Date |
Day |
Event |
Material and events |
Aug. 22 |
Thu
|
Lecture 1 |
Course organization |
Aug. 27 |
Tue |
Lecture 2 |
Chap. 16.1-16.3: Electric charge, coulomb's law |
Aug. 29
|
Thu |
Lecture 3 |
Chap. 16.4-16.7: Electric Field, Flux, Gauss' law |
Sep. 2
|
Mon |
Homework |
Homework 1 due by 11:00PM |
Sept. 3
|
Tue |
Lecture 4 |
Chap. 17.1-17.2: Electric potential |
Sep. 5
|
Thu |
Lecture 5 |
Chap. 17.3-17.4: Equipotential surfaces, energy conservation |
Sep. 9
|
Mon |
Homework |
Homework 2 due 11:00PM |
Sep. 10 |
Tue |
Lecture 6 |
Chap. 17.5-17.6: Capacitance, dielectrics |
Sep. 12 |
Thu |
Lecture 7 |
Chap. 17.7: Stored energy in capacitors |
Sep. 16 |
Mon |
Homework |
Homework 3 due 11:00PM |
Sep. 17 |
Tue |
Lecture 8 |
Chap. 18.1-18.3: Electric Current, Ohm's Law |
Sep 19
|
Thu
|
Lecture 9 |
Chap. 18.4-18.6: Resistance, series and parallel circuits |
Sep. 23 |
Mon |
Homework |
Homework 4 due: 11:00PM |
Sep. 24 |
Tue |
Lecture 10 |
Chap. 18.7: More complex circuits |
Sep. 26 |
Thu |
Lecture 11
Exam 1 |
Review for Exam 1
Chaps. 16.1-18.7 (8:20-10:10 PM) See the announcements for locations
|
Sep 30
|
Mon |
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No homework |
Oct. 1
|
Tue |
Lecture 12 |
Chap. 18.8-18.10: Power, RC circuits |
Oct. 3
|
Thu |
Lecture 13 |
Chap. 19.1-19.3: Magnets, magnetic field, force on moving charge |
Oct. 7
|
Mon |
Homework
|
Homework 5, due 11PM. |
Oct. 8
|
Tue |
Lecture 14 |
Chap. 19.4-19.7: Motion in a magnetic field, force on current-carrying wire, torque on current loop |
|
Oct. 10
|
Thu |
Lecture 15 |
Chap. 19.8-19.10-: Magnetic field from electric current, Ampere's law, magnetic materials |
Oct. 14 |
Mon |
Homework |
Homework 6 due: 11:00PM |
Oct. 15 |
Tue |
Lecture 16 |
Chap. 20.1-20.4: Induction, motional EMF, Faraday's law, Lenz's law |
Oct. 17 |
Thu |
Lecture 17 |
Chap. 20.5-20.10: Transformers, inductance, LR circuits |
Oct. 21 |
Mon |
Homework |
Homework 7 due: 11:00PM |
Oct. 22 |
Tue |
Lecture 18 |
Chap. 21.1-21.2: AC circuits and RMS quantities |
Oct. 24 |
Thu |
Lecture 19 |
Chap. 22.1-22.4: Maxwell's equations, E&M waves |
Oct. 28 |
Mon |
Homework |
Homework 8 due: 11:00PM |
Oct. 29
|
Tue |
Lecture 20 |
Chap. 22.5-22.8: Energy carried by E&M waves, polarization, doppler effect |
|
Oct 31
|
Thu |
Lecture 21 |
Review for Exam 2 |
Oct 31
|
Thu |
Exam 2 |
Chap. 18.8 - 22.8 (8:20-10:10 PM) See the announcements for locations |
Nov 4
|
Mon
|
Homework
|
|
Nov 5
|
Tue |
Lecture 22 |
Chap. 23.1-23.5: Light, reflection, refraction, total internal reflection |
Nov 7
|
Thu |
Lecture 23
|
Chap. 23.6-23.8: Mirrors, reflective images
|
Nov. 11 |
Mon |
Homework |
Homework 10 due: 11:00PM |
Nov. 12 |
Tue |
Lecture 24 |
Chap. 23.9, 24.1: Thin lenses, Lenses in combination
|
Nov. 14 |
Thu |
Lecture 25 |
Chap. 24.2-4: Camera , Human eye, simple magnifier.
|
Nov. 18 |
Mon |
Homework |
Homework 11 due: 11:00PM |
Nov. 19 |
Tue |
Lecture 26 |
Chap. 24.5-6, Microscopes and Telescopes, |
Nov 21
|
Thu
|
Lecture 27
|
Chap 25.1-4 Interference and Diffraction I |
Nov 25
|
Mon
|
Homework
|
|
Nov 26
|
Tue
|
Lecture 28
|
Chap. 25.5-25.9 Interference and diffraction II
|
Nov. 27-30 |
|
|
Thanksgiving Holidays |
Dec. 2 |
Mon |
Homework |
Homework 13 |
Dec. 2 |
Mon |
Makeup Exam |
Makeup Exam Chaps. (16-25)
|
Dec.3 |
Tue |
Lecture 29 |
Review for final.
|
Dec. 7 |
Sat |
Final exam |
Chaps. 16 - 25 (12:30-2:30PM) |