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  • Lecture
    Month
    Day
    Assigned Reading
    Topics
    Notes
    1
    Jan.
    14 19.1-19.3 Electric Charges and Force



    15 Discussion Quiz

    2
     
    16
    19.4-19.7 Electric Field and Flux  

    3
    21
    20.1-20.3  Electric Potential  



    22 Discussion Quiz * HW01 Due *
    19.1 - 19.7
    4
    23
    20.4 - 20.6 Electric Potential Energy,Capacitors

    5  
    28
    21.1-21.4 Electric Current, Resistors



    29 Discussion Quiz * HW02 Due *
    20.1-20.6
    6
     
    30
    21.5-21.8 Resistors,Circuits

    7
    Feb.
    4
    22.1-22.4 Magnetic Fields, Force  * HW03 Due *
    21.1-21.8


    5 Discussion - Review




     
    6 Midterm Exam 1 Midterm Exam 1 Chapters 19-21 Midterm Exam 1
    8
     
    11
    22.5-22.8 Magnetic Torque,Ampere's Law, Solenoids   



    12 Discussion Quiz * HW04 Due *
    22.1-22.8
    9
     
    13
    23.1-23.5 Faraday's Law and Lenz's Law, Energy

    10

    18
    23.6-23.10 Inductance,Motors,Transformers



    19 Discussion Quiz * HW05 Due *
    23.1-23.10
    11

    20
    24.1-24.4 Alternating Voltage and Current

    12

    25
    24.5-24.6 RLC Circuits and Resonance



    26 Discussion Quiz * HW06 Due *
    24.1-24.6
    13
     
    27
    25.1-25.7 Electromagnetic Waves


    14
    Mar.
    3
    26.1-26.4 Mirrors and Reflections  * HW07 Due *
    25.1-25.7


    4 Discussion - Review




     
    5 Midterm Exam 2 Midterm Exam 2 Chapters 22-25 Midterm Exam 2
     

    7-15
    Spring Break, No Classes Spring Break, No Classes Spring Break, No Classes


    17
    25.1-25.7 Electromagnetic Waves



    18 Discussion Quiz
    15
     
    19
    26.1-26.4 Mirrors and Reflections

    16
     
    24
    26.5-26.8 Lenses,Refraction



    25 Discussion Quiz * HW07 Due *
    25.1-25.7
    17

    26 27.1-27.6
    Optical Instruments

    18
    31 28.1-28.6
    Diffraction


    Apr.
    1 Discussion Quiz * HW08 Due *
    26.1-26.8
    19

    2
    29.1-29.6 Special Relativity

    20
     
    7
    30.1-30.4 Quantum Physics * HW09 and HW10 Due *
    27.1-27.6 and 28.1-28.6


    8 Discussion Quiz




     
    9 Midterm Exam 3 Midterm Exam 3 Chapters 26-28 Midterm Exam 3
    21
     
    14
    30.5-30.7
    Wave Phenomena  



    15 Discussion - Review * HW11 Due *
    29.1-29.6
    22
     
    16
    31.1-31.4 Atomic Physics

    23
     
    21
    32.1-32.4 Nuclear Structure, Radioactivity, Half-life, Binding Energy
     


    22 Discussion Quiz * HW12 and HW13 Due *
    30.1-30.7 and 31.1-31.4


    23
    32.5-32.9 Nuclear Fusion and Fission and Practical Applications

    24

    28
    Review/Catch up * HW14 Due *
    32.1-32.9


    29 Reading Day No Classes


    30
    No Classes



    May 
    1 Friday 9:00AM-12:00PM Final Exam Chapters 19-32 RM 205 Physics Bldg or
    RMS B&E Zehmer Hall