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General Information

Course ID (CB01A and CB01B)
PHYS D002B
Course Title (CB02)
General Introductory Physics
Course Credit Status
Credit - Degree Applicable
Effective Term
Fall 2023
Course Description
The laws of mechanics applied to those of electricity and magnetism. An introduction to the physical properties of that fundamental quantity called charge. Includes the study of DC and AC circuits and their elementary applications. Concludes with electromagnetic waves. In the laboratory, learn to construct elementary circuits, measure and analyze their properties with electronic equipment including the oscilloscope, and study the behavior of moving charge in magnetic fields.
Faculty Requirements
Course Family
Not Applicable

Course Justification

This course satisfies the major requirements for biology, architecture and life science majors for at least one CSU or UC. It satisfies the Liberal Arts A.A. Degree, Science, Math and Engineering Emphasis. PHYS D002B focuses on Electricity and Magnetism.

Foothill Equivalency

Does the course have a Foothill equivalent?
No
Foothill Course ID

Course Philosophy

Formerly Statement

Course Development Options

Basic Skill Status (CB08)
Course is not a basic skills course.
Grade Options
  • Letter Grade
  • Pass/No Pass
Repeat Limit
0

Transferability & Gen. Ed. Options

Transferability
Transferable to both UC and CSU
C-IDArea(s)StatusDetails
PHYSPhysicsApprovedPHYS D002A & PHYS D002B & PHYS D002C required for C-ID PHYS 100 S

Units and Hours

Summary

Minimum Credit Units
5.0
Maximum Credit Units
5.0

Weekly Student Hours

TypeIn ClassOut of Class
Lecture Hours4.08.0
Laboratory Hours3.00.0

Course Student Hours

Course Duration (Weeks)
12.0
Hours per unit divisor
36.0
Course In-Class (Contact) Hours
Lecture
48.0
Laboratory
36.0
Total
84.0
Course Out-of-Class Hours
Lecture
96.0
Laboratory
0.0
NA
0.0
Total
96.0

Prerequisite(s)

PHYS D002A

Corequisite(s)

Advisory(ies)

ESL D272. and ESL D273., or ESL D472. and ESL D473., or eligibility for EWRT D001A or EWRT D01AH or ESL D005.

Limitation(s) on Enrollment

Entrance Skill(s)

General Course Statement(s)

Methods of Instruction

Lecture and visual aids

Discussion and problem solving performed in class

Quiz and examination review performed in class

Laboratory experience which involve students in formal exercises of data collection and analysis

Laboratory discussion sessions and quizzes that evaluate the proceedings weekly laboratory exercises

Assignments

  1. Daily and weekly readings from the text
  2. Weekly readings from the laboratory manual
  3. Weekly written assignments from the text and lectures
  4. Written laboratory records during each week of lab

Methods of Evaluation

  1. The required readings and assignments will be evaluated through quantitative problem-solving style homework questions, written verbal answers to quizzes involving lucid sentence constructions, and detailed, clearly explained mathematical solutions to exam problems.
  2. Laboratory quantitative-style quizzes involving calculations from measurements taken and/or periodic review and critique of lab books.
  3. Exams are objective written tests to demonstrate the student's understanding of the course material.
  4. A laboratory based final examination involving "hands on" practical evaluations demonstrating the understanding of the learning outcomes listed in the student learning outcomes section.
  5. A two hour comprehensive lecture final that includes the testing of verbal and conceptual understanding as well as mathematical and computational competency with respect to the theoretical basis and problem solving aspects of the class. The comprehensive final will test the overall understanding of the learning outcomes listed in the student learning outcomes section.

Essential Student Materials/Essential College Facilities

Essential Student Materials: 
  • Laboratory notebook, ruler, scientific calculator
Essential College Facilities:
  • Physics Laboratory

Examples of Primary Texts and References

AuthorTitlePublisherDate/EditionISBN
*Halliday, Resnick, and Walker, "Fundamentals of Physics", 10th edition, Wiley, 2013.
Newton, D. "Physics 2B Laboratory Exercises". °®¶¹´«Ã½ Printing Services, 2010.

Examples of Supporting Texts and References

AuthorTitlePublisher
James S. Walker, "PHYSICS", 4th edition, Addison-Wesley, 2009.

Learning Outcomes and Objectives

Course Objectives

  • Analyze and apply the relevant principles of mechanices to solve problems involving charge and the electric force.
  • Examine electric potential and capacitance to solve problems.
  • Define and study DC and AC electric circuit theory and apply it to solve problems.
  • Apply the principles of magnetism to problem solving.
  • Analyze and examine electromagnetic induction.
  • Assess and examine electromagnetic (EM) waves.
  • Analyze data in the laboratory using graphical, statistical, and computer based techniques.

CSLOs

  • Critically examine new, previously un-encountered problems, analyzing and evaluating their constituent parts, to construct and explain a logical solution utilizing, and based upon, the fundamental laws of electricity and magnetism.

  • Gain confidence in taking precise and accurate scientific measurements, with their uncertainties, and then with calculations from them, analyze their meaning as relative, in an experimental context, to the verification and support of physics theories.

Outline

  1. Analyze and apply the relevant principles of mechanices to solve problems involving charge and the electric force.
    1. Define electric charge and discuss its properties.
    2. Examine Coulomb's force law.
    3. Discuss the electric field.
  2. Examine electric potential and capacitance to solve problems.
    1. Define electric potential and voltage.
    2. Analyze and discuss equipotential lines.
    3. Define capacitance.
  3. Define and study DC and AC electric circuit theory and apply it to solve problems.
    1. Examine the electric battery.
    2. Define and examine current.
    3. Define Ohm's Law.
    4. Study resistors in series and in parallel.
    5. Define and examine Kirchhoff's rules.
  4. Apply the principles of magnetism to problem solving.
    1. Define the magnetic field.
    2. Explore the sources of magnetism.
    3. Explore the force on an electric current in a magnetic field.
    4. Define and discuss the force on an electric charge moving in a magnetic field.
  5. Analyze and examine electromagnetic induction.
    1. Define magnetic flux and the concept of induced EMF.
    2. Introduce and examine Faraday's law of induction and Lenz's Law.
    3. Analyze "motional EMF".
  6. Assess and examine electromagnetic (EM) waves.
    1. Examine the causes and production of EM waves.
    2. Discuss and analyze light as an electromagnetic wave and the electromagnetic spectrum.
    3. Analyze energy and EM waves.
  7. Analyze data in the laboratory using graphical, statistical, and computer based techniques.
    1. Take accurate measurements with confidence and understand the uncertainties associated with them as pertaining to the use of electrical measuring instruments including multimeters and oscilloscopes.
    2. Analyze data to induce scientific conclusions.
    3. Collaborate with others as a team to produce collective results.

Lab Topics

  1. Measuring resistance.
  2. Construct a capacitor.
  3. Measure current and voltages.
  4. Learn how to use the oscilloscope.
  5. Construct an RC circuit.
  6. Study the magnetic force on a current.
  7. Take accurate measurements with confidence and understand the uncertainties associated with them.
  8. Analyze data using graphical, statistical, and computer based techniques.
  9. Analyze data to induce scientific conclusions.
  10. Collaborate with others as a team to produce collective results.
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