I strongly encourage you to finish your reading assignments before class and work on your
homework assignments after class.
It helps you get familiar with new terms and concepts, and enhances your comprehension of
the lectures. Synchronize your reading and homework schedule and keep up on your schedule.
Since we are covering one chapter per week on the average, it will be tough to catch up if you once get behind.
Whenever you have trouble solving homework problems, you should go back to
the related sections in your textbook and reread it, and make it sure that you can solve
each problem from the basic principles. If certain parts of the textbook are vague and difficult to understand,
do not hesitate to ask me to clarify them.
| Date |
Day |
Reading Assignment |
Main Topics |
| May 9 |
M |
Ch.1-18 |
Orientation, Newton's Laws, Kinematics |
| May 11 |
W |
Ch.1-18, 19.1-19.5 |
Energy, Momentum, Charges, Conductors & Insulators |
| May 13 |
F |
19.6-19.11 |
Coulomb's Law, Electric Field |
| May 16 |
M |
19.12-19.16 |
Electric Potential, Motion of Charged Particles |
| May 18 |
W |
20.1-20.5 |
Capacitor, Combination of Capacitors, Equipotential |
| May 20 |
F |
20.6-20.11 |
Current, Ohm's Law, Combination of Resistors |
| May 23 |
M |
20.12-20.14 |
Power, Resistivity |
| May 25 |
W |
21.1-21.3 |
Kirchhoff's Rules |
| May 27 |
F |
21.4-21.8 |
House Circuit, Internal Resistance, Electrolysis |
| May 30 |
M |
Memorial Day |
No Class |
| June 1 |
W |
Ch.19-21 |
Review |
| June 3 |
F |
9:30am − 10:45am |
Exam 1 |
| June 6 |
M |
22.1-22.5 |
Magnetic Force on Currents/Charges, Magnetic Field |
| June 8 |
W |
22.6-22.9 |
Motion of Charges in Magnetic Field, Sources of Fields |
| June 10 |
F |
22.10-22.15 |
Torque on a Current Loop, Magnetic Propeties of Materials |
| June 13 |
M |
23.1-23.7 |
Lenz's law, Faraday's Law, Generators |
| June 15 |
W |
23.8-23.12 |
Transformer, Motional Emf, Back Emf |
| June 17 |
F |
24.1-24.6 |
Alternating Current, Capacitance, Inductance |
| June 20 |
M |
Summer Break |
No Class |
| June 22 |
W |
Summer Break |
No Class |
| June 24 |
F |
Summer Break |
No Class |
| June 27 |
M |
24.7-24.13 |
Impedance, Resonance, Transformer |
| June 29 |
W |
Ch.22-24 |
Review |
| July 1 |
F |
9:30am − 10:45am |
Exam 2 |
| July 4 |
M |
Independence Day |
No Class |
| July 6 |
W |
25.1-25.9 |
Electromagnetic waves, Spectra of Light |
| July 8 |
F |
25.10-25.16 |
Intensity, Illuminance, Polarization |
| July 11 |
M |
26.1-26.7 |
Law of Reflection, Concave/Convex Mirrors |
| July 13 |
W |
26.8-26.10 |
Spherical Abberation, Index of Refraction |
| July 15 |
F |
26.11-26.13 |
Snell's Law, Internal Refraction |
| July 18 |
M |
27.1-27.5 |
Lens Equation, Converging/Diverging Lenses |
| July 20 |
W |
27.6-27.13 |
Eyes, Optical Instruments |
| July 22 |
F |
Ch.25-27 |
Review |
| July 25 |
M |
9:30am − 10:45am |
Exam 3 |
| July 27 |
W |
28.1-28.5 |
Huygen's Principle, Diffraction |
| July 29 |
F |
28.6-28.9 |
Interference in thin film, X-ray diffraction |
| August 1 |
M |
Ch.29-31, Ch.19-28 |
Spcecial Topics, Review |
| August 3 |
W |
Ch.19-28 |
Review |
| August 5 |
F |
9:30am - 10:45am |
Final Exam |
