131 Syllabus
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 of the plane wave solutions
to Maxwells' wave equations for the electromagnetic field. A detailed
list of topics can be found on the
lecture schedule which accompanies this syllabus.
The textbook is Physics for Scientists and Engineers, by Fishbane,
Gasiorowicz and Thornton, Second Edition (Extended), (Prentice Hall,
1996.) Reading assignments and homework problems are keyed to this
textbook.
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GRADES: By recitation
Note that grades are not listed in alphabetical order
ADAMS
Mon 240
WATERS
Mon 840
Mon 940
Tue 1140
Tue 1240
Tue 340
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