Syllabus

General Physics II (PHY10304)

2nd Semester 2019
Class Time: Mon, Wed 14:30-15:45; Room: 110-N101

 Master Instructor: Hyeong-Ryeol Park; Room: 108(NSB) 601-6; Email: nano@unist.ac.kr

 Assistant Instructor: Sangyong Yi; Room: 108(NSB) 801-1; Email: sangyong@unist.ac.kr
 Website: http://blackboard.unist.ac.kr
 Office Hour: Monday 5:00-6:00 pm (Call x2029 prior to visit), 108(NSB) 601-6

1. Course Description

General Physics II is the second half of a one-year introductory college physics course. It introduces the
fundamental concepts and analytical descriptions of electricity & magnetism, optics and modern physics.

2. Course Process

The course is redesigned with a focus on more active, student-centered learning, adopting partially the
method of “flipped learning” pioneered by Carl Wieman, a 2001 Nobel-Prize winner in physics. This
course redesign involves making the lecture material available online for students to study prior to class
and reducing the lecture hours by dividing classroom time appropriately into lectures and group
problem-solving(GPS). Two key features of this method are (1) active learning and (2) full utilization of
modern IT technology.

Class proceeds in the following format:

(1) Pre-class study: Students are urged strongly to study pre-class materials provided online before

coming to class. This may include lecture notes and any other materials such as video clips
relevant to the lecture. It is important for students to do pre-class study and come to class
prepared, because lecture hours in the method of flipped learning are significantly less than

those in the traditional method

(2) In-class activity: The in-class hours are divided into lectures and group problem-solving(GPS).
During GPS, students are to form a group of 2~3 people who solve selected homework problems
together. Each student is free to discuss the problems with other students in and outside of

his/her group. In addition, the instructor and teaching assistants can provide guided help when
needed. At the end of each GPS session, a short quiz will be given, which consists of one or

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 two problems similar to the ones solved before in the session. The quiz should be answered

by each student independently of other students in and outside of his/her group.

3. Required Textbook
Walker, Halliday and Resnick, "Principles of Physics", 10th Ed. Wiley.

4. Grading
Midterm exam (40%), Final exam (45%), Homework (5%), GPS quiz (5%) Attendance (5%)

*** We meet both Mondays and Wednesdays. Lectures are given in Monday’s meetings, while
Wednesday’s meetings are devoted to group problem solving. ***
*** Homework problems will be given from each chapter. Students should submit assignments every
week before lectures begin. ***
*** Quizzes will be given in GPS sessions, which will be graded. Problems to be given in the quizzes will
be similar to homework problems. ***
*** All midterm and final exam problems will be selected from topics covered in the lecture and in the
lecture notes given online. About 30% of the exam problems will be qualitative questions (multiple-choice
questions or questions that require short simple answers) and about 70% will be quantitative problems
similar to homework problems. ***
*** (NOTE) Any improper behavior in an exam (such as cheating) will result in an F grade.

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5. Schedule
week Date Chapters Lecture Topic

9/2 Lecture: Ch21, 22(1) Introduction, Electric Charge/

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9/4 GPS: Ch21, 22(1) Electric Fields (1)

9/9 Lecture: Ch22(2), 23

2 Electric Fields (2)/ Gauss’ Law
9/11 GPS: Ch22(2), 23

9/16 Lecture: Ch24

3 Electric Potential
9/18 GPS: Ch24

9/23 Lecture: Ch25, 26(1)

4 Capacitance/ Current and Resistance (1)
9/25 GPS: Ch25, 26(1)

9/30 Lecture: Ch26(2), 27

5 Current and Resistance (2)/ Circuits
10/2 GPS: Ch26(2), 27

10/7 Lecture: Ch28

6 Magnetic Fields
10/9 Holiday

10/14 Lecture: Ch29

7 Magnetic Fields Due to Currents
10/16 GPS: Ch28, 29

8 10/21~10/25 Midterm Exam

10/28 Lecture: Ch30, 31(1) Induction and Inductance/ Electromagnetic

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10/30 GPS: Ch30, 31(1) Oscillations and Alternating Current (1)

11/4 Lecture: Ch31(2), 32 Electromagnetic Oscillations and Alternating

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11/6 GPS: Ch31(2), 32 Current (2)/ Maxwell’s Equations

11/11 Lecture: Ch33, 34(1)

11 Electromagnetic Waves/ Images (1)
11/13 GPS: Ch33, 34(1)

11/18 Lecture: Ch34(2), 35

12 Images (2)/ Interference
11/20 GPS: Ch34(2), 35

11/25 Lecture: Ch36

13 Diffraction
11/27 GPS: Ch36

12/2 Lecture: Ch38

14 Photons and Matter Waves
12/4 GPS: Ch38

12/9 Lecture: Ch39

15 More About Matter Waves
12/11 GPS: Ch39

16 12/16~12/20 Final Exam

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 6. Homework Assignments
Problems Due Date

Chapter 21: 2(a),(b), 4(a),(b) September 9, just before a lecture begins

Chapter 22: 1, 15, 33, 34, 49, 55

September 16, just before a lecture begins
Chapter 23: 3, 11, 25, 27, 28, 29

Chapter 24: 1, 7, 18, 36, 45, 48, 53, 55, 58 September 23, just before a lecture begins

Chapter 25: 14, 17, 18, 19, 25, 34, 50, 53 September 30, just before a lecture begins

Chapter 26: 15, 19, 35, 45, 49, 52

October 7, just before a lecture begins
Chapter 27: 2, 16, 21, 60, 68, 69

Chapter 28: 3, 5, 26, 32, 50, 61 October 14, just before a lecture begins

Chapter 29: 5, 8, 27, 33, 53, 63 October 16, just before a lecture begins

Chapter 30: 23, 26, 39, 40, 55, 57, 67, 73 November 4, just before a lecture begins

Chapter 31: 2, 35, 41, 44, 57, 62, 64, 65

November 11, just before a lecture begins
Chapter 32: 3, 33, 53

Chapter 33: 1, 4, 25, 27, 30, 39, 45, 47, 62 November 18, just before a lecture begins

Chapter 34: 1, 2, 9, 10, 47, 93

November 25, just before a lecture begins
Chapter 35: 31, 32, 34, 52, 59, 75

Chapter 36: 11, 13, 16, 37, 41, 47, 49, 51 December 2, just before a lecture begins

Chapter 38: 3, 13, 16, 34, 42, 77 December 9, just before a lecture begins

Chapter 39: 4, 7, 24, 27, 48, 52 December 11, just before a lecture begins

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*** Assignments submitted before or after due dates are not accepted. Each assignment must be handed
in just before a lecture begins.
*** You should submit your assignments in person to a TA in the classroom. Assignments must be
submitted individually.
*** Your assignment must be written in handwriting.
*** If your assignment consists of multiple sheets, please take a stapler to submit it.

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