| Day |
Jan
10 |
Jan
12 |
Jan
14 |
| Type |
Lecture |
Lecture |
Lecture |
| Topic |
Introduction
|
Electrostatics |
Electrostatics |
| Deadlines |
|
Reading: Electrostatics |
|
| Event |
Classes Begin |
|
|
| Hands-On |
Concept Test |
|
| Day |
Jan
17 |
Jan
19 |
Jan
21 |
| Type |
|
Lecture |
Lecture |
| Topic |
|
Electric Field |
Electric
Field |
| Deadlines |
|
Reading: Electric Field
Homework: Electrostatics |
|
| Event |
Martin Luther
King Day, no lecture |
|
|
| Hands-On |
No sessions |
|
| Day |
Jan
24 |
Jan
26 |
Jan
28 |
| Type |
Lecture |
Lecture |
Lecture |
| Topic |
Electric Field |
Capacitors |
Capacitors |
| Deadlines |
Homework: Electric Field |
Reading: Capacitors |
|
| Event |
|
|
|
| Hands-On |
Field, Potential and Potential Energy |
|
| Day |
Jan
31 |
Feb 2 |
Feb
4 |
| Type |
Lecture |
Lecture |
Lecture |
| Topic |
Current |
Current - Cancelled |
Current |
| Deadlines |
Reading: Current
Homework: Capacitors |
|
|
| Event |
|
Snow Day, no lecture or lab |
|
| Hands-On |
Parallel plate capacitors - Rescheduling Wednesday labs for this week to Thursday or Friday |
|
| Day |
Feb
7 |
Feb
9 |
Feb
11 |
| Type |
Midterm 1 |
Lecture |
Lecture |
| Topic |
Electrostatics
Electric Field
Capacitors
|
Current |
Magnetism |
| Deadlines |
|
|
Reading: Magnetism
Homework: Current |
| Event |
|
|
|
| Hands-On |
Circuit Tutorial |
|
| Day |
Feb
14 |
Feb
16 |
Feb
18 |
| Type |
Lecture |
Lecture |
Lecture |
| Topic |
Magnetism/Induction |
Induction |
Induction |
| Deadlines |
|
Reading: Induction
Homework: Magnetism |
|
| Event |
|
|
|
| Hands-On |
Care and Feeding of Solenoids |
|
| Day |
Feb
21 |
Feb
23 |
Feb
25 |
| Type |
Lecture |
Lecture |
Lecture |
| Topic |
Induction/Time-Varying Currents |
Time-Varying Currents |
Time-Varying Currents
|
| Deadlines |
Reading: Time-Varying Currents
|
Homework: Induction |
|
| Event |
|
|
|
| Hands-On |
Faraday’s Law |
|
| Day |
Feb
28 |
Mar 2 |
Mar 4 |
| Type |
Midterm 2 |
Lecture |
Lecture |
| Topic |
Current
Magnetism
|
Time-Varying Currents |
Electromagnetic Waves |
| Deadlines |
|
|
Reading: Electromagnetic Waves
Homework: Time-Varying Currents |
| Event |
|
|
|
| Hands-On |
Transients |
|
| Day |
Mar
7 |
Mar
9 |
Mar
11 |
| Type |
|
|
|
| Topic |
|
|
|
| Deadlines |
|
|
|
| Event |
Spring Break |
Spring Break |
Spring Break |
| Hands-On |
|
|
| Day |
Mar
14 |
Mar
16 |
Mar
18 |
| Type |
Lecture |
Lecture |
Lecture |
| Topic |
Mirrors and Lenses
|
Mirrors/Lenses |
Mirrors/Lenses |
| Deadlines |
Reading: Mirrors and Lenses |
Homework: Electromagnetic Waves |
|
| Event |
|
|
|
| Hands-On |
Resonances |
|
| Day |
Mar
21 |
Mar
23 |
Mar
25 |
| Type |
Midterm 3 |
Lecture |
Lecture |
| Topic |
Induction
Time-Varying Currents |
Optical Instruments |
Optical Instruments |
| Deadlines |
|
Reading: Optical Instruments
Homework: Mirrors and Lenses |
|
| Event |
|
|
|
| Hands-On |
Geometric Optics |
|
| Day |
Mar
28 |
Mar
30 |
Apr 1 |
| Type |
Lecture |
Lecture |
Lecture |
| Topic |
Interference and Diffraction
|
Interference and Diffraction |
Interference and Diffraction |
| Deadlines |
Reading: Interference and Diffraction
Homework: Optical Instruments |
|
|
| Event |
|
|
|
| Hands-On |
Optical Instruments |
|
| Day |
Apr 4 |
Apr
6 |
Apr
8 |
| Type |
Lecture |
Lecture |
Lecture |
| Topic |
Interference and Diffraction
|
Interference and Diffraction |
Quantum Theory |
| Deadlines |
|
|
Homework: Interference and Diffraction
Reading: Quantum Theory |
| Event |
|
|
|
| Hands-On |
Microwaves |
|
| Day |
Apr
11 |
Apr
13 |
Apr
15 |
| Type |
Midterm 4 |
Lecture |
Lecture |
| Topic |
Electromagnetic Waves
Mirrors/Lenses
Optical Instruments
|
Quantum Theory |
Quantum Theory |
| Deadlines |
|
|
|
| Event |
|
|
|
| Hands-On |
|
|
| Day |
Apr
18 |
Apr
20 |
Apr
22 |
| Type |
Lecture |
Lecture |
Lecture |
| Topic |
Subatomic Physics |
Subatomic Physics |
Subatomic Physics |
| Deadlines |
Reading: Subatomic Physics
Homework: Quantum Theory |
|
|
| Event |
|
|
|
| Hands-On |
|
|
| Day |
Apr
25 |
Apr
27 |
Apr
29 |
| Type |
Midterm 5 |
Lecture |
Lecture |
| Topic |
Interference and Diffraction
Quantum Theory
|
Semester Review |
Semester Review |
| Deadlines |
Homework: Subatomic Physics |
|
|
| Event |
|
|
Last day for corrections on hands-on grades
Classes End |
| Hands-On |
Mock-Final Exam
Concept Test
|
|
| Day |
May 2 |
May 4 |
May 5 |
May
6 |
| Type |
Final Exam, Session A
12:45-2:45 p.m. |
Final Exam, Session B
12:45-2:45 p.m |
Final Exam, Session C
3:00-5:00 p.m. |
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| Topic |
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| Deadlines |
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| Event |
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