PHYS 2212 G Tentative Course Schedule
Updated Jan 28
| Date | Topic | Reading | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 07 | Mon | Introduction & Course Policies | Website | |
| 09 | Wed | Electric Charge | 22.1–3 | ||
| 11 | Fri | Electric Force | 22.4 | ||
| 14 | Mon | Electric Field | 22.5 | ||
| 16 | Wed | Fields due to Point Charges | 23.1–2 | ||
| 18 | Fri | Continuous Charge Distributions | 23.3 | ||
| 21 | Mon | Holiday | |||
| 23 | Wed | Standard Field Geometries | 23.4–5 | ||
| 25 | Fri | Charges and Dipoles in External Fields | 23.6–7 | ||
| 28 | Mon | Field Symmetries | 24.1–2 | ||
| 30 | Wed | Electric Flux | 24.3 | ||
| Feb | 01 | Fri | Gauss' Law | 24.4 | |
| 04 | Mon | Applications of Gauss' Law | 24.5 | ||
| 05 | Tue | Quiz #1, rescheduled from Jan 29 | Through Jan 25 | 6:00pm | |
| 06 | Wed | Electrostatic Equilibrium | 24.6 | ||
| 08 | Fri | Electric Potential Energy | 25.1–3 | ||
| 11 | Mon | Electric Potential | 25.4 | ||
| 13 | Wed | Parallel Plate Capacitors | 25.5 | ||
| 15 | Fri | Potential due to Point Charges | 25.6–7 | ||
| 18 | Mon | Electric Potential & Electric Fields | 26.1–4 | Progress Reports | |
| 19 | Tue | Quiz #2 | Through Feb 15 | 6:00pm | |
| 20 | Wed | Capacitance | 26.5 | ||
| 22 | Fri | Energy Storage | 26.6 | ||
| 25 | Mon | Dielectrics | 26.7 | ||
| 27 | Wed | Currents | 27.1–2 | ||
| Mar | 01 | Fri | Current Density & Conductivity | 27.3–4 | |
| 04 | Mon | Ohm's Law | 27.5, 28.1 | ||
| 06 | Wed | Circuit Analysis: Kirchhoff's Rules | 28.2–3 | ||
| 08 | Fri | Series Resistances | 28.4–5 | ||
| 11 | Mon | Parallel Resistances | 28.6–8 | ||
| 12 | Tue | Quiz #3 | Through Mar 06 | 6:00pm | |
| 13 | Wed | RC Circuits | 28.9 | Drop Day | |
| 15 | Fri | Magnetic Fields | 29.1–2 | ||
| 18–22 | Mon—Fri | Spring Break! | |||
| 25 | Mon | Magnetic Sources | 29.3–5 | ||
| 27 | Wed | Ampere's Law | 29.6 | ||
| 29 | Fri | Magnetic Force on Moving Charges | 29.7 | ||
| Apr | 01 | Mon | Magnetic Force on Currents | 29.8–9 | |
| 03 | Wed | Induced EMF; Motional EMF | 30.1–2 | ||
| 05 | Fri | Magnetic Flux & Faraday's Law | 30.3–5 | ||
| 08 | Mon | Consequences of Faraday's Law | 30.6–7 | ||
| 09 | Tue | Quiz #4 | Through Apr 01 | 6:00pm | |
| 10 | Wed | Inductance | 30.8 | ||
| 12 | Fri | LC & LR Circuits | 30.9–10 | ||
| 15 | Mon | Electromagnetic Fields | 31.1–2 | ||
| 17 | Wed | Maxwell's Equations | 31.3–4 | ||
| 19 | Fri | Electromagnetic Waves | 31.5 | ||
| 22 | Mon | Course Conclusion | |||
| 24 | Wed | Reading Period | |||
| 26 | Fri | ||||
| May | 01 | Wed | Final Exam, 6:00–8:50pm | Comprehensive! | |