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Syllabus, Fall 2010

Lectures are held in 2103 Ch.  Reading assignments are from the course text (Serway & Jewett).

 

Tuesday

Thursday

Lab

HW

Week 1



Sep 2, Pan
Course Intro & Electrostatics
Read Chap 23.1-23.2

Week 2

Sep 7, Pan  
Electric Force & Electric Field
Read Chap 23.3-23.7

Sep 9, Pan
Electric Flux & Gauss's Law
Read Chap 24.1-24.3

HW1 due
Wed. 9/15 11 PM

Week 3


Sep 14, 
Pan
Gauss's Law, Potential
Read Chap 24, 25.1-25.3

Sep 16, Pan
Electric Potential
Read Chap 25.4-25.8

Lab 1: E1
Electrostatics

HW2 due
Wed. 9/22 11 PM

Week 4

Sep 21, Pan
Capacitors & Dielectrics
Read Chap 26.1-26.3

Sep 23, Pan
Review for Midterm 1

Lab 2: EC2
Electric Fields

HW3-4 due
Wed. 10/06 11 PM

(Note  the usual due date)

Week 5
Exam 1 (Ch. 23-25)
Mon, Sep 27

Sep 28, Han
Capacitors & Dielectrics
Read Chap 26.4-26.7

 

Sep 30, Han 
Current and Resistance
Read Chap 27.1-27.6

Makeup labs:
 E1, EC2

HW3-4 due
Wed. 10/06 11 PM

Week 6

Oct 5, Pan
DC Circuits
Read
Chap 28.1-28.6

Oct 7, Han

Magnetic Force, Magnetic Fields
Read Chap 29.1-29.4

Lab 3: EC3
Capacitors
and RC decay

HW5 due
Wed. 10/13 11 PM

Week 7

Oct 12, Han

Magnetic Force, Magnetic Fields
Read Chap 29

Oct 14, Han
Sources of Magnetic Fields 
Read Chap 30.1-30.4

Lab 4: E4
Charge/mass ratio

HW6 due
Wed. 10/20 11 PM

Week 8

Oct 19 Han
Sources of Magnetic Fields
Read
Chap 30

Oct 21, Pan
Faraday's Law
Read
Chap 31.1-31.3

Lab 5: EC5
Magnetic induction

HW7 due
Wed. 10/27 11 PM

 

Week 9

Exam 2 (Ch. 26-29)

Mon Oct 25

Oct 26, Pan
Faraday's Law
Read Chap 31

Oct 28, Pan
Inductance
Read Chap 32.1-32.6

Makeup labs:
EC3,E4, EC5

HW8 due
Wed. 11/04 11 PM

Week 10

Nov 2, Han

AC Circuits.
Read C
h 33.1-33.4

Nov 4, Han
 
AC Circuits (continued)
Read Chap 33.5-33.9 

Lab 6: EC6
Oscilloscope,
DC Amplifiers

HW9 due
Wed. 11/10 11 PM

Week 11

Nov 9, Han
Wave Motion (Review)

Nov 11, Han

EM Waves
Read Chap 34.1-34.3

Lab 7: E7
AC Circuits

HW10 due
Wed. 11/17 11 PM


Week 12

Nov 16, Han
Electromagnetic Waves
Read Chap 34.4-34.7

Nov 18, Han
Light: Reflection & Refraction
Read Chap 35.1-35.8

Lab 8: SC1
Waves on strings

HW11 due
Wed. 12/1 11 PM

Week 13

Exam 3(Ch30-34)
Mon, Nov 22

Nov 23, Han

Lenses and Mirrors
Read
Chap 36.1-36.5

Thankshgiving

Makeup labs:
EC6, E7 or SC1

 

Week 14

Nov 30, Han
Image formation
Read Chap 36.6-36.10

Dec 2, Pan

Inteference
Read
Chap 37.1-37.3

Lab 9: LC2
Mirrors, Lenses

HW12 due  
Wed. 12/10 11 PM

Week 15

Dec 7, Pan

Interference
Read Chap 37.4-37.6 

Dec 9, Pan

Diffraction
Read Chap 38.1.38.6 

Lab 10: LC1
Interference

 

HW13 due
Wed. 12/15 11 PM

Week 16

Dec 14, Pan
Final Exam Review

Makeup labs

 

Final Exam:

 Wed, Dec 22 (7:45 to 9:45 am)

location TBA

 

 


 

 

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