NCSSM COURSE CAtAlOG - North Carolina School of Science and ...

Meeting pattern: Four periods per week including lab.
This course provides a thorough treatment of classical mechanics up to, but not
including, angular momentum. Calculus is used where needed and is treated at
a level appropriate to students who are taking MA420 or higher-level calculus
course. An excellent grasp of the fundamental concepts taught in introductory
physics is assumed. There is a strong problem-solving emphasis and the course
includes a lab component. Students who have taken PH307 will find it necessary
to study some additional topics not taught in those courses. This course may be
used to prepare for the Mechanics portion of the AP C Physics examination, but
its breadth and depth are significantly higher than that of a typical AP C Physics
course.
PH406 AP Physics C: Mechanics (II)/Electricity and Magnetism (I)
One trimester
Credit: One unit core physics or core elective credit.
Prerequisite: Final grade of B or higher in PH404 AP Physics C: Mechanics (I), and
permission of the Dean of Science.
Corequisite: MA422 AP Calculus BC (Advanced Topics II).
Meeting pattern: Four periods per week including lab.
This course provides the completion of classical mechanics (in particular, the
study of angular momentum and of gravitational fields) and an introduction to
electronic forces and fields, Gauss’ law, capacitance, and voltage. Calculus is
used where needed and is treated at a level appropriate to students who are
taking MA422 AP Calculus BC (Advanced Topics II). Completion of PH404 and
this course may be used to prepare for the Mechanics portion of the AP C
Physics examination, but its breadth and depth are significantly higher than that
of a typical AP C Physics course.
PH408 AP Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism (II)
One trimester
Credit: One unit core physics or core elective credit.
Prerequisite: Final grade of B or higher in PH406 AP Physics C: Mechanics
(II)/Electricity and Magnetism (I), MA422 AP Calculus BC (III) and permission of
the Dean of Science.
Meeting pattern: Four periods per week including lab.
This course continues the study of electromagnetism. Topics include electric
circuits (R, RC, and RL), magnetism, Ampere’s law, induction, and the
Faraday/Lenz law. Emphasis is on the completion of the AP C Physics
curriculum. Topics in geometrical and physical optics are offered after the
completion of the AP syllabus. There is a strong problem-solving emphasis and
the course includes a lab component. Calculus is used where needed and is
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