Physics 212 Course Material and Lecture Schedule

Physics 212 Course Material and Lecture Schedule

Summer 1999


Sections marked with an asterisk(*) will be covered in class, but will not be on the exam.

Date Topic Reading Other
Week 1
Tue July 6 Introduction, Electric Fields 23.1-23.4
 
Wed July 7 Electric Fields 23.5-23.7 Discussion session
Thu July 8 Gauss' Law 24.1-24.4 Lab #1
Fri July 9 Electric Potential 25.1-25.3 Homework #1 due
Return info sheet
Week 2
Mon July 12 Electric Potential 25.4-25.6 Discussion session
Last day to drop/add
Tue July 13 Capacitance 26.1-26.4 Lab #2
Homework #2 due
Wed July 14 Dielectrics 26.5-26.7 Discussion session
Thu July 15 Current and Resistance 27.1-27.6 Lab #3
Fri July 16 Direct Current Circuits, Review 28.1-28.2 Homework #3 due
Week 3
Mon July 19 Exam 1 Discussion session
Tue July 20 Direct Current Circuits 28.3-28.5 Lab #4
Wed July 21 Magnetic Fields 29.1-29.2 Discussion session
Homework #4 due
Thu July 22 Magnetic Fields 29.3-29.5 Lab #5
Fri July 23 Sources of Magnetic Field 30.1-30.4 Homework #5 due
Week 4
Mon July 26 Sources of Magnetic Field 30.6-30.8, 30.9* Discussion session
Tue July 27 Faraday's Law 31.1-31.2 Lab #6
Homework #6 due
Wed July 28 Lenz' Law 31.3-31.4,
31.5*-31.6*,31.7
Discussion session
Thu July 29 Inductance 32.1-32.3, 32.4*
 
Fri July 30 Inductance, Review 32.5 Homework #7 due
Week 5
Mon August 2 Exam 2 Discussion session
Tue August 3 Electromagnetic Waves 34.1-34.4 Lab #7
Homework #8 due
Wed August 4 Electromagnetic Waves 34.4-34.7 Discussion session
Thu August 5 The Nature of Light and Geometric Optics 35.1-35.4
 
Fri August 6 The Nature of Light and Geometric Optics 35.5-35.7 Homework #9 due
Course evaluations
Week 6
Mon August 9 Interference 37.1-37.3 Discussion session
Tue August 10 Interference 37.4-37.6 Lab #8
Homework #10 due
Wed August 11 Diffraction 38.1-38.4 Discussion session
Thu August 12 Polarization, Overall Review 38.6
 
Fri August 13 FINAL EXAM Homework #11 due