DEPARTMENT OF BASIC SCIENCES & HUMANITIES

College of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering (CEME)

National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST)

1. Course Information
Course Number and Title: PHY-102 Applied Physics
Credits: 3 (2+1)
Instructor(s)-in-charge: Lec. Sabeen Malik
Course type: Lecture + Lab
Required or Elective: Required
Course pre-requisites None
Degree and Semester DE-44(ME-A &B&C)
Month and Year September 2022

2. Course Schedule
Lecture: 2 hrs/week, Meets once weekly
Lab: 3 hrs/week, Meets once in a week
Discussion: 1 hr/discussion, multiple discussion sections offered per quarter
Outside study: 3 hrs/week
Office Hours : 3 hrs/week by instructor, 3 hrs/week by teaching assistant/lab engineer

Course Assessment
Exam: 1 Midterm Exam and 1 Final
Home work: 2 graded Assignments
Lab reports: 12-13 reports, 01 Lab Mid, 01 Lab viva, 01 Lab Final
Quizzes: 4 Quizzes
Grading: Theory (67%) Lab (33%)
Midterm Exam 30-50% Lab Work Lab Manual 40%
Quizzes: 10-15% 70% Lab Viva 30%
Assignments 5-10% Lab Mid 30%
Final Exam 45-50% Lab Final 30%
Plagiarism Policy Any work (Assignment, Projects, labs etc) if found copied, will have strict
penalties
3. 4. Course book and Related Course Material
Textbooks: 1. Physics for Scientists and Engineers 8th Ed Raymond
A. Serway
2. Physics by Halliday, Resnick, Krane, 5th edition, Vol-I
& Vol-II
Reference Books: 1. Physics By Halliday, Resnick& Walker (7th Edition)
2. University Physics, 12th Edition by Hugh D.Young,
Roqer A. Freedman and Lewis Ford
3. Physics for Scientists & Engineers, 6th edition
(extended version) by Paul A.Tipler and Gene Mosca
 5. Catalog Descriptions
This course consists of topics related to mechanics and electromagnetism. In the first part, students
learn about Newton’s laws of motion, and its application to many types of forces. Then rotational
motion, work and simple harmonic motion. In the second part students study Coulomb’s law, Gauss’
law and then the basic concepts of magnetism.

6. Course Objectives
The main objectives of this course are
a. Understand and apply the concepts of mechanics
b. Understand and apply the concepts of electrostatics and magnetostatics
c. Validate the theoretical concepts through relevant lab experiments

7. Topics covered in the Course and Level of Coverage

1. Application of Newton Laws 6 hrs
2. Application of Work Energy Principle 4 hrs
3. Rotational Dynamics 4 hrs
4. Simple harmonic motion 2 hrs
5. Electrostatics 6 hrs
6. Gauss’ law 4 hrs
7. Electric potential 2 hrs
8. Magnetostatics 4 hrs

8. Lab Experiments
01 Introduction to Lab Equipment: DMM & Power Supply

02 Analysis of Series and Parallel Resistive Circuits.

03 Determination of Resistivity of unknown Material (Wire) using Wheatstone Bridge.

04 Determination of e/m ratio of electron Using Deflection method.

05 Verification of inverse square law by studying variation of photoelectric current with intensity of
light.

06 Determination of The Planck’s Constant using a Photo Cell.

07 Hook’s Law: Determination of Spring constant and effective mass of a spring by static and
Dynamic methods.

08 Compound Pendulum: Determination of radius of gyration K and acceleration due to gravity g.

09 Introduction to Function generator and Oscilloscope

10 Determination of RC time constant of RC circuit

11 Investigation of frequency response (VC, XC) of capacitor in RC circuit.

12 Determination of Thermal Coefficient of Linear expansion for different metals.

13 Study of forward and reversed biased I_V characteristics of a Diode.

14 Hall Effect: Study the Hall voltage relationship with magnetic field and current.

9. Course Outcomes and their Relation to Program Outcomes

(Mapping CLO to PLO)
Course Learning Outcome (CLOs) Learning Assessments
PLOs Level

CLO 1 Understand and apply the concepts of mechanics PLO 1 C3

CLO 2 Understand and apply the concepts of electromagnetism PLO 1
C3

CLO 3 Validate the theoretical concepts through relevant lab PLO 2

C3
experiments

10. Mapping of Topics CLO Chapter(s)

1. Force and Motion CLO-1 Physics for Scientists and Engineers 8th Ed
a. Without friction
Raymond A. Serway
b. With friction
c. Uniform circular Chapter 5 and 6
motion
2. Work and energy CLO-1 Physics for Scientists and Engineers 8th Ed
a. Kinetic energy
Raymond A. Serway
b. work energy principle
c. work done by a Chapter 7
variable force
3. Rotational motion CLO-1 Physics for Scientists and Engineers 8th Ed
Raymond A. Serway

Chapter 10

4. Simple harmonic motion CLO-1 Physics for Scientists and Engineers 8th Ed
Raymond A. Serway

Chapter 15

5. Electrostatics CLO-2 Physics for Scientists and Engineers 8th Ed

Raymond A. Serway

Chapter 23

6. Gauss’ law CLO-2 Physics for Scientists and Engineers 8th Ed

 Raymond A. Serway

Chapter 24

7. Electric potential CLO-2 Physics for Scientists and Engineers 8th Ed

Raymond A. Serway

Chapter 25

8. Magnetostatics CLO-2 Physics for Scientists and Engineers 8th Ed

Raymond A. Serway, Chapter 29

11. Program Learning Outcomes

PLO 1 Understanding and problem solving
Understand and apply the concepts of Mechanics, Electrostatics and Magnetostatics

PLO 2 Experimental work

Validate theoretical concepts through relevant lab experiments