Physics 204: Foundations of Physics 2

Course Schedule - Spring 2008


<
Date Day Topic Text Sections
1/14 M Introduction & Overview Syllabus & Chapters 2 - 14
1/16 W Simple Harmonic Motion 16.1 - 16.4
1/18 F Damped & Forced Ocillators 16.5 - 16.8
1/21 M Introduction to Waves 17.1 - 17.4
1/23 W Wave Velocity 17.5
1/25 F Wave Velocity on a String 17.6
1/28 M QUIZ 1 & Energy in Waves 17.7
1/30 W Wave Phenomena 17.8 - 17.11
2/1 F Electric Charge 22.1 - 22.7
2/4 M Coulomb's Law 22.7 - 22-10
2/6 W Solving Problems 6.6, 22.8
2/8 F The Electric Field of a Point Charge 23.2 - 23.6
2/11 M Distributions of Charge 23.7 - 23.8
2/13 W EXAM 1 Chapters 16 & 17
2/15 F Point Charges & Dipoles in Electric Fields 23.9 - 23.10
2/18 M Electric Flux 24.1 - 24.3
2/20 W Gauss' Law and Applications 24.4
2/22 F Electric Potential Energy Chapter 25
2/25 M Electric Potential Chapter 25
2/27 W Equipotential Surfaces & Charge Distributions Chapter 25
2/29 F Electric Current 26.1 - 26.3
3/3 M Resistance and Resistivity 26.4 - 26.7
3/5 W Simple Circuits 27.1 - 27.4
3/7 F Complex Circuits 27.5 - 27.7
3/10 M Spring Break -
3/12 W Spring Break -
3/14 F Spring Break -
3/17 M Spring Break -
3/19 W Spring Break -
3/21 F Spring Break -
3/24 M Magnetic Fields Chapter 29
3/26 W Long Straight Wires Chapter 30
3/28 F More on Magnetism Chapters 29 & 30
3/31 M Ampere's Law Chapter 30
4/2 W Applications of Ampere's Law Chapter 30
4/4 F Induced Current 31.1 - 31.3
4/7 M EXAM 2 Chapters 24 - 29
4/9 W Faraday's Law 31.4 - 31.7
4/11 F Maxwell's Equations 31.6 - 31.11
4/14 M Inductors and Capacitors Chapter 32 & Chapter 28
4/16 W Electromagnetic Oscillations Chapter 33
4/18 F Electromagnetic Waves Chapter 34
4/21 M Reflection & Mirrors Chapter 35
4/23 W Refraction and Lenses Chapter 35
4/25 F Interference 36.1 - 36.4
4/28 M Interference Phenomena 36.5 - 36.8
4/30 W Diffraction 37.1 - 37.4, 37.6, 37.7
5/2 F Wrap-Up & Review Chapters 16 - 18 & 22 - 37
5/6 Tues Final Exam - 9:00 AM Chapters 16 - 18, 22 - 37