PHY2049C (Fall 2026)

Calculus-Based Physics II-Studio

• Instructor: Prof. Daniel D. Sega (email)
• Instructor’s Office: 2nd Floor, Faculty Wing
• Course Times: Fall 2026, Tue./Thu. 9:30-12:00m /Fri. 1 - 3:30pm,
• Location: Room 309
• Office Hours: Faculty Wing or Room 309: Mon./Tue./Wed./Thu./Fri. 12:30pm-12:55pm

• Syllabus: (cookies are only for symple syllabus. Ignore if only using astrosega).

Summary

In this course, engineering and science majors will learn about the electromagnetic phenomena and the motion under electromagnetic fields. They will learn the basics of electronics (circuits) and of how day-to-day electromechanic technology works. They will also learn about the nature of a classical fields and the mathematics behind working with fields.

Course Material

The primary “required readings” are in the OpenStax book University Physics 2. To set-up an extra credit tutorial studemnts must fill this excel sheet

Here are some additional resources:

• An excellent, more abridged e-book for this course is available through the FSU Library Fundamental of Physics II. Give it a try if the OpenStax book treatment of a topic does not click with you. Ramamurti Shankar writes in a very particular voice that can help some students.
• This book is based on R. Shankar’s Open Course (Yale University), which is available online. These lectures were, and still are, a helpful resource for me.
• The phone app phyphox will be required in some of the labs, download here.

Schedule

Below is a detailed schedule that will list the material covered in each class session, links to electronic copies of any handouts and problem sets, and various course deadlines.

• Tues., August 25: Electrostatics (Chp. 5)

  Handout: syllabus

  Homework 1 (Chp. 5-Electrostatics) assigned, due Tues., September 8.

• Thur., August 27: Electrostatics (Chp. 5)
• Fri., August 28: Problem-solving session | Electrostatics (Chp. 5)
• Tues., September 1: The Electric Field (Chp. 5)
• Thur., September 3: Problem-solving session | The Electric Field (Chp. 5)
• Fri., September 4: Quiz Chp. 5 (Practice)

• Tues., September 8: Gauss’s Law (Chp. 6) | Problem-solving session | The Electric Field (Chp. 5)

  Homework 1 due.

  Homework 2 (Chp. 6 ) assigned, due Tues., September 22.

• Thur., September 10: Problem-solving session | (Practice)

• Fri., September 11: Gauss’s Law (Chp. 6)

  Lab 1: Electrostatic Generator

• Tues., September 15: Quiz Chp. 6 (Practice)
• Thur., September 17: The Electric Potential (Chp. 7)
• Fri., September 18: The Electric Potential (Chp. 7)

• Tues., September 22: Problem-solving session | The Electric Potential (Chp. 7).

  Homework 2 due.

  Extra credit reading: The Principle of Sufficient Reason: Origin of Symmetry Arguments

• Thur., September 24: Quiz Chp. 7 (Practice)

  Homework 3 (Chp. 7) assigned, due Tues., October 13.

• Fri., September 25: Capacitance (Chp. 8)

  Lab 2: Introduction to the Multimeter

• Tues., September 29: Capacitance (Chp. 8)
• Thur., October 1: Problem-solving session | Capacitance (Chp. 8)
• Fri., October 2: Currents and Resistance (Chp. 9)
• Tues., October 6: Problem-solving session | Currents and Resistance (Chp. 9)

• Thur., October 8: Currents and Resistance (Chp. 9)

  Lab 3: Introduction to osciloscopes

• Fri., October 9: Quiz Chp. 8 & 9 (Practice)

• Tues., October 13: Circuits I (Chp. 10)

  Homework 3 due

  Homework 4 (Ch 9) assigned, due Tues., October 27.

• Thur., October 15: Problem-solving session | Circuits I (Chp. 10)

• Fri., October 16: Problem-solving session | Circuits I (Ch. 10)

  Extra credit reading: Action at a Distance due Fri. October 30.

• Tues., October 20: Quiz Chp. 10 (Practice –> Solved)
• Thur., October 22: Magnetism I (Ch. 11) (2.5 hr lecture)

• Fri., October 23: Magnetism I (Ch. 11)

  Lab 4: CRTs

• Tues., October 27: Magnetism I (Ch. 11) (2.5 hr lecture)

  Homework 4 due.

• Thur., October 29: Problem-Solving Session | Magnetism I & II (Ch. 11 & Ch. 12)

• Fri., October 30: Quiz Chp. 11 (Practice –> Solved)

  Homework 5 (Chp. 10, 11) assigned, due Tues., November 17.

• Tues., November 3: No Classes
• Thur., November 5: No Classes
• Fri., November 6: No Classes
• Tues., November 10: No Classes
• Thur., November 12: Faraday and Lenz (Ch. 13 & 14) (2.5 hr lecture)
• Fri., November 13: Inductance (Ch. 14)

• Tues., November 17: Problem-Solving Session | Faraday & Lenz and Inductance (Ch. 12 & 13)

  Homework 5 due

• Thur., November 19: Quiz Chp. 12 & 13 | Inductance (Ch. 14)

• Fri., November 20: Circuits II (Ch. 15)

  Lab 6, day 1: Solenoids and Inductors

• Tues., November 24: Circuits II (Ch. 15)

  Lab 6, day 2: Solenoids and Inductors

  Extra credit reading: The Coordination Problem

• Thur., November 26: Circuits II (Ch. 15)
• Fri., November 27: Problem-Solving Session | Circuits II (Ch. 15)

• Tues., December 1: Circuits II (Ch. 15)

  Lab 7, day 1: Circuits

• Thur., December 3: Circuits II (Ch. 15)

  Lab 7, day 2: Circuits

• Fri., December 4: Quiz 15 (Practice –> Solved)

[Final Exam Week: Monday December 7. (Practice)]