 8/11 Return Delayed Until Aug 13
Answers to Even-Numbered Problems
Current Equation Sheet

PLACES TO GET HELP
Textbook Sites - practice tests and more

Class Average Final Average Now Available
HOW TO FIGURE YOUR FINAL GRADE


TA's

Eugene Geis
Eric Dykeman
Jie Ren
Nimish Hathi
Kazuyuki Tamura