Wright State University Lake Campus/2020-1/Phy 1120/Syllabus

Principles of Physics 2: Phy1120 covers the fundamentals of charge, electric field, magnetism, optics and modern physics. Topics include electric and magnetic fields, electromagnetic induction, electromagnetic waves, geometric and wave optics, optical instruments, relativity, quantum theory, and nuclear physics (4 credit hours.) Also required is the lab PHY2210L: Introductory-level laboratory problems (1 credit hour.)

Enrolled students may access all materials needed for this course through Pilot (https://pilot.wright.edu/d2l/loginh/)

The textbook is provided by OpenStax and is available online, as a downloadable pdf file. And it can be purchased for at a modest cost:


 * https://openstax.org/details/books/college-physics
 * http://www.wright.edu/~guy.vandegrift/openstaxphysics/openstaxChapters.htm

Supplementary materials might be taken from these old sites:
 * Physics equations
 * http://www.wright.edu/~guy.vandegrift/openstaxphysics/quiz_solutions/quiz_solutions.htm

A collection of practice quizzes may be found on MyOpenMath. More details on accessing this resource will be placed on Pilot.

Approximate schedule
Here, M1.13 refers to Monday 1/13/2020

A tentative schedule can be found in the class ../Notes/