Textbooks

PHY 317L
General Physics II • Ri
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Volume 2.
TTh 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM (#54785)
• You may also use other standard introductory physics books
books,
TTh 12:30 – 2:00 PM (#54790) for example:
– Halliday,
Halliday Resnick and Walker,
Walker Fundamentals of Physics
• https://quest.cns.utexas.edu – Serway and Vuille, College Physics
• https://canvas.utexas.edu
https://canvas utexas edu
– Giancoli, Physics: Principles with Applications

• OpenStax College Physics available for free at

https://openstax.org/details/college-physics.

Outline of Course Contents Instructor and TAs

• Optics (Ch. 30
30-32)
32) • IInstructor:
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Zhen Yao, yao@physics.utexas.edu,
@ h i t d 471-1058,
471 1058 RLM 13.208
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– Reflection, Refraction, Image Formation – Office Hours:
– Interference and Diffraction o Tuesdayy 2:00 – 3:00 p
pm
• Electromagnetism (Ch. 20-29) o Friday 11:00 am – noon
– Electric Charge, Electric Field, and Electric Potential • TAs: Niral Desai and Rafael Pimentel
– Capacitors
C i anddRResistors
i − Discussion Sessions:
– Electrical Circuits o Tuesday 3:30 - 5:00 pm ECJ 1.214 Niral
– Magnetic Field and Magnetic Force o Thursday 5:00 - 6:30 pm ECJ 1.304 Rafael
– Faraday’s Law of Induction − Office Hours:
– AC Circuit o Monday 3:00 – 4:30 pm RLM 9.312 Niral
– Electromagnetic Waves o Wednesday
W d d 12 30 – 2:00
12:30 2 00 pm RLM 9
9.324
324 R f l
Rafael
o Friday 10:00 – 11:00 am RLM 9.324 Rafael
• Modern Physics (Ch. 34-36 & 38)
o Fridayy 3:00 – 4:00 p
pm RLM 9.312 Niral
– Quantum Physics
– Atomic Physics • Extra TAs are available regularly at the coaching tables on the 5th floor
– Nuclear Physics and Nuclear Energy of RLM.
 How to Do Well in Class
Administrative Issues • Basic Learning Steps
– Read about the topic (Textbook): Before coming to class you
are expected to have read the relevant materials from the
• Course Pre- and Co-Requisites:
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• Any questions – see Ms. Kelly McCoy, Undergraduate Office, misconceptions and difficulties that you may have, with the
RLM 5.216, 471-8856,
471 8856, ugaffairs@physics.utexas.edu. help of demonstrations and interactive quiz questions and
examples.
– Challenge yourself (Homework): Try yourself before getting
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help.
– Close the loop (Discussion sessions and office hours)
• Your participation is required both prior to and during each lecture
• Make sure to understand not memorize the materials
• It is essential to keep up!

Typical Grade Scale

Grading
• A >90
• Homework 25% • A- >85
• B+ >80
• Midterm Exams 45% • B >75
• B- >70
• Final Exam 30% • C+ >65
• C >60
• Semester grades will be determined by a class curve at the • C- >55
end of the semester and no prescribed cutoff values should • D+ >50
be assumed. • D >45
• D- >40
• F <40
 Quest Homework Server Midterm Exams and Final Exam
• Three midterm exams during class time on Thursdays
• Download homework and submit answers at
September 26, October 24, and November 21.
https://quest.cns.utexas.edu
• Cost recovery charge of $30 per course ($60 for two or • The lowest midterm grade will be dropped.
more courses) to use Quest • No makeup midterm exam will be given. If you miss a midterm
• No late homework will be accepted
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• Lowest 2 homework grades will be dropped. • The final exam will be held on Thursday December 12, 2-5 pm
• Do the homework yourself
yourself. Copying answers deprives you for the #54785 section
section, and on Saturday December 1414, 2-5 pm
of the value of homework problems and will hurt your exam for the #54790 section, as scheduled by the Registrar’s Office
grades.
• The final exam is comprehensive
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• Start working on your homework as soon as possible and as
soon as you have obtained an answer to a problem, submit • All exams are closed book.
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ob e s. • A formula sheet will be provided to you during each exam.
• Calculators may be used for numerical calculations only.