COURSE UNIT TITLE

: PHYSICS II

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
PHY 1102 PHYSICS II COMPULSORY 3 2 0 5

Offered By

Faculty of Engineering

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ZEYNEP DEMIR VATANSEVER

Offered to

Aerospace Engineering
Computer Engineering
Electrical and Electronics Engineering

Course Objective

The major objectives of this course are to provide the fundamental knowledge of electromagnetism, to develop solid and systematic problem solving skills, and to lay the foundations for further studies in natural sciences and engineering.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Being able to identify the electrical charges, electrostatic forces and the law governing these forces
2   Being able to describe the basic concepts of magnetism
3   Being able to calculate the electric field and magnetic field of a given charge and current distribution
4   Being able to explain the electrical and magnetic properties of materials
5   Being able to compute the circuital parameters of elements in basic electrical circuits, and to carry out controlled experiments verifying the results of the calculations
6   Being able to apply the fundamental principles of electricity and magnetism, together with logical and mathematical reasoning, to situations of the physical world acquire

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Electric fields: Coulomb's law, The electric field (point charge and continuous charge distribution)
2 Gauss's law: Electric flux, Gauss's law, Applications of Gauss's law
3 Electric potential: Potential difference and electric potential, Potential due to point charge/continuous charge distribution
4 Capacitance and dielectrics: Calculation of capacitance, Capacitors with dielectrics, Energy stored in a capacitor
5 Current and resistance: Current, resitance and Ohm's law, A model for electrical conduction
6 Direct current circuits: Electromotive force, Kirchhoff's rules, RC circuits
7 General review
8 Magnetic fields: Force on a current-carrying conductor, Torque on a current loop in a uniform magnetic field
9 Sources of the magnetic field: The Biot-Savart law, Ampere's law, Magnetic flux, Magnetism in matter (1)
10 Sources of the magnetic field: The Biot-Savart law, Ampere's law, Magnetic flux, Magnetism in matter (2)
11 Faraday's law: Motional emf, Lenz's law, Induced emf and electric fields
12 Inductance: Self-inductance, RL circuits, Oscillations in an LC circuit
13 General review and problem solution

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Physics for Scientists & Engineers with Modern Physics, Raymond A. Serway, Saunders College Publishing, 0-03-015654-8,USA (1996)
2. University Physics, H.D. Young, R.A. Freedman, A.L. Ford, Pearson Education (2009)
3. Fundamentals of physics, David Halliday, Robert Resnick, John Wiley & Sons Inc.,ISBN 978-0-470 (2011)

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures, Tutorials, Laboratory, and Presentation

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 LAB LABORATORY
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + LAB * 0.20 + FIN * 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + LAB * 0.20 + RST * 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

1. %70 of the participation of classes is mandatory.
2. All types of plagiarism will be controlled for and penalised.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Tutorials 14 2 28
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 10 4 40
Preparation for midterm exam 1 4 4
Preparation for final exam 1 12 12
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 130

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10
LO.15322
LO.2532
LO.353222
LO.453322
LO.55334222
LO.65333222