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Week Date Prelecture Checkpoint Lecture Lab Discussion Homework Exam
1
Monday
8/22/2022
      Prelab 1
Lab 1: Orientation
Problem set 1

Problem set 1 solutions

(no Quiz)
 
   
Tuesday
8/23/2022
Prelecture 1 Checkpoint 1 Lecture 1:
Introduction and
Coulomb's Law
pdf ppt
   
Wednesday
8/24/2022
         
Thursday
8/25/2022
Prelecture 2 Checkpoint 2 Lecture 2:
Electric Fields
pdf ppt
   
Friday
8/26/2022
         
2
Monday
8/29/2022
      Prelab 2
Lab 2: Static electricity
 
     
Tuesday
8/30/2022
Prelecture 3 Checkpoint 3 Lecture 3:
Electric Fields and
Electric Flux
pdf ppt
Problem set 2

Problem set 2 solutions

(Quiz 1)
 
Homework 1 due  
Wednesday
8/31/2022
         
 
Thursday
9/1/2022
Prelecture 4 Checkpoint 4 Lecture 4:
Gauss's Law
pdf ppt
   
Friday
9/2/2022
         
3
Monday
9/5/2022
             
Tuesday
9/6/2022
Prelecture 5 Checkpoint 5

Lecture 5:
Electric Potential Energy
pdf ppt

Slides for notes during lecture: pdf

Prelab 3
Lab 3: Equipotentials
 
Problem set 3

Problem set 3 solutions

(no Quiz)
 
Homework 2 due  
Wednesday
9/7/2022
       
 
Thursday
9/8/2022
Prelecture 6 Checkpoint 6

Lecture 6:
Electric Potential
pdf ppt

Slides for notes during lecture: pdf

   
Friday
9/9/2022
         
4
Monday
9/12/2022
     

Prelab 4
Lab 4: Physical Capacitors

Problem set 4

Problem set 4 solutions

(Quiz 2)
 
   
Tuesday
9/13/2022
Prelecture 7 Checkpoint 7

Lecture 7:
Capacitance
pdf ppt

Slides for notes during lecture: pdf

Homework 3 due  
Wednesday
9/14/2022
         
Thursday
9/15/2022
Prelecture 8 Checkpoint 8

Lecture 8:
Capacitors
pdf ppt

Slides for notes during lecture: pdf

   
Friday
9/16/2022
           
5
Monday
9/19/2022
      No lab this week Problem set 5
Problem set 5 solutions

No quiz
  Exam 1
Units 1-8
Schedule w/ CBTF
 
Tuesday
9/20/2022
Prelecture 9 Checkpoint 9

Lecture 9:
Simple Circuits
pdf ppt

Slides for notes during lecture: pdf

Homework 4 due
Wednesday
9/21/2022
       
Thursday
9/22/2022
    No lecture   
Friday
9/23/2022
       
6
Monday
9/26/2022
      Prelab 5
Lab 5: Circuits
Problem set 6

Problem set 6 solutions

(Quiz 3)
 
   
Tuesday
9/27/2022
Prelecture 10 Checkpoint 10

Lecture 10:
More on Kirchoff's Laws
pdf ppt

Slides for notes during lecture: pdf

Homework 5 due  
Wednesday
9/28/2022
         
Thursday
9/29/2022
Prelecture 11 Checkpoint 11

Lecture 11:
RC Circuits
pdf ppt

Slides for notes during lecture: pdf

   
Friday
9/30/2022
         
7
Monday
10/3/2022
      Prelab 6
Lab 6: RC circuits
Problem set 7

Problem set 7 solutions

(Quiz 4)
 
   
Tuesday
10/4/2022
Prelecture 12 Checkpoint 12

Lecture 12:
Magnetic Force
pdf ppt

Slides for notes during lecture: pdf

Homework 6 due  
Wednesday
10/5/2022
         
Thursday
10/6/2022
Prelecture 13 Checkpoint 13

Lecture 13:
Forces and Magnetic Dipoles
pdf ppt

Slides for notes during lecture: pdf

   
Friday
10/7/2022
         
8
Monday
10/10/2022
      Prelab 7
Lab 7: B-field from wire
Problem set 8

Problem set 8 solutions

(Quiz 5)
 
