PHYS 2212 G & J Tentative Course Schedule
revised Sep 13
| Date | Topic | Reading | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug | 21 | Mon | Introduction & Course Policies | Website | |
| 23 | Wed | Electric Charge | 22.1–3 | ||
| 25 | Fri | Electric Force | 22.4 | ||
| 28 | Mon | Electric Field | 22.5 | ||
| 30 | Wed | Fields due to Point Charges | 23.1–2 | ||
| Sep | 01 | Fri | Continuous Charge Distributions | 23.3 | |
| 04 | Mon | Holiday | |||
| 06 | Wed | Standard Field Geometries | 23.4–5 | ||
| 08 | Fri | Charges and Dipoles in External Fields | 23.6–7 | ||
| 11 | Mon | Campus Closed | |||
| 13 | Wed | Field Symmetries | 24.1–2 | ||
| 15 | Fri | Electric Flux | 24.3 | ||
| 18 | Mon | Gauss' Law | 24.4 | ||
| 19 | Tue | Quiz #1 | Through Sep 08 | 6:00pm | |
| 20 | Wed | Applications of Gauss' Law | 24.5 | ||
| 22 | Fri | Electrostatic Equilibrium | 24.6 | ||
| 25 | Mon | Electric Potential Energy | 25.1–3 | ||
| 27 | Wed | Electric Potential | 25.4 | ||
| 29 | Fri | Parallel Plate Capacitors | 25.5 | Progress Reports | |
| Oct | 02 | Mon | Potential due to Point Charges | 25.6–7 | |
| 03 | Tue | Quiz #2 | Through Sep 29 | 6:00pm | |
| 04 | Wed | Electric Potential & Electric Fields | 26.1–4 | ||
| 06 | Fri | Capacitance | 26.5 | ||
| 09 | Mon | Recess | |||
| 11 | Wed | Energy Storage | 26.6 | ||
| 13 | Fri | Currents | 27.1–2 | ||
| 16 | Mon | Current Density & Conductivity | 27.3–4 | ||
| 18 | Wed | Ohm's Law | 27.5, 28.1 | ||
| 20 | Fri | Circuit Analysis: Kirchhoff's Rules | 28.2–3 | ||
| 23 | Mon | Series Resistances | 28.4–5 | ||
| 24 | Tue | Quiz #3 | Through Oct 18 | 6:00pm | |
| 25 | Wed | Parallel Resistances | 28.6–8 | ||
| 27 | Fri | RC Circuits | 28.9 | Drop Day Tomorrow | |
| 30 | Mon | Magnetic Fields | 29.1–2 | ||
| Nov | 01 | Wed | Magnetic Sources | 29.3–5 | |
| 03 | Fri | Ampere's Law | 29.6 | ||
| 06 | Mon | Magnetic Force on Moving Charges | 29.7 | ||
| 08 | Wed | Magnetic Force on Currents | 29.8–9 | ||
| 10 | Fri | Induced EMF; Motional EMF | 30.1–2 | ||
| 13 | Mon | Magnetic Flux & Faraday's Law | 30.3–5 | ||
| 14 | Tue | Quiz #4 | Through Nov 08 | 6:00pm | |
| 15 | Wed | Consequences of Faraday's Law | 30.6–7 | ||
| 17 | Fri | Inductance | 30.8 | ||
| 20 | Mon | LC & LR Circuits | 30.9–10 | ||
| 22 | Wed | Recess | |||
| 24 | Fri | Holiday | |||
| 27 | Mon | Electromagnetic Fields | 31.1–2 | ||
| 29 | Wed | Maxwell's Equations | 31.3–4 | ||
| Dec | 01 | Fri | Electromagnetic Waves | 31.5 | |
| 04 | Mon | Course Conclusion | |||
| 06 | Wed | Reading Period | |||
| 08 | Fri | ||||
| 11 | Mon | Final Exam Period 20, 6:00–8:50pm | Comprehensive! | ||