Course Information


Course Information
Course Title Code Semester L+U Hour Credits ECTS
PHYSICS II PHY0106 2. Semester 3 + 0 3.0 4.0

Prerequisites None

Language of Instruction English
Course Level Bachelor's Degree
Course Type Compulsory
Mode of delivery
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Goals The purpose of this lecture is to present the fundamental concepts of the electricity and magnetism
Course Content Electric charge, electric fields, Gauss law, electric potential, capacitance, current and resistance, electromotor force and circuits, magnetic fields, Ampere’s law, Faraday’s induction law, inductance, electromagnetic waves, Maxwell equations, geometric optics.
Learning Outcomes 1) Students would have up to date information, software, theoretical and practical knowledge on Physics. Moreover, they will be equipped with knowledge sufficiently to use Physics related resources.
2) "Students would acquire theoretical knowledge on subject of Physics theories. "
3) They could apply the theoretical knowledge gained in the field of Physics
4) Students would be able to analyze the experimental results
5) They would acquire the ability to figure out the physical concepts and issues in the field of Physics through scientific methods and interprete them.

Weekly Topics (Content)
Week Topics Teaching and Learning Methods and Techniques Study Materials
1. Week Properties of Electric Charges, Insulators and Conductors, Coulomb’s Law, Lecture; Question Answer; Problem Solving; Discussion
Brainstorming
 Homework
2. Week The Electric Field, Electric Field of a Continuous Charge Distribution, Electric Field Lines, Motion of Charged Particles in a Uniform Electric Field Lecture; Question Answer; Problem Solving; Discussion
Brainstorming
 Homework
3. Week Gauss’s Law, Electric Flux, Gauss’s Law, Application of Gauss’s Law to Charged Insulators, Conductors in Electrostatic Equilibrium Lecture; Question Answer; Problem Solving; Discussion
Brainstorming
 Homework
4. Week Electric Potential, Potential Difference and Electric Potential, Potential Differences in a Uniform Electric Field, Electric Potential and Potential Energy Due to Point Charges, Obtaining the Value of the Electric Field from the Electric Potential, Electric potential Due to Continuous Charge Distributions, Lecture; Question Answer; Problem Solving; Discussion
Brainstorming
 Homework
5. Week Electric Potential Due to a Charged Conductor,Capacitance and Dielectrics, Definition of Capacitance, Calculating Capacitance, Combinations of Capacitors Lecture; Question Answer; Problem Solving; Discussion
Brainstorming
 Homework
6. Week Capacitors with Dielectrics, Electric Dipole in an Electric Field, An Atomic Description of Dielectrics Lecture; Question Answer; Problem Solving; Discussion
Brainstorming
 Homework
7. Week Midterm Problem Solving
Brainstorming
 Homework
8. Week Current and Resistance, Electric Current, Resistance and Ohm’s Law, A Model for Electrical Conduction, Resistance and Temperature, Electrical Energy and Power Lecture; Question Answer; Problem Solving; Discussion
Brainstorming
 Homework
9. Week Direct Current Circuits, Electromotive Force, Resistors in Series and in Parallel, Kirchhoff’s Rules, RC Circuits, Electrical Instruments Lecture; Question Answer; Problem Solving; Discussion
Brainstorming
 Homework
10. Week Magnetic Fields, The Magnetic Field, Magnetic Force Acting on a Current-Carrying Conductor Lecture; Question Answer; Problem Solving; Discussion
Brainstorming
 Homework
11. Week Torque on a Current Loop in a Uniform Magnetic Field, Motion of a Charged Particle in a Uniform Magnetic Field, Applications İnvolving Charged Particles Moving in a Magnetic Field, The Hall Effect Lecture; Question Answer; Problem Solving; Discussion
Brainstorming
 Homework
12. Week Sources of the Magnetic Field, The Biot-Savart Law, The Magnetic Force Between Two Paralel Conductors Lecture; Question Answer; Problem Solving; Discussion
Brainstorming
 Homework
13. Week Ampere’s Law, The Magnetic Field of a Solenoid, Magnetic Flux, Gauss’s law in Magnetism, Displacement Current and the General Form of Ampere’s Law Lecture; Question Answer; Problem Solving; Discussion
Brainstorming
 Homework
14. Week Faraday’s Law, Faraday’s Law of Induction, Motional emf, Lenz’s Law, Induced emf and Electric Fields, Maxwell’s Wonderful Equations Lecture; Question Answer; Problem Solving; Discussion
Brainstorming
 Homework

Sources Used in This Course
Recommended Sources
Fundamentals of Physics, 2nd Ed., D.Halliday, R Resnick, John Wiley and Sons, New York, 1981
Physics for Scientists and Engineers, 3rd Ed., Raymond A. Serway, Saunders Golden Sunburst Series, Philadelphia, 1990. Physics for Scientists and Engineers, 3rd Ed., Raymond A. Serway, Saunders Golden Sunburst Series, Philadelphia, 1990.

ECTS credits and course workload
Event Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Course Duration (Total weeks*Hours per week) 14 4
Work Hour outside Classroom (Preparation, strengthening) 14 4
Homework 5 2
Midterm Exam 1 2
Time to prepare for Midterm Exam 1 5
Final Exam 1 2
Time to prepare for Final Exam 1 2
Total Workload
Total Workload / 30 (s)
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