Course Information of PHYS 1114 - General Physics II

Current / Most Recent Semester: Spring 2014/15
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Instructor(s): YANG ZiYU, CHEUNG Man Fung
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Teaching Pattern:
  • duration of course: about 13 weeks
  • lecture hour(s) / tutorial hour(s) per week: 3 / 1
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    No. of Credit(s): 3
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    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
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    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 1154. 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)
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