PHY 2061 — Spring 2010 — 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 January 5 Coulomb's law January 7 Electric field
Week 2 26, 27 January 12 E field, dipoles January 14 Gauss's law
Week 3 27, 28 January 19 Gauss's law, conductors January 21 Electric potential, energy
Week 4 29, 30 January 26 Electric materials January 28 Capacitance
Week 5 31,32 Feb. 2 Currents and circuits Feb. 4 Magnetism, B field
Week 6 25-32 Feb. 9 review
Feb. 11 Exam 1  Formula Sheet
Week 7 33 Feb. 16 Biot-Savart law Feb. 18 Ampère's law
Week 8 34 Feb. 23 Faraday's Law Feb. 25 Induction
Week 9 35 March 2 Magnetic dipoles March 4 Magnetic materials
Week 10 March 9 Spring Break March 11
Week 11 36, 37 March 16 Inductance March 18 RLC alternating current circuits
Week 12 33–37 March 23 review March 25 Exam 2   Formula Sheet
Week 13 38, 39 March 30 Maxwell's equations April 1 Poynting vector, waves
Week 14 39, 40 April 6 Refraction, Snell's law April 8 Mirrors and lenses
Week 15 41, 42 April 13 Interference April 15
Week 16 25-42 April 20 Last Day of Class  - Review April 22 Reading Day
Week 17 April 28
Exam Group 28E Final at 5:30-7:30 pm
Final Exam Formula Sheet

Final Exam: Wednesday, April 28, 2010 at 5:30-7:30 pm (Cumulative)