Daniel D. Sega, PhD.

Daniel D. Sega, PhD.

Warped disks and planetary rings / Philosophy of physics / Latin American philosophy

PHY2049C (Summer 2026)

Undergraduate course, Florida State University, 2026

Physics Studio B

  • Instructor: Prof. Daniel D. Sega (email)
  • Instructor’s Office: 1st Floor, Faculty Wing
  • Course Times: Summer 2026, Mon./Tue. 9:30 am-11:30am Wed./Thu. 9:30am-12m
  • Location: Room 309
  • Office Hours: Faculty Wing or Room 309: Mon./Tue./Wed./Thu./Fri. 12:20pm-1:00pm
  • Simple Syllabus (the cookies request are only for the embedded simple syllabus site):

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.

There’s more information about this course – including details about the textbook, who should/shouldn’t take this class, and how your grade is calculated – in the syllabus. In order to sign-up for the tutorials, use this Excell sheet

Course Material

The primary “required readings” are in the OpenStax book University Physics 2.

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.

  • Mon., May 11: Electrostatics (Ch. 5)

    Homework 1 assigned, due Thu., May 21
  • Tue., May 12: Electrostatics (Ch. 5)
  • Wed., May 13: Problem-solving session | The Electric Field (Ch. 5)

  • Thu., May 14: Problem-solving session | The Electric Field (Ch. 5)

  • Mon., May 18: Quiz Chp. 5 (Practice1, Practice2–> Solved)

    Extra credit reading 1: The Principle of Sufficient Reason: Origin of Symmetry Arguments due Fri., Fri. May 22
  • Tue., May 19: Gauss’s Law (Ch. 6)
  • Wed., May 20: Problem-solving session | Conductors and Gauss’ Law (Ch. 6)

  • Thu., May 21: Problem-solving session | Conductors and Gauss’ Law (Ch. 6)

    Homework 1 due Homework 2 assigned, due Tue., June 2
  • Mon., May 25: Quiz Chp. 6 (Practice)
  • Tue., May 26: Conservation of Energy in 2D (Ch. 7)
  • Wed., May 27: The Electric Potential (Ch. 7)

  • Thu., May 28: The Electric Potential (Ch. 8)

    Lab 1: Electrostatic Generator
  • Mon., June 1: Electric Potential and Capacitance (Ch. 7 & 8)

  • Tue., June 2: Problem-solving session | Electric Potential (Ch. 7)

    Homework 2 due Homework 3 assigned, due Thu., June 18

  • Wed., June 3: Capacitance (Ch. 8)

    Lab 2: Introduction to the Multimeter
  • Thu., June 4: Problem-solving session | Capacitance (Ch. 8)
  • Mon., June 8: Quiz Chp. 7, 8 (Practice)
  • Tue., June 9: Currents and Resistance (Ch. 9)
  • Wed., June 10: Circuits I (Ch. 10)

  • Thu., June 11: Currents and Resistance (Ch. 9) & Circuits I (Ch. 9)

    Lab 3: Introduction to Oscilloscopes
  • Mon., June 15: Problem-solving session | Circuits I (Ch. 10)
  • Tue., June 16: Quiz Chp. 9, 10 (Practice, Practice → Solved)
  • Wed., June 17: Magnetism I (Force) (Ch. 11)

  • Thu., June 18: Magnetism I (Force) (Ch. 11)

    Handout: Complex numbers Extra credit reading 2: What’s more real, Field or Potential? due Fri. June 26.

  • Mon., June 22: Problem-solving session | Mgnetism I (Ch. 11)

    Homework 3 due Homework 4 assigned, due Tue., July 7
  • Tue., June 23: Magnetism II (Field) (Ch. 11)
  • Wed., June 24: Problem-solving session | Mgnetism II (Ch. 12)

  • Thu., June 25: Quiz Chp. 11 & 12 (Practice → Solved; Practice)

  • Mon., June 29: Faraday and Lenz (Ch. 13 & 14)
  • Tue., June 30: Faraday and Lenz (Ch. 13 & 14)

  • Wed., July 1: Faraday and Lenz (Ch. 13 & 14)

    Lab 4: CRTs

  • Thu., July 2: Problem-Solving Session | Faraday and Lenz (Ch. 13 & 14)

  • Mon., July 6: Quiz Chp. 13 (Practice –> Solved. Problems 2 & 4 of Practice –> Solved)

  • Tue., July 7: Inductance (Ch. 14) | Problem-Solving Session

    Homework 4 due Homework 5 assigned, due Tue., July 16

  • Wed., July 8: Problem-Solving Session | Inductance (Ch. 14 & 14)

    Lab 5: Solenoids and Inductors

  • Thu., July 9: Circuits II (Ch. 15)

    Lab 5 (Day 2) : Solenoids and Inductors
  • Mon., July 13: Circuits II (Ch. 15)
  • Tue., July 14: Problem-Solving Session | Circuits II (Ch. 15)
  • Wed., July 15: Quiz Chp. 14 & 15 (Practice → Solved, (Practice))

  • Thu., July 16: Circuits II (Ch. 15)Maxwell Equations (Optics) (Ch. 16)

    Lab 6: LRC Circuits

  • Mon., July 20: Circuits II (Ch. 15)

    Lab 6: LRC Circuits
  • Tue., July 21: Maxwell Equations (Optics) (Ch. 16)
  • Wed., July 22: Problem-Solving Session | Maxwell Equations (Ch. 15)
  • Thu., July 23: Quiz Chp. 16

Final Exam Week: July 27–31, 2026