PHYS 222: Enrichment Electricity & Magnetism

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Vasilios (Billy) Passias

General Information

Welcome to the PHYS 222: Enrichment E&M Course Webpage!

Course Description

Supplementary material to PHYS 212. We will take a collaborative group learning approach to improving our conceptual understanding and problem solving abilities in introductory calculus-based electricity & magnetism.

Prerequisite: PHYS 100; concurrent registration in PHYS 212.

Instructor

Vasilios (Billy) Passias → passias2@illinois.edu

Class Meeting

Classes are in-person.

Time: Thursdays, 5:00 - 6:50 p.m.

Place: 2025 Campus Instructional Facility

Zoom: Links will be provided as needed

Syllabus

Please review the syllabus for details regarding the grading procedures in this course.

PHYS 222: https://courses.physics.illinois.edu/phys222/fa2022/syllabus.html

PHYS 212: https://courses.physics.illinois.edu/phys212/fa2022/syllabus.html

Agenda

All announcements, notes, classwork, homework, and solutions will be posted to the agenda table. Please review the Agenda tab each week.

Policies and Procedures

Course Grade Breakdown

• Attendance worth 10% of the total grade.  You must arrive to class on time to receive full attendance points.
• Participation is worth 20% of the total grade.  You should be collaborating with your classmates on the problems.
• Completing your notes and practice assignments is worth 30%.  These assignments are graded for completion.  Practice assignments are comprised of old released exam questions relevant to topics from each week.
• Your problem sets are worth 40%.  Problem sets are graded for correctness.  These assignments are old and modified quizzes from previous semesters of PHYS 212.

Assignment Due Dates:

All assignment are due at the beginning of class. Work can be submitted via email or given to the instructor at the start of class.

Any assignment turned in after Thursday at 5 p.m. will be considered late and your assignment score will be docked by 50%.