PHY 2054 (Physics 2 without Calculus) Spring 2014
Schedule (lecture slides can be found at the PHY2054 e-Learning site
| Date | Day | Event | Material and events | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan. 7 | Tue | Lecture 1 | Course organization | |
| Jan. 9 | Thu | Lecture 2 | PA | Chap. 16.1-16.3: Electric charge, coulomb's law |
| Jan. 14 | Tue | Lecture 3 | PA | Chap. 16.4-16.7: Electric Field, Flux, Gauss' law |
| Jan. 15 | Wed | Modified date | Homework 1 due 11:00PM | |
| Jan. 16 | Thu | Lecture 4 | PA | Chap. 17.1-17.2: Electric potential |
| Jan. 21 | Tue | Lecture 5 | PA | Chap. 17.3-17.4: Equipotential surfaces, energy conservation |
| Jan. 22 | Wed | Modified date | Homework 2 due 11:00PM | |
| Jan. 23 | Thu | Lecture 6 | PK | Chap. 17.5-17.6: Capacitance, dielectrics |
| Jan. 27 | Mon | Homework | Homework 3 due 11:00PM | |
| Jan. 28 | Tue | Lecture 7 | PA | Chap. 17.7: Stored energy in capacitors |
| Jan. 30 | Thu | Lecture 8 | PK | Chap. 18.1-18.3: Electric Current, Ohm's Law |
| Feb. 3 | Mon | Homework | Homework 4 due: 11:00PM | |
| Feb. 4 | Tue | Lecture 9 | PK | Chap. 18.4-18.6: Resistance, series and parallel circuits |
| Feb. 6 | Thu | Lecture 10 | PK | Chap. 18.7: More complex circuits |
| Feb. 14 | Fri | Modified date | Homework 5 due: 11:00PM | |
| Feb. 11 | Tue | Lecture 11 | PA | Review for exam 1 |
| Feb. 11 | Tue | Exam 1 | Chaps. 16.1 - 18.7 | |
| Feb. 13 | Thu | Lecture 12 | PA | Chap. 18.8-18.10: Power, RC circuits |
| Feb. 17 | Mon | Homework | Homework 6 due: 11:00PM | |
| Feb. 18 | Tue | Lecture 13 | PK | Chap. 19.1-19.3: Magnets, magnetic field, force on moving charge |
| Feb. 20 | Thu | Lecture 14 | PA | Chap. 19.4-19.7: Motion in a magnetic field, force on current-carrying wire, torque on current loop |
| Feb. 24 | Mon | Homework | Homework 7 due: 11:00PM | |
| Feb. 25 | Tue | Lecture 15 | PK | Chap. 19.8-19.10-: Magnetic field from electric current, Ampere's law, magnetic materials |
| Feb. 27 | Thu | Lecture 16 | PK | Chap. 20.1-20.4: Induction, motional EMF, Faraday's law, Lenz's law |
| Mar. 4 | Tue | Holiday | Spring Break!! | |
| Mar. 6 | Thu | Holiday | Spring Break!! | |
| Mar. 10 | Mon | No homework due | ||
| Mar. 11 | Tue | Lecture 17 | PK | Chap. 20.5-20.10: Transformers, inductance, LR circuits |
| Mar. 13 | Thu | Lecture 18 | PK | Chap. 21.1-21.2: AC circuits and RMS quantities |
| Mar. 14 | Modified date | Homework | Homework 8 due: 11:00PM | |
| Mar. 17 | Mon | No homework due | ||
| Mar. 18 | Tue | Lecture 19 | PA | Review for exam 2 |
| Mar. 18 | Tue | Exam 2 | Chaps. 18.8 - 21.2 | |
| Mar. 20 | Thu | Lecture 20 | PA | Chap. 22.1-22.4: Maxwell's equations, E&M waves |
| Mar. 24 | Mon | Homework | Homework 9 due: 11:00PM | |
| Mar. 25 | Tue | Lecture 21 | PA | Chap. 22.5-22.8: Energy carried by E&M waves, polarization, doppler effect |
| Mar. 27 | Thu | Lecture 22 | PK | Chap. 23.1-23.5: Wavefronts &Huygens' principle, reflection, refraction, total internal reflection, polarization by reflection |
| Mar. 31 | Mon | Homework | Homework 10 due: 11:00PM | |
| Apr. 1 | Tue | Lecture 23 | PK | Chap. 23.6-23.8: Mirrors, reflective images |
| Apr. 3 | Thu | Lecture 24 | PK | Chap. 23.9: Images from thin lenses |
| Apr. 7 | Modified date | Homework | Homework 11 due: 11:00PM | |
| Apr. 8 | Tue | Lecture 25 | PK | Chap. 24.1, 24.4: Camera, magnifier, projector |
| Apr. 10 | Thu | Lecture 26 | PK | Chap. 24.3: Operation of human eye, corrective lenses |
| Apr. 14 | Mon | Homework | Homework 12 due: 11:00PM | |
| Apr. 15 | Tue | Lecture 27 | PK | Chap. 24.1, 24.5-24.6: Microscopes, telescopes |
| Apr. 17 | Thu | Lecture 28 | PA | Chap. 25.1-25.4: Interference and diffraction I |
| Apr. 21 | Mon | Homework | Homework 13 due: 11:00PM | |
| Apr. 22 | Tue | Lecture 29 | PA | Chap. 25.5-25.9: Interference and diffraction II |
| Apr. 24 | Thu | (Optional) | Review (no official class) | |
| Apr. 23 | Wed 5:00PM |
Makeup exam | Chaps. 16 - 25 | |
| Apr. 26 | Sat | Final exam | Chaps. 16 - 25 (8:00 - 10:00PM) |