PHYS 102 Fall 2025
PHYS 102 :: Physics Illinois :: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Schedule
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| Week | Date | Prelecture | Checkpoint | Lecture | Lab | Discussion | Homework | Exam |
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| 1 | Monday 08/25/2025 | Prelecture 1 | Checkpoint 1 | Lecture 1: Electric Charge pdf ppt (notes) |
PreLab 1 | |||
| Tuesday 08/26/2025 | No Lab | Discussion 1 Discussion 1 Solutions Week 1 Check-In |
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| Wednesday 08/27/2025 | Prelecture 2 | Checkpoint 2 | Lecture 2: Coulomb’s Law & Free-body Diagrams pdf ppt (notes) |
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| Thursday 08/28/2025 | ||||||||
| Friday 08/29/2025 | ||||||||
| 2 | Monday 09/01/2025 | Labor Day | ||||||
| Tuesday 09/02/2025 |
No Lab |
Discussion 2 Discussion 2 Solutions Week 2 Quiz |
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| Wednesday 09/03/2025 | Prelecture 3 | Checkpoint 34 | Lecture 3: Coulomb's Law & Free-body Diagrams: Examples pdf ppt (notes) |
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| Thursday 09/04/2025 | ||||||||
| Friday 09/05/2025 | Homework 1 | |||||||
| 3 | Monday 09/08/2025 | Prelecture 4 | Checkpoint 4 | Lecture 4: Electric Field Definition pdf ppt (notes) |
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| Tuesday 09/09/2025 | Lab 1 Group Contracts and ECGs | Discussion 3 Discussion 3 Solutions Week 3 Quiz |
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| Wednesday 09/10/2025 | Prelecture 5 | Checkpoint 5 | Lecture 5: Electric Field & Gauss' Law pdf ppt (notes) |
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| Thursday 09/11/2025 | ||||||||
| Friday 09/12/2025 | Homework 2 | |||||||
| 4 | Monday 09/15/2025 | Prelecture 6 | Checkpoint 6 | Lecture 6: Work from Coulomb Force & Potential Energy pdf ppt (notes) |
PreLab Exam 1 Reservation Check! | Exam 1 18 September through 21 September Sign-Up for an exam time in PrairieTest. |
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| Tuesday 09/16/2025 | No Lab | Discussion 4 Discussion 4 Solutions |
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| Wednesday 09/17/2025 | Prelecture 7 | Checkpoint 7 | Lecture 7: Electric Potential pdf ppt (notes) |
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| Thursday 09/18/2025 | ||||||||
| Friday 09/19/2025 | Homework 3 | |||||||
| 5 | Monday 09/22/2025 | Prelecture 8 | Checkpoint 8 | Lecure 8: Electric Potential (cont.) pdf ppt (notes) |
PreLab 5 | |||
| Tuesday 09/23/2025 | Lab 2 Voltages and Brightness of an LED | Discussion 5 Discussion 5 Solutions Week 5 Quiz |
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| Wednesday 09/24/2025 | Prelecture 9 | Checkpoint 9 | Lecture 9: Capacitance & Capacitors pdf ppt (notes) |
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| Thursday 09/25/2025 | ||||||||
| Friday 09/26/2025 | Homework 4 | |||||||
| 6 | Monday 09/29/2025 | Prelecture 10 | Checkpoint 10 | Lecture 10: Resistors & Batteries pdf ppt (notes) |
PreLab 6 | |||
| Tuesday 09/30/2025 | Lab 3 Series and Parallel Resistor Circuits | Discussion 6 Discussion 6 Solutions Week 6 Quiz |
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| Wednesday 10/01/2025 | Prelecture 11 | Checkpoint 11 | Lecture 11: Series & Parallel Rules pdf ppt (notes) |
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| Thursday 10/02/2025 | ||||||||
| Friday 10/03/2025 | Homework 5 | |||||||
| 7 | Monday 10/06/2025 | Prelecture 12 | Checkpoint 12 | Lecture 12: Kirchhoff's Rules pdf ppt (notes) |
PreLab 7 | |||
| Tuesday 10/07/2025 | Lab 4 Circuits with Resistors and Capacitors | Discussion 7 Discussion 7 Solutions Week 7 Quiz |
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| Wednesday 10/08/2025 | Prelecture 13 | Checkpoint 13 | Lecture 13: RC Circuits pdf ppt (notes) |
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| Thursday 10/09/2025 | ||||||||
| Friday 10/10/2025 | Homework 6 | |||||||
| 8 | Monday 10/13/2025 | Prelecture 14 | Checkpoint 14 | Lecture 14: Lorentz Force pdf ppt (notes) |
PreLab Exam 2 Reservation Check! | Exam 2 16 October through 19 October Sign-Up for an exam time in PrairieTest. |
