Course Webpage for PHYS-203B-001 (Fall 2025) at SIU--Carbondale

Course Webpage for
PHYS 203B-001: College Physics (Fall 2025)
School of Physics and Applied Physics, Southern Illinois University--Carbondale
Last updated: Dec 12, 2025. (This page is no more maintained.)

General information:
- Instructor: K. V. Shajesh (Office: Neckers 491, Tel.: +1-618-453-5212)
- Class meetings: TR 12:35-1:50 PM, in Neckers 240.
- Office hours for instructor: MWF 11:00-12:30 PM; MW 3:00-4:00 PM.
- Syllabus for the course. The Provost Office has put together a Syllabus Attachment to assist the student. It lists and provides web links for many elements that are important for a student.
Resources:
- Assigned Textbook:
- Lectures
  - Recordings from Fall 2022 as a YouTube Playlist.
  - Formal Lecture Notes: This is not a substitute for a textbook.
- Quizzes and Homework
  - Equation Sheet: While working on homework you can use any reference, however, aim towards limiting your reference to the contents in the Equation Sheet.
  - Submission of Quizzes and Homework will use SIU MyCourses.
- Exams
  - Old Exams are available in Past course webpages [2022S, 2017S, 2016F, 2015F, 2015Sum, 2014Sum]
    A recorded review session serves as a 'Video Solution' for an exam in another semester.
  - Equation Sheet
- Miscellaneous
  - Errata: List of errors spotted in videos and hand-written notes has been collected here.
  - Physics Help Desk Schedule. Contact Shannon Ketteman (mari.ketteman@siu.edu) at the Physics department office for updated information.
  - Grades will be posted on SIU MyCourses (password protected).

COURSE CONTENT: WEEKS 01-05

Coulomb's law:
1. Electric charge
2. Insulators versus conductors
3. Electric force, Coulomb's law
Resources:
Examples covered in classroom lectures.
Homework No. 01
Quizzes: Q-0819, Q-0821, and Q-0826.
Chapter 18 of Textbook.
Electric field:
1. Electric field due to point charges
2. Electric field due to uniformly charges plates
3. Motion of a charged particle in a uniform electric field
Resources:
Examples covered in classroom lectures.
Homework No. 02
Quizzes: Q-0828 and Q-0902.
Chapter 18 of Textbook.
Gauss's law:
1. Gauss's law for spherical (point charge) configurations
2. Gauss's law for planar configurations
Resources:
Examples covered in classroom lectures.
Homework No. 03
Quizzes: Q-0904 and Q-0909.
Examples in Section 18.9 of Chapter 18 of Textbook.
Problems at end of Chapter 18 of Textbook.
Electric potential:
1. Electric potential energy
2. Electric potential
3. Equipotential surfaces
4. Capacitor
Resources:
Examples covered in classroom lectures.
Homework No. 04
Quizzes: Q-0911 and Q-0916.
Examples in Chapter 19 of Textbook.
Problems at end of Chapter 19 of Textbook.
Midterm Exam 01 and Solutions (September 18, Thursday, in class).
Equation Sheet for Midterm Exam 01
20250916: Review for MT01

COURSE CONTENT: WEEKS 05-08
Electric circuits:
1. Capacitor
2. Charge-voltage relation for a capacitor
3. Energy stored inside a capacitor
4. Current, current density, drift velocity
5. Resistance, resistivity
Resources:
Examples covered in classroom lectures.
Homework No. 05
Quizzes: Q-0923 and Q-0925.
Homework No. 06
Quizzes: Q-0930 and Q-1002.
Examples in Chapter 20 of Textbook.
Problems at end of Chapter 20 of Textbook.
Magnetic force
1. Magnetic force on a moving charge
2. Magnetic force on a current carrying wire
3. Magnetic dipole moment
Resources:
Examples covered in classroom lectures.
Homework No. 07
Quizzes: Q-1007, Q-1009, and Q-1014.
Examples, in Sections 21.1 to 21.6, in Chapter 21 of Textbook.
Problems at end of Chapter 21 of Textbook.
Midterm Exam 02 and Solutions (October 21, Tuesday, in class).

COURSE CONTENT: WEEKS 09-12
Magnetic field
1. Biot-Savart law
2. Magnetic force between current carrying wires
3. Ampère's law
Resources:
Examples covered in classroom lectures.
Homework No. 08
Quizzes: Q-1021 and Q-1028.
Examples, in Sections 21.7 to 21.8, in Chapter 21 of Textbook.
Problems at end of Chapter 21 of Textbook.
Faraday's law
1. Flux of magnetic field
2. Faraday's law of induction
Resources:
Examples covered in classroom lectures.
Homework No. 09
Quizzes: Q-1030 and Q-1104.
Examples in Chapter 22 of Textbook.
Problems at end of Chapter 22 of Textbook.
Electromagnetic waves
1. Inductance, LC circuit, transmission lines
2. Electromagnetic waves
Resources:
Examples covered in classroom lectures.
Homework No. 10
Quizzes: Q-1106.
Examples in Chapter 24 of Textbook.
Problems at end of Chapter 24 of Textbook.
Midterm Exam 03 and Solutions (November 13, Thursday, in class).

COURSE CONTENT: WEEKS 13-16
Ray optics: Reflection
1. Law of reflection
2. Spherical mirrors
Resources:
Examples covered in classroom lectures.
Homework No. 11
Quizzes: Q-1118 and Q-1120.
Examples in Chapter 25 of Textbook.
Problems at end of Chapter 25 of Textbook.
Ray optics: Refraction
1. Law of refraction
2. Total internal reflection
3. Spherical lenses
Resources:
Examples covered in classroom lectures.
Homework No. 12
Quizzes: Q-1202 and Q-1204.
Examples in Chapter 26 of Textbook.
Problems at end of Chapter 26 of Textbook.
Final Exam and Solutions (Dec 11, Thursday, 12:30-2:30 PM, in Neckers 240).

More information:

Evaluation:

Quizzes 10%

Homework 30%

Midterm Exams (3x15%) 45%

Final Exam 15%

Exam schedule:

Midterm Exam 1 --- September 18 (Thursday)

Midterm Exam 2 --- October 21 (Tuesday)

Midterm Exam 3 --- November 13 (Thursday)

Final Exam --- December 11 (Thursday, 12:30-2:30 PM, in class)

Last updated on Dec 12, 2025 (and is no more maintained) by K. V. Shajesh (kvshajesh@gmail.com).

Midterm Exam 1	---	September 18 (Thursday)
Midterm Exam 2	---	October 21 (Tuesday)
Midterm Exam 3	---	November 13 (Thursday)
Final Exam	---	December 11 (Thursday, 12:30-2:30 PM, in class)

Quizzes	10%
Homework	30%
Midterm Exams (3x15%)	45%
Final Exam	15%