P201 Fall 2008: Syllabus

P202 Spring 2009 Syllabus

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1 1/12 Chap 16: Electric Charge and Electric Field Lecture 1   prelecture1 (survey) The MasteringPhysics Website
Course ID:

SP2009BLPHYSP202
 

HW1, Due Date: 1/20/2009 11:00pm

1. Electrostatics
1/14 Lecture 2 16-1,2,3,4,5,6 prelecture2
1/16 Lecture 3 16-7,8,9,10 prelecture3
2 1/19 Chap 17: Electric Potential Martin Luther King Jr. Day   Week1 survey HW2 
Due Date: 1/27/2009 11:00pm
No Labs
1/21 Lecture 4 17-1,2,3,4 prelecture4
1/23 Lecture 5 17-5,7 prelecture5
3 1/26 Chap 18: Electric Currents
Lecture 6 17-8,9,10,11 prelecture6
HW3
Due Date: 2/3/2009 11:00pm 
2. Electric Fields and Equipotential Lines
1/28 Lecture 7 (cancelled due to snow) 18-1,2,3 prelecture7
1/30 Lecture 7 18-1,2,3  
4 2/2 1st Mid-term exam on 2/5 7:00pm-9:00pm (TBA)

Chap 19: DC Circuits
Lecture 8 18-4,5,6 prelecture8  

HW4

Due Date: 2/10/2009 11:00pm

3. Electric Potential and Ohm's Law
2/4 Lecture 9 18-7,10; Review prelecture9
2/6 Lecture 10 19-1,2 prelecture10; Post exam 1 survey
5 2/9 Chap 19: DC Circuits

Chap 20: Magnetism

Lecture 11 19-3,4 prelecture11 HW5

Due Date: 2/17/2009 11:00pm 

4. Resistors in Series and Parallel
2/11 Lecture 12 19-5,6,7 prelecture12
2/13 Lecture 13 20-1,2,3,4 prelecture13
6 2/16 Chap 20: Magnetism

 

Lecture 14 20-9,10,11 prelecture14 HW6
Due Date: 2/24/2009 11:00pm
 
5. The Oscilloscope
2/18 Lecture 15 20-5,6,8 prelecture15
2/20 Lecture 16 20-7,11 prelecture16
7 2/23 Chap 21: Electromagnetic Induction and Faraday's Law Lecture 17 21-1,2,3,4 prelecture17 HW7

Due Date: 3/3/2009 11:00pm

6. RC Circuits
2/25 Lecture 18 21-4,5 prelecture18
2/27 Lecture 19 21-6,7 prelecture19
8 3/2 2nd Mid-term exam on 3/5 7:00pm-9:00pm (TBA)

Chap 22: Electromagnetic Waves
Lecture 20 21-8,9,10,12 prelecture20 HW8

Due Date: 3/10/2009 11:00pm

7. The Current Balance
3/4 Lecture 21 22-1,2,3,4 prelecture21
3/6 Lecture 22 22-5,6,7 prelecture22
9 3/9 Chap 23: Light: Geometric Optics         8. Building an Electric Motor
3/11      
3/13      
10 3/16 Spring Break -- No Classes  
 

 
 
No Labs
3/18
3/20
11 3/23 Chap 24: The Wave Nature of Light      
9. Laser Ray Tracing
3/25      
3/27      
12 3/30
Chap 25: Optical Instruments
        10. Thin Lenses and Spherical Mirrors
4/1      
4/3      
13 4/6 3rd Mid-term exam on 4/9 7:00pm-9:00pm (TBA)

Chap 27: Early Quantum Theory and Models of the Atom

        11. Diffraction and Interference
4/8      
4/10      
14 4/13 Chap 30: Nuclear Physics and Radioactivity
 
        12. Polarization
4/15      
4/17      
15 4/20 Chap 31: Nuclear Energy; Effects and Uses of Radiation         13. Radioactivity
4/22      
4/24      
16 4/27           no labs
4/29      
5/2      
17 5/5 Final Exam: Comprehensive, May 5 (Tuesday) 12:30-2:30pm

Exams:

For all exams, Closed book, closed notes! bring ID, #2 pencils, Calculator

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