| Week | Dates | Lecture Topics and Reading | Discussion Activities | Homework | Lab |
| 1 | 9/3-9/5 |
W: Introduction, Electric Charge, 21.1-4 F: Electric Charge, 21.5-6 |
T: Course Description R: Concepts and Quiz01 |
no HW | "Introduction" (attendance req'd) |
| 2 | 9/8-9/12 |
M: Electric Fields, 22.1-5 W: Electric Fields, 22.6-9 F: Gauss' Law, 23.1-23.6 |
T: HW practice R: Concepts and Quiz02 |
HW01: Problems: 21.2,4,6,18,26,36 22.6,12 due W, 9/10. |
"Electrostatics" |
| 3 | 9/15-9/19 |
M: Gauss' Law, 23.7-9 W: Electric Potential, 24.1-7 F: Electric Potential, 24.8-12 |
T: HW practice R: Concepts and Quiz03 |
HW02: Problems: Problems: 22.10,22.18,22.22, 22.28, 22.34, 22.52, 23.4, 23.20 due W, 9/17. |
"Gauss' Law" |
| 4 | 9/22-9/26 |
M: Capacitance, 25.1-4 W: Capacitance, 25.5-8 F: Current and Resistance, 26.1-3 |
T: HW practice R: Concepts and Quiz04 |
HW03: Problems: 23.18,23.30,23.38,23.50 24.6, 24.12, 24.26, 24.72 due W, 9/24. |
"Electric Fields and Equipotentials" |
| 5 | 9/29-10/3 |
M: Current and Resistance, 26.4-6 W: Exam I: Chaps 21-25 F: Current and Resistance, 26.7-9 |
T: HW practice and Exam review R: Concepts |
HW04: Problems: 24.35, 24.63 25.1, 25.5, 25.9, 25.17, 25.35, 25.45 practice for Exam 1, assignment not collected. |
"Electric Potential and Ohm's Law" |
| 6 | 10/6-10/10 |
M: Circuits, 27.1-3 W: Circuits, 27.4-6 F: Circuits, 27.7-9 |
T: HW practice R: Concepts and Quiz05 |
HW05: Problems: 26.4,26.20,26.22,26.24, 26.28,26.46,26.52,26.58 due W, 10/8. |
"Introduction to Electrical Circuits" |
| 7 | 10/13-10/17 |
M: Magnetic Fields, 28.1-4 W: Magnetic Fields, 28.5-7 F: Magnetic Fields, 28.8-10 |
T: HW practice R: Concepts and Quiz06 |
HW06: Problems: 27.8, 27.12,27.18,27.22, 27.40, 27.52, 27.60, 27.72 due W, 10/15. |
"Resistor Networks" |
| 8 | 10/20-10/24 |
M: Mag. Field from curr., 29.1-2 W: Mag. Field from curr., 29.3-4 F: Mag. Field from curr., 29.5-6 |
T: HW practice R: Concepts and Quiz07 |
HW07: Problems: 28.2, 28.6,28.18,28.24, 28.42, 28.46, 28.54, 28.84 due W, 10/22. |
"The Oscilloscope" |
| 9 | 10/27-10/31 |
M: Induction, 30.1-4 W: Induction, 30.5-8 F: Induction, 30.9-12 |
T: HW practice R: Concepts and Quiz08 |
HW08: Problems: 29.6, 29.28, 29.36, 29.44, 29.46, 29.54, 29.58, 29.76 due W, 10/29. | "RC Circuits" |
| 10 | 11/3-11/7 |
M: EM oscs and AC, 31.1-5 W: Exam II -- Chaps 26-30 F: EM oscs and AC, 31.6-11 |
T: HW practice and Exam review R: Concepts |
HW09: Problems: 30.11, 30.17, 30.31, 30.37, 30.45, 30.55, 30.65, 30.73 not collected (exam 2 practice) |
"The Current Balance" |
| 11 | 11/10-11/14 |
M: Maxwell's Eqs, 32.1-4 W: Maxwell's Eqs, 32.5-8 F: Maxwell's Eqs, 32.9-11 |
T: HW practice R: Concepts and Quiz09 |
HW10: Problems: 31.4, 31.20, 31.34, 31.36, 31.50, 31.58, 31.64, 31.84 due date changed to R, 11/13 (9am) |
"Alternating Current" |
| 12 | 11/17-11/21 |
M: EM Waves, 33.1-5 W: EM Waves, 33.5-10 F: Images, 34.1-3 |
T: HW practice R: Concepts and Quiz10 |
HW11: Problems: 32.2, 32.8, 32.22, 32.57, 33.6, 33.10, 33.14, 33.15 due W, 11/19. |
"Reflection and Refraction" |
| 13 | 11/24 |
M: Images, 34.4-6 W: no class, Thanksgiving break F: no class, Thanksgiving break |
T: Concepts and Quiz11 R: no class, Thanksgiving break |
no HW | no lab this week |
| 14 | 12/1-12/5 |
M: Images, 34.7-9 W: Interference, 35.1-4 F: Interference, 35.5-8 |
T: HW practice R: Concepts and Quiz12 |
HW12: Problems: 33.46, 33.50, 33.58, 33.60, 34.8, 34.46, 34.58, 34.92 due W, 12/3. |
"Lenses and Mirrors" |
| 15 | 12/8-12/12 |
M: Diffraction, 36.1-5 W: Diffraction, 36.6-10 F: Relativity, 37.1-12 |
T: HW practice R: Concepts and Final Exam review |
HW13: Problems: 35.13, 35.19, 35.21, 35.39, 36.9, 36.21, 36.47, 36.61 not collected. |
no lab this week |
| Finals | 12/15-12/19 | Final Exam: F, 12/19, 8-10am, SW007. (chaps 31-36 + comprehensive) | |||