PHYS 1314 - Honors General Physics II

Course last offered 

 :   

Spring 2018/19

Instructor(s)

 :

YANG Zhi Yu

No. of credits

 :

3



Teaching Pattern

  • Duration of course: about 13 weeks

  • Lecture hour(s) / tutorial hour(s) per week: 3 / 1

 

Content

This course is a more in-depth version of PHYS 1114. It is intended to provide a solid foundation to students who wish to take more advanced physics courses in the future.

 

  • Coulomb’s law
  • electric field and potential
  • Gauss’ law
  • capacitance
  • circuits
  • magnetic force and field
  • Ampere’s law
  • electromagnetic induction
  • AC circuit
  • Maxwell’s equations
  • electromagnetic waves
  • geometric optics
  • interference and diffraction

 

Remarks

  • For students under the 4-year degree
  • Exclusion(s): PHYS 1114, PHYS 1154 (prior to 2014-15)
  • Prerequisite(s): (Grade A- or above in PHYS 1111 OR PHYS 1112 OR Grade B- or above in PHYS 1312) AND (Level 5 or above in HKDSE Mathematics Extended Module M1/M2 OR MATH 1013 OR MATH 1020 OR MATH 1023)
  • Students without the prerequisite may seek instructor’s approval for enrolling in the course