Physics 203 - General Physics III
Fall Quarter 1993

1993 Catalog Data:
Physics 203: General Physics.
Credit 4.
For physical science and engineering majors, using calculus. Lecture 3 hours, laboratory 2.5 hours.
Prerequisites: PHYS 202; MATH 208 (may be taken concurrently). Elementary field theory, basic electricity and magnetism, DC and AC circuits.

Textbook:R. Resnick and D. Halliday, Fundamentals of Physics, 3rd ed., John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 1988.
Laboratory Manual: Physics 203 Laboratory Manual, California State University, Los Angeles, revised annually.
Coordinator: M. B. Epstein, Professor of Physics
Goals:To introduce students to the basic concepts of electric and magnetic fields.

Prerequisites by Topic:

Differentiation, integration, sequences, series of coordinate systems.

Topics: (# of 75 min classes)

  1. Electric charge. (1)
  2. Electric fields. (2)
  3. Gauss' Law. (2)
  4. Electric potential. (2)
  5. Capacitance. (2)
  6. Current and resistance. (1.5)
  7. DC circuits. (1.5)
  8. Magnetic field. (2)
  9. Ampere's Law. (1)
  10. Faraday's Law of Induction (1.5)
  11. Inductance. (1.5)
  12. Examinations (2)

Laboratory Exercises:

  1. Electrostatics. (1 week)
  2. Fields and potentials. (1 week)
  3. Capacitors. (1.5 weeks)
  4. Ohm's and Kirchhoff's Laws. (1.5 weeks)
  5. Magnetic fields. (1 week)
  6. Faraday's Law. (1 week)
  7. Measurement of e/m. (1 week)

ABET category content as estimated by the faculty member who prepared this course description:

Basic Science: 4 credits or 100%

Prepared by: P. S. Ganas
Date: October 1993