PHYS 102 General Physics II SYLLABUS 2024 - 2025 Fall Semester

Course textbook: D. Giancoli, Physics for Scientists and Engineers with Modern Physics, (5th Ed.) Pearson

COURSE OUTLINE
Week Dates Chapter Contents
Static electricity; Electric Charge and its Conservation; Electric
1 16.09-22.09 21. Electric Charge and Electric Field Charge in an Atom; Insulators and Conductors; Induced Charge;
Coulomb’s Law; The Electric Field;
Electric Field Calculations for Continuous Charge distributions; Field
2 23.09-29.09 21. Electric Charge and Electric Field Lines; Electric Fields and conductors; Motion of a Charged Particle
in an Electric Field; Electric Dipoles
3 30.09-06.10 22. Gauss’s Law Electric Flux; Gauss’s Law; Applications of Gauss’s Law
Electric Potential Energy and Potential Difference; Relation
Between Electric Potential and Electric Field; Electric Potential Due
to Point Charges; Potential Due to Any Charge Distribution;
4 07.10-13.10 23. Electric Potential Equipotential Lines and Surfaces; Potential Due to Electric Dipole;
Dipole Moment.Determined from V; Electrostatic Potential Energy;
the Electron Volt
Capacitors; Determination of Capacitance; Capacitors in Series and
24. Capacitance, Dielectrics, Electric Energy Parallel; Storage of Electrical Energy; Dielectrics; Molecular
5 14.10-20.10
Storage Description of Dielectrics
Midterm Exam 1 (Saturday, 19 October 2024)
The Electric Battery; Electric Current; Ohm’s Law: Resistance and
6 21.10-27.10 25. Electric Current and Resistance Resistors; Resistivity; Electric Power; Power in Household Circuits;
Alternating Current; Microscopic View of Electric Current
EMF and Terminal Voltage; Resistors in Series and Parallel;
Kirchhoff’s Rules; EMFs in Series and Parallel; Charging a Battery;
7 28.10-03.11 26. DC Circuits RC Circuits – Resistor and Capacitor in Series; Electric Hazards
and Safety; Ammeters and Voltmeters
Magnets and Magnetic Fields; Electric Current Produce Magnetic
Fields; Force on an Electric Current in a Magnetic Field: Definition
of B; Force on an Electric Charge Moving in a Magnetic Field;
8 04.11-10.11 27. Magnetism Torque on a Current Loop; Magnetic Dipole Moment; Applications:
Motors, Loudspeakers, Galvanometers; Discovery and Properties of
the electron; The Hall Effect; Mass Spectrometer
Magnetic Field Due to a Straight Wire; Force Between Two Parallel
Wires; Definitions of the Ampere and the Coulomb; Ampere’s Law;
9 11.11-17.11 28. Sources of Magnetic Field Magnetic Field of a Solenoid and a Toroid; Biot-Savart Law;
Magnetic Field Due to a Single Moving Charge; Magnetic Materials
– Ferromagnetism; Electromagnets and Solenoids – Applications
10 18.11-24.11 Catch up and Review Midterm Exam 2 (Saturday, 23 November 2024)
Induced EMF; Faraday’s Law of Induction; Lenz’s Law; EMF
29. Electromagnetic Induction and Faraday’s Induced in a Moving Conductor; Electric Generators; Back EMF and
11 25.11-01.12
Law Counter Torque; Eddy Currents; Transformers and Transmission of
Power; A Changing Magnetic Field Produces an electric Field
Mutual Inductance; Self-Inductance; Inductors; Energy Stored in a
Magnetic Field; LR Circuits; LC Circuits and Electromagnetic
30. Inductance, Electromagnetic Oscillations,
12 02.12-08.12 Oscillations; LC Oscillations with Resistance (LRC Circuit); AC
and AC Circuits Circuits and Reactance; LRC Series AC Circuit; Phasor Diagrams;
Resonance in AC Circuits
Changing Electric Fields Produce Magnetic Fields; Displacement
Current; Gauss’s Law for Magnetism; Maxwell’s Equations;
Production of elEctromagnetic Waves; Electromagnetic Waves, and
31. Maxwell’s Equations and Electromagnetic Their Speed, Derived From Maxwell’s Equations; Light as an
13 09.12-15.12
Waves Electromagnetic Wave and the Electromagnetic Spectrum;
Measuring the Speed of Light; Energy in EM Waves; the Poynnting
Vector; Radiation Pressure; Radio and Television; Wireless
Communication
14 16.12-22.12 Review
15 23.12-29.12 Classes End (24 December 2024)

