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Course Plan Semester Fall 2015
Course Code: Phy 120
By: Sohail Muzamil.
Course Outline and Contents:
Physics Introduction, Materials, Waves Theory and Optics.
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Electric Charge, Electrical Conductors and Insulators. Coulombs law for point Charges,
Week 4
Coulombs law for the Continuous Charge Distribution. (A Uniform line of charge & a
ring of charge), Exercises/ Problems [Quiz01 and assignment 01]
Week 5
Electric field, Electric field of point charges, Electric dipole, Electric field of continuous
charge distribution.
Week 6
Electric field lines, a point charge in an Electric Field, a Dipole in an Electric Field.
Potential Energy, Electric Potential, Potential due to Point Charges. [Quiz02 and
assignment 02]
Week 7
Week 8
Week 9
Electric flux of a vector field, Gausss Law, Applications of Gausss Law (Infinite Line of
Charge, Infinite sheet of Charge), Gausss law and conductors, Exercises/ Problems
Capacitors and capacitance, Parallel plates capacitors, Parallel and series capacitors,
Energy stored in capacitors, Equipotential surfaces, Exercises/ Problems
Week 10
A conductor in an electric field (Static & Dynamic Conditions), Current Density & Drift
velocity. Ohms Law & Ohmic Materials, Exercises/ Problems
Week 11
Electric current, emf, Analysis of Circuits, Electric Fields in circuits, Resistances in series
& parallel. [Quiz03 and assignment 03]
Week 12
Week 13
Magnetic Interactions & Magnetic Poles, Magnetism & Moving Charges, The magnetic
force on a Moving Charge, Magnetic flux, The Lorentz Force
Week 14
The Hall Effect, and Magnetic force on a current carrying wire, The Torque on a Current
Loop. Magnetic Field due to a Moving Charge, Biot-Savarts law & its applications (A
straight wire segment), Two Parallel Currents, The Interaction between Parallel Currents.
Week 15
The Magnetic Field of a Solenoid, Amperes Law, Applications of Amperes Law (For a
Long Straight Wire, a Solenoid.)
Week 16
Faradays Law of Induction, Lenzs Law, Motional emf, Generators & Motors, Induced
Electric Fields. [Quiz04 and assignment 04]
Week 17
Inductance, Calculating the Inductance, (Self & mutual Induction), The Inductance of a
Solenoid, LR Circuits, Energy Storage in a Magnetic Field. The Basic Equations of
Electromagnetism and Maxwells Equations
Electronics
Week 18
Week 19
Assessment Plan (Quizzes, Assignments, Case Studies, Presentations, Practical, Tests etc. With
starting and submission dates where applicable):
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Week 5
Week 6
Week 7
Week 8
Week 9
No assignment
No assignment
Assignment 3 on KVL and KCL
Week 10
No assignment
Week 11
Week 12
Week 13
Week 14
Assignment 4 Magnetism
Week 15
Week 16
No assignment
Quiz 4, covering the class teaching by date
Week 17
No Assignment
Week 18
Week 19
No assignment
No Assignment