EPOKA UNIVERSITY
FACULTY OF ARCHITECTURE AND ENGINEERING
DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER ENGINEERING
COURSE SYLLABUS
2024-2025 ACADEMIC YEAR
COURSE INFORMATIONCourse Title: GENERAL PHYSICS II |
Code | Course Type | Regular Semester | Theory | Practice | Lab | Credits | ECTS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
PHY 104 | A | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 |
Academic staff member responsible for the design of the course syllabus (name, surname, academic title/scientific degree, email address and signature) | Assoc.Prof.Dr. Arban Uka auka@epoka.edu.al |
Main Course Lecturer (name, surname, academic title/scientific degree, email address and signature) and Office Hours: | M.Sc. Hashmet Durmishi hdurmishi@epoka.edu.al , 08:30-16:35 |
Second Course Lecturer(s) (name, surname, academic title/scientific degree, email address and signature) and Office Hours: | NA |
Language: | English |
Compulsory/Elective: | Compulsory |
Study program: (the study for which this course is offered) | Bachelor in Computer Engineering (3 years) |
Classroom and Meeting Time: | 08:30-16:35 |
Teaching Assistant(s) and Office Hours: | NA |
Code of Ethics: |
Code of Ethics of EPOKA University Regulation of EPOKA University "On Student Discipline" |
Attendance Requirement: | YES |
Course Description: | Electric Field, Gausss Law, Electrical Potential, Capacitors, Current Formation and Resistor, Constant Current, Circuits of Direct Current, Magnetic Field, Electromagnetic Induction, Faradays Law, Lenzs Law, Inductance, EM Waves. |
Course Objectives: | This is an introductory physics course covering the fundamental physical laws of mechanics. There are discussed: vectors, kinematics, Newton’s laws of motion, work and energy, conservation of energy, linear momentum and its conservation, rotation of rigid bodies about a fixed axis, rotational energy, angular momentum and its conservation, introductory fluid mechanics, oscillations and waves. |
BASIC CONCEPTS OF THE COURSE
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1 | Electric Field, Electric Force, Electric Field Lines |
COURSE OUTLINE
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Week | Topics |
1 | Electric Fields |
2 | Gauss's Law |
3 | Electric Potential |
4 | Capacitance and Dielectrics |
5 | Current and Resistance |
6 | Direct Current Circuits |
7 | Magnetic Fields |
8 | Midterm Exam |
9 | Sources of the Magnetic Field |
10 | Faraday's Law |
11 | Inductance |
12 | Alternating Current Circuits |
13 | Electromagnetic Waves |
14 | General Review |
Prerequisite(s): | High school physics, basic calculus, basic geometry, basic vector algebra |
Textbook(s): | Serway, R. A., Jewett Jr. J.W., Physics For Scientists and Engineers With Modern Physics, Boston, 2014, 9th Ed |
Additional Literature: | Young, H. D., Freedman, R. A., University Physics with Modern Physics, San Francisco, 2008, 12th edition Feynman, R.P., Leighton, R.B., Sands, M. The Feynman Lectures on Physics, Volume I, Addison Wesley, 1966 |
Laboratory Work: | None |
Computer Usage: | YES |
Others: | No |
COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES
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1 | Understand the important laws and principles of electromagnetism |
2 | Apply fundamental rules of Physics to the electromagnetic aspects of engineering |
3 | Analyze electric and magnetics phenomena using different approaches |
4 | Apply principles and laws of physics in computer engineering |
COURSE CONTRIBUTION TO... PROGRAM COMPETENCIES
(Blank : no contribution, 1: least contribution ... 5: highest contribution) |
No | Program Competencies | Cont. |
Bachelor in Computer Engineering (3 years) Program | ||
1 | Engineering graduates with sufficient theoretical and practical background for a successful profession and with application skills of fundamental scientific knowledge in the engineering practice. | 3 |
2 | Engineering graduates with skills and professional background in describing, formulating, modeling and analyzing the engineering problem, with a consideration for appropriate analytical solutions in all necessary situations | 4 |
3 | Engineering graduates with the necessary technical, academic and practical knowledge and application confidence in the design and assessment of machines or mechanical systems or industrial processes with considerations of productivity, feasibility and environmental and social aspects. | 4 |
4 | Engineering graduates with the practice of selecting and using appropriate technical and engineering tools in engineering problems, and ability of effective usage of information science technologies. | 3 |
5 | Ability of designing and conducting experiments, conduction data acquisition and analysis and making conclusions. | 4 |
6 | Ability of identifying the potential resources for information or knowledge regarding a given engineering issue. | 2 |
7 | The abilities and performance to participate multi-disciplinary groups together with the effective oral and official communication skills and personal confidence. | 3 |
8 | Ability for effective oral and official communication skills in foreign language. | 2 |
9 | Engineering graduates with motivation to life-long learning and having known significance of continuous education beyond undergraduate studies for science and technology. | 4 |
10 | Engineering graduates with well-structured responsibilities in profession and ethics. | 4 |
11 | Engineering graduates who are aware of the importance of safety and healthiness in the project management, workshop environment as well as related legal issues. | 5 |
12 | Consciousness for the results and effects of engineering solutions on the society and universe, awareness for the developmental considerations with contemporary problems of humanity. | 3 |
COURSE EVALUATION METHOD
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Method | Quantity | Percentage |
Homework |
1
|
10
|
Midterm Exam(s) |
1
|
35
|
Final Exam |
1
|
45
|
Attendance |
10
|
|
Total Percent: | 100% |
ECTS (ALLOCATED BASED ON STUDENT WORKLOAD)
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Activities | Quantity | Duration(Hours) | Total Workload(Hours) |
Course Duration (Including the exam week: 16x Total course hours) | 16 | 5 | 80 |
Hours for off-the-classroom study (Pre-study, practice) | 16 | 4 | 64 |
Mid-terms | 1 | 15 | 15 |
Assignments | 0 | ||
Final examination | 1 | 16 | 16 |
Other | 0 | ||
Total Work Load:
|
175 | ||
Total Work Load/25(h):
|
7 | ||
ECTS Credit of the Course:
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7 |
CONCLUDING REMARKS BY THE COURSE LECTURER
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Head of Department Office and Coordinators' Office |