Other Recommended Textbooks:

1. Serway & Jewett, Physics for Scientists and Engineers (10th Ed.), Cengage

2. Young and Freedman, University Physics, (15th Ed.) Pearson

Course Web Page: You can find useful information concerning the course, including a copy of this syllabus, a list of staff, past exam
solutions, etc., at http://www.fen.bilkent.edu.tr/~phys102/

Laboratory Web Page: Information on the laboratory work, including the weekly schedule and the semester plan, can be found at

http://www.fen.bilkent.edu.tr/~physlab/

Grading Scheme:

Midterm Exam 1: 15%, Midterm Exam 2: 20%, Final Exam: 25%, Laboratory Work: 20%, Quizzes 10%, Homework 10%

Letter Grade Bins:

A [100,85], A- (85, 80], B+ (80, 75], B (75, 70], B- (70, 65], C+ (65, 60], C (60, 55], C- (55, 50], D+ (50, 45], D (45, 40], F (40, 0]

Important Note:

Students will not be admitted into the final exam, and will receive an automatic FZ grade if:

 their lab grade is not a passing grade, i.e., less than 60.
 the weighted average of their Midterm 1 and Midterm 2 is below 30.
 their attendance is less than 70%.

Midterm Exam Dates:

Midterm Exam 1: Saturday, 19 October 2024 (13:00 hrs.), Midterm Exam 2: Saturday, 23 November 2024 (13:00 hrs.)

General Information About Exams:

 All students should comply with the Honor Code. They will be asked to sign the following code on the cover sheet of the
exam questions for their exams to be graded: “I pledge, on my Honor, not to lie, cheat, or steal in either my academic or
personal life. I understand that such acts violate the Honor Code and undermine the community of trust of which we are all
stewards.”
 The exams will be common and will be administrated to all students at the same time. Questions and their solutions for
each exam will be prepared by the exam committee and will be available on the course web site following the exam.
 Students are not allowed to use calculators during exams. No cell phones will be admitted into the exam room. They will
be collected prior to the exam and will be handed back afterwards.
 Students should be present in the designated rooms announced before the start of the exam, and should have their
Bilkent ID cards on them. Exam proctors will have a list of students assigned to each location and will not accept students
whose name is not on the list. Students who are late for more than 20 minutes will not be allowed to take the exam.
 Exam papers will be graded by the instructors. Each question will be graded by one instructor.
 Make-up exams for the midterms will be administrated in the last week of courses. Make-up for the final exam will be
administrated within five work days following the final exam. Students are expected to present a valid medical report to
their Dean’s office within two work days to be able to sit in the make-up exam (University Rules and Regulations for
Undergraduate Studies, Item No. 4.8).
 Students will have the right to ask for a reassessment of their exam paper within five work days after the announcement of
their grades (University Rules and Regulations for Undergraduate Studies, Item No. 4.12). Reassessment applications
should be done by sending an e-mail to the lecturer of the section stating in detail why the exam paper should be
reassessed. Students should be aware that their grade could increase or decrease following a reassessment.
  Students who received FZ grades will not be admitted to the final exam. Attempting to take the final exam after receiving
an FZ grade will result in a disciplinary action.

Quizzes

During the semester, a minimum of 10 short (10 min.) quizzes will be administrated at the end of a class period. Results of these
quizzes will comprise 10% of each student’s final grade.

Homework

Homework will be assigned through the online tutoring and homework system “MasteringPhysics™,” which is associated with the
textbook. You will need the access code to register on the site. The website will also provide a grading procedure for each student,
which will account for 10% of the final grade.

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Moodle

This course will require students to use the new integrated STARS/Moodle system. For this students must first create a Moodle
account and then enrol (register) themselves to the desired Moodle course pages. Students can login the server using the “Moodle”
button on their STARS screens. This must be done at least once at the beginning of the semester to create a Moodle account.
Previous semester Moodle accounts will not work on the new server. Please refer your students to their Moodle account for the
common syllabus, current and past exams, necessary forms and announcements.

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Labs

Labs will start during the third week of the semester. Please refer to the lab web page (www.fen.bilkent.edu.tr/~physlab/ ) for more
information on all lab-related questions.

Attendance

According to Bilkent University Rules and Regulations attendance to lectures is compulsory. It will be monitored by the instructor
regularly.

Best wishes for a prosperous semester.