PHYS 1114 - General Physics II

Course last offered 

 :   

Fall 2019/20

Instructor(s)

 :

TSUI Ophelia K C 

No. of credits

 :

3



Teaching Pattern

  • Duration of course: about 13 weeks

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

 

Content

  • 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

  • This course targets students who have learned the most basic knowledge in physics in high school. Students with more advanced physics background should consider taking PHYS 1314. This course employs a calculus-based approach.
  • Prerequisite: (PHYS 1111, or PHYS 1112, or PHYS 1312) AND (level 3 or above in HKDSE Mathematics Extended Module M1/M2, or MATH 1013, or MATH 1020, or MATH 1023)
  • Exclusion: PHYS 1154 (prior to 2014-15), PHYS 1314