Course Syllabus
Syllabus-2180-85-Fall-2025-Evening-v1.pdf
Fall 2025
Physics 2180 UNIVERSITY PHYSICS FOR SCIENTISTS & ENGINEERS II
Physics 2185 UNIVERSITY PHYSICS FOR ENGINEERS II
TIME (lectures): T and Th: 5:30 PM-6:45 PM.
Lectures will be 100% remote via Zoom.
LECTURER: Dr. Zhixian Zhou, Professor of Physics https://clasprofiles.wayne.edu/profile/dw0795
E-MAIL: zxzhou@wayne.edu
COURSE WEB PAGE: WSU Canvas
OFFICE HOURS: Following the zoom lectures on T and Th
LEARNING OBJECTIVES/OUTCOMES: At the successful completion of this course, you will be able to apply basic laws of physics to analyze real-life situations as well as unstructured situations (“word problems”) both descriptively and numerically.
Textbook:
Great news: your textbook for this class is available for free online!
University Physics, Volume 2 from OpenStax, ISBN 1-947172-21-2
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Homework problems from the textbook:
Week 2
Chapter 5: 38, 50, 59, 62, 40, 51, 63
Week 3
Chapter 5: 70, 83, 78, 84, 80
Week 4
Chapter 5: 100, 106
Chapter 6: 27, 31, 28, 32, 36
Week 5
Chapter 6: 44, 45, 68, 50, 58, 52, 64, 71
Week 6
Chapter 7: 31, 32, 37, 38, 41
Week 7
Chapter 7: 46, 56, 48, 52, 57
Week 8
Chapter 7: 62, 65, 66, 67
Week 9
Chapter 8: 22, 33, 44, 55, 36, 46, 62, 37, 82, 83
Week 10
Chapter 9: 23, 35, 52, 25, 37, 58, 42, 59, 43
Week 11
Chapter 10: 20, 26, 36, 48, 30, 37, 41, 42
Week 12
Chapter 10: 49
Chapter 11: 15, 16, 26, 17, 18, 19, 20
Week 13
Chapter 11: 33, 34, 36, 40, 46
Chapter 12: 19, 22, 27, 28, 30
Week 14
Chapter 12: 35, 41, 42, 46, 55
Chapter 13: 27, 28, 34, 36, 38, 44, 48