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| Tuesday 10/14/2025 | No Lab | Discussion 8 Discussion 8 Solutions |
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| Wednesday 10/15/2025 | Prelecture 15 | Checkpoint 15 | Lecture 15: Lorentz Force (cont.) pdf ppt (notes) |
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| Thursday 10/16/2025 | ||||||||
| Friday 10/17/2025 | Homework 7 | |||||||
| 9 | Monday 10/20/2025 | Prelecture 16 | Checkpoint 16 | Lecture 16: Magnetic Fields pdf ppt (notes) |
PreLab 9 | |||
| Tuesday 10/21/2025 | Lab 5 Mapping Magnetic Fields | Discussion 9 Discussion 9 Solutions Week 9 Quiz |
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| Wednesday 10/22/2025 | Prelecture 17 | Checkpoint 17 | Lecture 17: Magnetic Fields (cont.) pdf ppt (notes) |
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| Thursday 10/23/2025 | ||||||||
| Friday 10/24/2025 | Homework 8 | |||||||
| 10 | Monday 10/27/2025 | Prelecture 18 | Checkpoint 18 | Lecture 18: EM Induction pdf ppt (notes) |
PreLab 10 | |||
| Tuesday 10/28/2025 | Lab 6 Induced Currents 0and Faraday's Law | Discussion 10 Discussion 10 Solutions Week 10 Quiz |
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| Wednesday 10/29/2025 | Prelecture 19 | Checkpoint 19 | Lecture 19: EM Induction (cont.) pdf ppt (notes) |
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| Thursday 10/30/2025 | ||||||||
| Friday 10/31/2025 | Homework 9 | |||||||
| 11 | Monday 11/03/2025 | Prelecture 20 | Checkpoint 20 | Lecture 20: Maxwell's Equations pdf ppt (notes) |
PreLab 11 | |||
| Tuesday 11/04/2025 | Lab 7 Polarized Light and the Law of Malus |
Discussion 11 Week 11 Quiz |
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| Wednesday 11/05/2025 | Prelecture 21 | Checkpoint 21 | Lecture 21: Reflection & Refraction pdf ppt (notes) |
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| Thursday 11/06/2025 | ||||||||
| Friday 11/07/2025 | Homework 10 | |||||||
| 12 | Monday 11/10/2025 | Prelecture 22 | Checkpoint 22 | Lecture 22: Total Internal Reflection & Dispersion pdf ppt (notes) |
PreLab Exam 3 Reservation Check! | Exam 3 13 November through 16 November Sign-Up for an exam time in PrairieTest. |
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| Tuesday 11/11/2025 | No Lab | Discussion 12 Discussion 12 Solutions |
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| Wednesday 11/12/2025 | Prelecture 23 | Checkpoint 23 | Lecture 23: Polarization pdf ppt (notes) |
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| Thursday 11/13/2025 | ||||||||
| Friday 11/14/2025 | Homework 11 | |||||||
| 13 | Monday 11/17/2025 | Prelecture 24 | Checkpoint 24 | Lecture 24: Interference & Diffraction pdf ppt (notes) |
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| Tuesday 11/18/2025 | Lab 8 Diffraction | Discussion 13 Interference & Diffraction Spreadsheet Discussion 13 Solutions Week 13 Quiz |
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| Wednesday 11/19/2025 | Prelecture 25 | Checkpoint 25 | Lecture 25: Plane & Concave Mirrors pdf ppt (notes) |
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| Thursday 11/20/2025 | ||||||||
| Friday 11/21/2025 | Homework 12 | |||||||
| 14 | Monday 11/24/2025 | Fall Break | ||||||
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| Wednesday 11/26/2025 | ||||||||
| Thursday 11/27/2025 | ||||||||
| Friday 11/28/2025 | ||||||||
| 15 | Monday 12/01/2025 | Prelecture 26 | Checkpoint 26 | Lecture 26: Convex Mirrors & Lenses pdf ppt (notes) |
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| Tuesday 12/02/2025 | Week 15 Lab Practical Exam | Discussion 14 Discussion 14 Solutions Week 15 Quiz |
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| Wednesday 12/03/2025 | Prelecture 27 | Checkpoint 27 | Lecture 27: Optical Instruments pdf ppt (notes) |
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| Thursday 12/04/2025 | ||||||||
| Friday 12/05/2025 | Homework 13 | |||||||
| 16 | Monday 12/08/2025 | Prelecture 28 | Checkpoint 28 | Lecture 28: Particle-wave Duality pdf ppt (notes) |
No Lab | No Discussion | ||
| Tuesday 12/09/2025 | ||||||||
| Wednesday 12/10/2025 | Checkpoint 29 | Lecture 29: Particle-wave Duality pdf ppt (notes) |
Homework 14 | |||||
| Thursday 12/11/2025 | Reading Day | |||||||
| Friday 12/12/2025 | Final Exams Begin | |||||||