PHYSICS 220BL, ELECTRICITY & MAGNETISM LABORATORY

SPRING 2003

Ticket #85526

Mondays, 19:00-21:50

Room SC1102

Textbook: PHYSICS 220BL LABORATORY MANUAL   by  Department of Physics and Astronomy California State University, Northridge

 

T. Chen

E-mail: taonian.chen@csun.edu

Website: http://www.oocities.org/taonian

Office: SC1120C

 

Office Hours:

Tuesdays: 9:15-10:14.

Thursdays: 9:15-9:45.

Online assistance.

 

 

Objective: This is a laboratory course for electricity and magnetism. Students will be able to independently perform electricity and magnetism experiments and complete laboratory reports after taking this course.

 

Prerequisite: PHYSICS 220AL, PHYSICS 220B/concurrently-taking 220B preferred.

 

Course Schedule

Date

Experiments

Date

Experiments

1/27

Introduction/Organization

3/24

E-8 Determination of Charge to Mass Ratio/E-9 Oscilloscope*

2/3

E-1 Electric Field Plotting

3/31

Cesar Chavez Day

2/10

E-2 Discovering Ohm’s Law                                                                 

4/7

E-10 Simple A.C. Circuit –Reactance &…

2/17

E-3 Simple DC Circuit

 4/14

Spring Break

2/24

E-4 Wheatstone Bridge

4/21

E-11 Simple A.C. Circuit –Variance with …

  3/3

E-5 The Slide Wire Potentiometer

4/29

E-12 Alternating Current (II)

  3/10

E-6 RC Circuit Discharge

  5/7

E-13 Measurement of Earth’s Magnetic Field

  3/17

E-7 Determination of Charge-to-Mass Ratio-Electrostatic

  5/14

Final Examination

 

*Only one experiment will be performed.

 

  1. There will be 12 experiments. Lab reports are due at the beginning of the lab

period the week following the experiment. Overdue reports will not be accepted.

Each reports is worth 5 points      

      2.   There will be a take-home quiz for each experiment. The quiz is due together with   

the lab report. The quiz turned in late will not be accepted.

Each quiz is worth 5 points.

 

  1. Students will also be evaluated based on attendance and lab performance.

Absence and non-participation will affect the final grade. Each attendance is worth 1 point.

  1. The report/quiz with the lowest score will be dropped.
  2. There will be no make-up session for any missed experiment. However, you have the option of dropping a missing experiment as your lowest score.
  3. There is a final exam. It is worth 100 points. The format of the final is a comprehensive two-hour-open-book test.
  4. The final letter grade is based on the total points accumulated. The highest point is calculated as: 5 x 11 (reports) + 5 x 11 (quizzes) + 12 (attendance) + 100 (final) = 222. The distribution of the grades is A: 200, B: 166, C: 133, D: 110, and F: 85, with +, - at both ends. A+ will not be granted.
  5. A special office hour will be scheduled after the final exam so that the students can review their final grades. When the grades are finalized no change of the grades can be made. Do not send emails for grade inquiry.
  6. The students should strictly follow the laboratory safety rules. Should any accident occur, report the accident to the instructor immediately.