PHY 2061 — Fall 2016 — Class Schedule


The following schedule is tentative, look for updates through the semester, but the sequence of chapters and topics should be reliable.

  Chapter(s) Tuesday Topic Thursday Topic
Week 1 25, 26 August 23 Coulomb's law August 25 Electric field
Week 2 26, 27 August 30 E field, dipoles Sept. 1 Gauss's law
Week 3 27, 28 Sept. 6 Gauss's law, conductors Sept. 8 Electric potential, energy
Week 4 29, 30 Sept. 13 Electric materials Sept. 15 Capacitance
Week 5 25–30 Sept. 20 review Sept. 22 Exam 1   Formula Sheet
Week 6 31, 32 Sept. 27 Currents and circuits Sept. 29 Magnetism, B field
Week 7 33 Oct. 4 Biot-Savart law Oct. 6 Ampère's law
Week 8 34 Oct. 11 Faraday's Law Oct. 13 Induction
Week 9 35 Oct. 18 Magnetic dipoles Oct. 20 Magnetic materials
Week 10 36, 37 Oct. 25 Inductance Oct. 27 RLC alternating current circuits
Week 11 31–37 Nov. 1 review Nov. 3 Exam 2   Formula Sheet
Week 12 38, 39 Nov. 8 Maxwell's equations Nov. 10 Poynting vector, waves
Week 13 39, 40 Nov. 15 Refraction, Snell's law Nov. 17 Mirrors and lenses
Week 14 41, 42 Nov. 22 Lightboard Lecture Nov. 24 No class - Thanksgiving
Week 15 41,42 Nov. 29 Interference Dec. 1 Diffraction
Week 16 25-41 Dec. 6 Last Day - Overall Review Final Fxam Formula Sheet

Final Exam: Wednesday, Dec. 14, 7:30am-9:30 am (Exam Group 14A) (Cumulative)