Physics II

Code:

EIC0014

Acronym:

FISI2

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Physics

Instance: 2008/2009 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Web Page:	http://fisica.fe.up.pt/eic0014
Responsible unit:	Department of Engineering Physics
Course/CS Responsible:	Master in Informatics and Computing Engineering

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MIEIC	188	Syllabus since 2006/2007	2	-	6	56	162

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

To pass this course students should be able to:

Analize simple electrical circuits and explain their working principles.
Identify electromagnetic phenomena in their daily experience.
Explain how electric appliances work, based on physical principles.
Evaluate different electrical devices which perform the same task (for instance, displays based on CRT, plasma, LCD, OLED, etc) identifying their pros and cons.

Program

Electrostatics. Atomic structure, electric charges and forces.

Electric circuits. Electric current, potential, resistence, capacity, elctromotive sources, direct and alternating currents.

Electric and magnetic fields. Motion of charges inside the magnetic field, electric and magnetic flux, interaction among currents and magnetic fields, electromagnetic induction, electromagnetic waves.

Mandatory literature

J. Villate; Física 2 - apontamentos, 2007

Complementary Bibliography

Villate, Jaime E.; Electromagnetismo. ISBN: 972-773-010-8

Teaching methods and learning activities

The practical sessions will take place in the physics studio (room B233). During those sessions students will use b-learning tools to conduct experiments or simulations, study the theoretical concepts associated to them, and solve problems.

During several of those sessions a quiz will be made at the end, without any prior announcement. Some of those quizes will consist of a short problem, and others will consist of multiple-choice questions.

The final exam will include problems and multiple-choice questions.

Software

Maxima

keywords

Physical sciences > Physics
Physical sciences > Physics > Electromagnetism
Physical sciences > Physics > Electronics

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
Subject Classes	Participação presencial	52,00
Final exam	Exame	4,00
Participation in the e-learning platform activities	Trabalho escrito	25,00
	Total:	-	0,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Description	Type	Time (hours)	End date
Extra-class independent study	Estudo autónomo	52
Exam preparation	Estudo autónomo	25
	Total:	77,00

Eligibility for exams

Students who attend at least 75% of the practical sessions will be considered as having attained "fequency" (requirement for acceptance to the final exam).

The distributed component of the final grade will be obtained from the average of the grades of the quizes, after elimination of the worst two grades.

Calculation formula of final grade

The final grade is obtained from the following equation:

0.3 * D + E * ( 20 - 0.3*D) / 20

where D is the grade of the distrbuted component and E is the grade of the final exam.