| Date |
Day |
Event |
|
Material and events |
| Jan. 8 |
Tue |
Lecture 1 |
|
Course organization |
| Jan. 10 |
Thu |
Lecture 2 |
PA |
Chap. 16.1-16.3: Electric charge, coulomb's law |
| Jan. 15 |
Tue |
Lecture 3 |
PA |
Chap. 16.4-16.7: Electric Field, Flux, Gauss' law |
| Jan. 16 |
Wed |
Modified date |
|
Homework 1 due 11:00PM |
| Jan. 17 |
Thu |
Lecture 4 |
PA |
Chap. 17.1-17.2: Electric potential |
| Jan. 22 |
Tue |
Lecture 5 |
ZQ |
Chap. 17.3-17.4: Equipotential surfaces, energy conservation |
| Jan. 23 |
Wed |
Modified date |
|
Homework 2 due 11:00PM |
| Jan. 24 |
Thu |
Lecture 6 |
ZQ |
Chap. 17.5-17.6: Capacitance, dielectrics |
| Jan. 28 |
Mon |
Homework |
|
Homework 3 due 11:00PM |
| Jan. 29 |
Tue |
Lecture 7 |
ZQ |
Chap. 17.7: Stored energy in capacitors |
| Jan. 31 |
Thu |
Lecture 8 |
PA |
Chap. 18.1-18.3: Electric Current, Ohm's Law |
| Feb. 4 |
Mon |
Homework |
|
Homework 4 due: 11:00PM |
| Feb. 5 |
Tue |
Lecture 9 |
PA |
Chap. 18.4-18.6: Resistance, series and parallel circuits |
| Feb. 7 |
Thu |
Lecture 10 |
PA |
Chap. 18.7: More complex circuits |
| Feb. 11 |
Mon |
Homework |
|
Homework 5 due: 11:00PM |
| Feb. 12 |
Tue |
Lecture 11 |
PA |
Review for exam 1 |
| Feb. 12 |
Tues |
Exam 1 |
|
Chaps. 16.1 - 18.7 |
| Feb. 14 |
Thu |
Lecture 12 |
PA |
Chap. 18.8-18.10: Power, RC circuits |
| Feb. 18 |
Mon |
Homework |
|
Homework 6 due: 11:00PM |
| Feb. 19 |
Tue |
Lecture 13 |
ZQ |
Chap. 19.1-19.3: Magnets, magnetic field, force on moving charge |
| Feb. 21 |
Thu |
Lecture 14 |
ZQ |
Chap. 19.4-19.7: Motion in a magnetic field, force on current-carrying wire, torque on current loop |
| Feb. 25 |
Mon |
Homework |
|
Homework 7 due: 11:00PM |
| Feb. 26 |
Tue |
Lecture 15 |
ZQ |
Chap. 19.8-19.10-: Magnetic field from electric current, Ampere's law, magnetic materials |
| Feb. 28 |
Thu |
Lecture 16 |
ZQ |
Chap. 20.1-20.4: Induction, motional EMF, Faraday's law, Lenz's law |
| Mar. 5 |
Tue |
Holiday |
|
Spring Break!! |
| Mar. 7 |
Thu |
Holiday |
|
Spring Break!! |
| Mar. 11 |
Mon |
|
|
No homework due |
| Mar. 12 |
Tue |
Lecture 17 |
ZQ |
Chap. 20.5-20.10: Transformers, inductance, LR circuits |
| Mar. 14 |
Thu |
Lecture 18 |
ZQ |
Chap. 21.1-21.2: AC circuits and RMS quantities |
| Mar. 18 |
Mon |
Homework |
|
Homework 8 due: 11:00PM |
| Mar. 19 |
Tue |
Lecture 19 |
PA |
Review for exam 2 |
| Mar. 20 |
Wed |
Exam 2 |
|
Chaps. 18.8 - 21.2 |
| Mar. 21 |
Thu |
Lecture 20 |
PA |
Chap. 22.1-22.4: Maxwell's equations, E&M waves |
| Mar. 25 |
Mon |
Homework |
|
Homework 9 due: 11:00PM |
| Mar. 26 |
Tue |
Lecture 21 |
PA |
Chap. 22.5-22.8: Energy carried by E&M waves, polarization, doppler effect |
| Mar. 28 |
Thu |
Lecture 22 |
PA |
Chap. 23.1-23.5: Wavefronts &Huygens' principle, reflection, refraction, total internal reflection, polarization by reflection |
| Apr. 1 |
Mon |
Homework |
|
Homework 10 due: 11:00PM |
| Apr. 2 |
Tue |
Lecture 23 |
PA |
Chap. 23.6-23.8: Mirrors, reflective images |
| Apr. 4 |
Thu |
Lecture 24 |
PA |
Chap. 23.9: Images from thin lenses |
| Apr. 8 |
Mon |
|
|
No homework due |
| Apr. 9 |
Tue |
Lecture 25 |
ZQ |
Chap. 24.1, 24.4: Camera, magnifier, projector |
| Apr. 11 |
Thu |
Lecture 26 |
ZQ |
Chap. 24.3: Operation of human eye, corrective lenses |
| Apr. 15 |
Mon |
Homework |
|
Homework 11 due: 11:00PM |
| Apr. 16 |
Tue |
Lecture 27 |
ZQ |
Chap. 24.1, 24.5-25.6: Microscopes, telescopes |
| Apr. 18 |
Thu |
Lecture 28 |
ZQ |
Chap. 25.1-25.4: Interference and diffraction I |
| Apr. 22 |
Mon |
Homework |
|
Homework 12 due: 11:00PM |
| Apr. 23 |
Tue |
Lecture 29 |
ZQ |
Chap. 25.5-25.9: Interference and diffraction II |
| Apr. 25 |
Thu |
(Optional) |
ZQ |
Review (no official class) |
| Apr. 25 |
Thu |
Makeup exam |
|
Chaps. 16 - 25 |
| Apr. 27 |
Sat |
Final exam |
|
Chaps. 16 - 25 (12:30 - 2:30PM) |
