Physics 2020
Syllabus
Spring
2014
Class |
Date |
Day |
Text Sections |
Topic |
Reading Quiz |
1 |
Jan. 14 |
T |
19.1-19.3 |
Electric charges and force |
1) Coulomb's Law |
2 |
Jan. 16 |
R |
19.4-19.7 |
Electric field and flux |
2) Gauss's Law |
3 |
Jan. 21 |
T |
20.1-20.3 |
Electric potential |
3) Potential |
4 |
Jan. 23 |
R |
20.4-20.6 |
Electric potential energy, capacitors |
4) Capacitors |
5 |
Jan. 28 |
T |
21.1-21.4 |
Electric current, Resistors |
5) DC Currents |
6 |
Jan. 30 |
R |
21.5-21.8 |
Resistors, circuits |
6) Kirchhoff's Rules |
7 |
Feb. 4 |
T |
22.1-22.4 |
Magnetic field, force |
7) Magnetic force on charges |
8 |
Feb. 6 |
R |
TEST 1 |
Chapters 19-21 |
None |
9 |
Feb. 11 |
T |
22.5-22.8 |
Magnetic torque, Ampere's law, solenoids |
8) Magnetic force on a wire |
10 |
Feb. 13 |
R |
23.1-23.5 |
Faraday's and Lenz's laws, Electrical energy |
9) Faraday's Law |
11 |
Feb. 18 |
T |
23.6-23.10 |
Inductance, motors, magnetic energy, transformers |
10)Inductors |
12 |
Feb. 20 |
R |
24.1-24.4 |
Alternating voltage, current, AC circuits |
11) AC circuits |
13 |
Feb. 25 |
T |
24.5-24.6 |
RLC Circuits, Resonance |
12) Resonance |
14 |
Feb. 27 |
R |
25.1-25.5 |
Electromagnetic waves |
None |
15 |
Mar. 4 |
T |
26.1-26.4 |
Mirrors, reflection |
13) Geometrical Optics 1 |
16 |
Mar. 6 |
R |
TEST 2 |
Chapters 22-25 |
None |
|
Mar 11, 13 |
|
|
Spring break, no class |
None |
17 |
Mar. 18 |
T |
26.5-26.8 |
Lenses, refraction |
14)Geometrical Optics 2 |
18 |
Mar. 20 |
R |
27.1-27.6 |
Optical instruments |
15)Optical Instruments |
19 |
Mar. 25 |
T |
28.1-28.3 |
Interference |
16)Interference |
20 |
Mar. 27 |
R |
28.4-28.6 |
Diffraction |
17)Diffraction |
21 |
Apr. 1 |
T |
29.1-29.4 |
Relativity |
18)Relativity |
22 |
Apr. 3 |
R |
29.5-29.8 |
Relativistic phenomena, general relativity |
19)General Relativity |
23 |
Apr. 8 |
T |
30.1-30.4 |
Quantum physics |
20)Quantum Physics |
24 |
Apr. 10 |
R |
TEST 3 |
Chapters 26-29 |
None |
25 |
Apr. 15 |
T |
30.5-30.7 |
Wave-particle phenomena |
21)Wave Particle Duality |
26 |
Apr. 17 |
R |
31.1-31.7 |
Atomic physics |
22)Atomic Physics |
27 |
Apr. 22 |
T |
32.1-32.6 |
Nuclear physics |
23)Nuclear Physics |
28 |
Apr. 24 |
R |
32.7-32.9 |
Applications, elementary particle physics, cosmology |
None |
29 |
Apr. 29 |
T |
Review |
elementary particle physics, final exam review |
None |
-- |
May 1 |
Fri. |
FINAL EXAM (section I) |
2pm -> 5pm |
None |
-- |
May 9 |
Thurs. |
FINAL EXAM (section II) |
9am -> noon |
None |