   
Tuesday
10/11/2022
Prelecture 14 Checkpoint 14

Lecture 14:
Biot-Savart Law
pdf ppt

Slides for notes during lecture: pdf

Homework 7 due  
Wednesday
10/12/2022
         
Thursday
10/13/2022
Prelecture 15 Checkpoint 15

Lecture 15:
Ampere's Law
pdf ppt

Slides for notes during lecture: pdf

   
Friday
10/14/2022
         
9
Monday
10/17/2022
      Prelab 8
Lab 8: EMF
Problem set 9

Problem set 9 solutions

(Quiz 6)
 
   
Tuesday
10/18/2022
Prelecture 16 Checkpoint 16

Lecture 16:
Motional EMF
pdf ppt

Slides for notes during lecture: pdf

Homework 8 due  
Wednesday
10/19/2022
         
Thursday
10/20/2022
Prelecture 17 Checkpoint 17

Lecture 17:
Faraday's Law
pdf ppt

Slides for notes during lecture: pdf

   
Friday
10/21/2022
         
10
Monday
10/24/2022
      Prelab 9
Lab 9: RL circuits

Problem set 10

Problem set 10 solutions

(No Quiz)
 


Exam 2
Units 9-17
Schedule w/ CBTF

Tuesday
10/25/2022
Prelecture 18 Checkpoint 18

Lecture 18:
Self-Inductance RL Circuits
pdf ppt

Slides for notes during lecture: pdf

Homework 9 due
Wednesday
10/26/2022
       
Thursday
10/27/2022
    No Lecture  
Friday
10/28/2022
       
11
Monday
10/31/2022
     

Prelab 10
Lab 10: RLC circuits

Problem set 11

Problem set 11 solutions

(Quiz 7)
 
   
Tuesday
11/1/2022
Prelecture 19 Checkpoint 19

Lecture 19:
Oscillations: LC Circuits
pdf ppt

Slides for notes during lecture: pdf

Homework 10 due  
Wednesday
11/2/2022
         
Thursday
11/3/2022
Prelecture 20 Checkpoint 20

Lecture 20:
AC Circuits
pdf ppt

Slides for notes during lecture: pdf

   
Friday
11/4/2022
         
12
Monday
11/7/2022
      No lab this week.
No discussion this week.
   
Tuesday
11/8/2022
    Election day, no class    
Wednesday
11/9/2022
      Homework 11 due  
Thursday
11/10/2022
Prelecture 21 Checkpoint 21

Lecture 21:
AC Power & Resonant Circuits
pdf ppt

Slides for notes during lecture: pdf

   
Friday
11/11/2022
         
13
Monday
11/14/2022
      Prelab 11
Lab 11: Polarization
Problem set 12

Problem set 12 solutions

(Quiz 8)
 
   
Tuesday
11/15/2022
Prelecture 22 Checkpoint 22

Lecture 22:
Maxwell's Displacement Current
and Electromagnetic Waves
pdf ppt

Slides for notes during lecture: pdf

Homework 12 due  
Wednesday
11/16/2022
         
Thursday
11/17/2022
Prelecture 23 Checkpoint 23

Lecture 23:
Electromagnetic Waves
pdf ppt

Slides for notes during lecture: pdf

   
Friday
11/18/2022
         
14
Monday
11/21/2022
    Fall break, no class        
Tuesday
11/22/2022
    Fall break, no class    
Wednesday
11/23/2022
    Fall break, no class    
Thursday
11/24/2022
    Fall break, no class    
Friday
11/25/2022
    Fall break, no class    
15
Monday
11/28/2022
      Lab Practical during
regular class time

Problem set 13

Problem set 13 solutions

(Quiz 9)
  Exam 3
Units 18-24
Schedule w/ CBTF
 
Tuesday
11/29/2022
Prelecture 24 Checkpoint 24

Lecture 24:
Polarization
pdf ppt

Slides for notes during lecture: pdf

Homework 13 due
Wednesday
11/30/2022
       
Thursday
12/1/2022
Prelecture 25 Checkpoint 25

Lecture 25:
Reflection and Refraction
pdf ppt

Slides for notes during lecture: pdf

 
Friday
12/2/2022
       
16
Monday
12/5/2022
      No lab activities this week.      
Tuesday
12/6/2022
Prelecture 26 Checkpoint 26

Lecture 26:
Lenses
pdf ppt

Slides for notes during lecture: pdf

Problem set 14

Problem set 14 solutions

(optional)
Homework 14 due  
Wednesday
12/7/2022
           
Thursday
12/8/2022
Reading Day
Friday
12/9/2022