The City College of the CUNY
General Physics II (Physics 20400) || Section: 1XW and 1XW2 || Summer-2021 Syllabus
Instructor: Dr. Taposh Gayen
Preferred Email:
tgphys204ccny@gmail.com
Default Email:
tgayen@ccny.cuny.edu
Lecture: M, TU, TH (6:00 PM-7:40 PM) https://ccny.zoom.us/j/89066302103
Recitation: Tuesday (8:00 PM-9:40 PM) https://ccny.zoom.us/j/84258491367
Office Hours: Friday (11:00 AM-11:50 AM) https://ccny.zoom.us/j/85309786413
LAB: Wednesday (8:00 PM-9:40 PM)
LAB Instructor: Mr. Saroj Chand
sarojc23@gmail.com
Required Text: Physics, Vols. I & II, 10th Edition (by Cutnell & Johnson) ISBN: 9781118651889
Physics, Vols. I & II, 9th Edition (by Cutnell & Johnson) ISBN: 9780470879528
Suggested Text: Physics for Scientists and Engineers [by Serway and Jewett]
Lecture Topic Chapters and Sections
01 Introduction
Waves & Sound Chapter 16: Sections:1-10
02 Waves &Sound Chapter 16: Sections: 1-10
03 Interference Phenomena Chapter 17: Sections: 1-6
04 Electric Forces &Fields Chapter 18: Sections: 1-5
05 Electrical Potential Chapter 19: Sections: 1-5
06 Electrical Circuits Chapter 20: Sections: 1-6
07 Electric Circuits Chapter 20: Sections: 6-12
08 Magnetic Forces & Fields Chapter 21: Sections: l-8
09 Magnetic Forces and Fields Chapter 21: Sections: 1-8
10 Electromagnetic Inductions Chapter 22: Sections l-5, 8
11 AC Circuits Chapter 23: Sections 1-5
12
13 Polarization Chapter 24: Section
14 Reflection of Light Chapter 25: Sections 1-7
15 Refraction of Light Chapter 26: Sections 1-8
16 Particles and Waves Chapter 29: Sections 1-6:
17 Nature of the Atom Chapter 30: Sections 1-9
18 Nature of the Atom [Contd.] Chapter 30: [Contd.]
19 Nuclear Physics Chapter 31: Sections 1-7
20 Nuclear Physics Chapter 31: Sections 1-7
21 Special Relativity Chapter 28: Sections 1-5
22 Review
23 Final Exam Cumulative Final
Grading: [5 Quizzes (20 Points) + Lab (25 Points) + Two Exams (20* 2 = 40 Points) +
Final Exam (35 Points)] = 100 Points.
There will be no makeup quiz for any reason. Five quizzes are equivalent to one exam.
Therefore, five quizzes can be replaced with one Exam and vice versa.
If you miss midterm or Final because of medical emergency, only then you will be able
to retake the exam. But you must submit a doctor’s note. Otherwise, you will be prepared
to earn either a lower Letter Grade or receive an Incomplete Grade. In case of an INC
grade, you must finish the required work by August-2020 to replace with a proper grade.
You, however, will not be given any opportunity to retake the quiz you miss.
Homework: Homework will be assigned, but they will neither be collected nor be graded, but they will be
solved in the classroom and solutions to the assigned problems will be provided.
Final Grade: The Final Letter Grade will be given to you based on the total points you earn according
to the scheme indicated above and the Grading Policy outlined by the CCNY.
Important Dates
1st Quiz : 06/15/2021
2nd Quiz : 06/22/2021
Exam-I : 06/29/2021
3rd Quiz : 07/06/2021
Exam-II : 07/13/2021
4th Quiz : 07/20/2021
5th Quiz : 07/27/2021
Final Exam : 07/28/2021
Physics II (Physics 20400) || Homework
(Numbers noted here will most likely be the same in both 9th and 10th Editions. We will check)
You will be fine with any edition of the assigned text. I will provide you with problem statements of the
problems that I want to solve in the classroom.
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Chapter 16: Waves and Sound
9 ||15 || 22 || 26 || 25 || 28 || 44 || 60 ||71 || 88||
Chapter 17: Principle of Linear Superposition and Interference Phenomena
7 || 9 || 11|| 21 || 25 || 33|| 37 || 38 || 48 || 36 || 26
Chapter 18: Electric Force and Electric Fields
9 || 13 || 21|| 26|| 27 || 66|| 52 || 53||
Chapter 19: Electric Potential Energy and Electric Potential
7 || 10 || 17 || 23|| 30|| 38 || 64 || 48 ||
Chapter 20: Electric Circuits
17 || 28 || 39 || 117 || 112 || 85|| 84|| 97|| 103
Chapter 21: Magnetic Forces and Magnetic Fields
9 || 11||15 || 21 || 23|| 40 || 38 || 49 || 59 || 46 ||
Chapter 22: Electromagnetic Induction
5 || 10 || 14 || 77 || 78 || 25 || 31 ||
Chapter 23: AC Circuits
15 || 16 || 24 || 51 || 40 ||
Chapter 24: Polarization
Chapter 25: Reflection of Light
5 || 47 || 6 || 11 || 12
Chapter 26: Refraction of Light
13 || 18 || 20 || 34 || 33 || 40 || 41 || 48 ||
Chapter 27: Interference of Light
3 || 8 || 9 || 13 || 17 || 28 || 49
Chapter 28: Special Relativity
5|| 6 || 7 || 8 || 2 || 14 || 20 || 31 ||
Chapter 29: Particles and Waves
4 || 11 || 14 || 21 || 23 || 31 || 35 || 40 || 42||
Chapter 30: Nature of Atoms
3 || 20 || 30 || 34 || 47 || 48 || 49 ||
Chapter 31: Nuclear Physics
36 || 44 || 48 || 55
Chapter 32: Elementary Particles 28 || 32 || 36 ||
Last Updated: 06/08/2021 09:07