Physics 212
Course Syllabus - Spring 2011

Lecture and discussion will meet for the first time on Tuesday, January 18.
The first lab will be on Monday, January 24.
*Complete lecture slides will be posted by 6pm after the lecture.

Week
Date
Lectures/Exams   Preflights      Homework    Labs    Discussion   
1
Tue
Jan18

Lecture 1: Introduction and Coulomb's Law
* PDF or PowerPoint

PreLecture 1

Preflight 1

Homework 1
(due Jan 25) 

No Lab

 PreLab 1
(due Week 2)

Discussion 1
(begins Jan 18)

No Quiz

Thu
Jan 20
Lecture 2: Electric Fields
PDF or PowerPoint

PreLecture 2

Preflight 2

2
Tue
Jan 25
Lecture 3: Electric Fields and Electric Flux
PDF or PowerPoint

PreLecture 3

Preflight 3

Homework 2 
(due Feb 1) 

Lab 1
(begins Mon, Jan 24)
Coulomb's Law: Electrostatic Charges

Discussion 2

Quiz 1

Thu
Jan 27
Lecture 4: Gauss's Law
PDF or PowerPoint

PreLecture 4

Preflight 4

3
Tue
Feb 1

Lecture 5: Electric Potential
PDF or PowerPoint

PreLecture 5

Preflight 5

Homework 3 
(due Feb 8) 

No Lab

PreLab 2
(due Week 4)

Discussion 3

Quiz 2

Thu
Feb 3
Lecture 6: Electric Potential
PDF or PowerPoint

PreLecture 6

Preflight 6

4
Tue
Feb 8
Lecture 7: Capacitance
PDF or PowerPoint

PreLecture 7

Preflight 7

Homework 4 
(due Feb 15)

Lab 2: 
Potentials and E fields

Discussion 4

Quiz 3

Thu
Feb 10
Lecture 8: Capacitance
PDF or PowerPoint

PreLecture 8

Preflight 8

5
Tue
Feb 15
Lecture 9: Simple Circuits
PDF or PowerPoint

PreLecture 9

Preflight 9

Homework 5 
(due Feb 22)

No Lab

PreLab 3
(due Week 6)

Discussion 5

No Quiz

Wed 
Feb 16
EXAM 1 (7 pm)
covers Lectures 1-8
 
Thu
Feb 17
Lecture 10: More on Kirchoff's Laws
PDF or PowerPoint

PreLecture 10

Preflight 10

6
Tue
Feb 22
Lecture 11: RC Circuits
PDF or PowerPoint

PreLecture 11

Preflight 11

Homework 6
(due Mar 1) 

Lab 3: 
Simple and RC Circuits

PreLab 4
(due Week 7)

Discussion 6

Quiz 4

Thu
Feb 24
Lecture 12: Magnetic Force
PDF or PowerPoint

PreLecture 12

Preflight 12

7
Tue
Mar 1

Lecture 13: Forces and Magnetic Dipoles
PDF or PowerPoint

PreLecture 13

Preflight 13

Homework 7
(due Mar 8) 

Lab 4:
Magnetic Fields: Bars and field mapping

PreLab 5
(due Week 8)

Discussion 7

Quiz 5

Thu
Mar 3
Lecture 14:  Biot-Savart Law
PDF or PowerPoint

PreLecture 14

Preflight 14

8
Tue
Mar 8
Lecture 15: Ampere's Law
PDF or PowerPoint

PreLecture 15

Preflight 15

Homework 8
(due Mar 15) 

Lab 5: 
Magnetic Fields of wires and solenoids

PreLab 6
(due Week 9)

Discussion 8

Quiz 6

Thu
Mar 10
Lecture 16: Motional EMF
PDF or PowerPoint

PreLecture 16

Preflight 16

9
Tue
Mar 15
Lecture 17: Faraday's Law
PDF or PowerPoint
PreLecture 17

Preflight 17

Homework 9
(due Mar 29) 

Lab 6: 
Faraday's Law

Discussion 9

Quiz 7

Thu
Mar 17
Lecture 18: Self-Inductance RL Circuits
PDF or PowerPoint

PreLecture 18

Preflight 18

10
Tue
Mar 29
Lecture 19: Oscillations: LC Circuits
PDF or PowerPoint
PreLecture 19

Preflight 19

Homework 10
(due Apr 5) 

No Lab

PreLab 7
(due Week 11)

Discussion 10

No Quiz

Wed
Mar 30
EXAM 2 (7 pm)
covers Lectures 9-18
 
Thu
Mar 31
Lecture 20: AC Circuits
PDF or PowerPoint
PreLecture 20

Preflight 20

11
Tue
Apr 5
Lecture 21: AC Power & Resonant Circuits
PDF or PowerPoint
PreLecture 21

Preflight 21

Homework 11
(due Apr 12) 

Lab 7: 
AC Circuits

PreLab 8
(due Week 12)

Discussion 11

Quiz 8

Thu
Apr 7
Lecture 22: Maxwell's Displacement Current and Electromagnetic Waves
PDF or PowerPoint

PreLecture 22

Preflight 22

12
Tue
Apr 12
Lecture 23: Electromagnetic Waves
PDF or PowerPoint
PreLecture 23

Preflight 23

Homework 12
(due Apr 19) 

Lab 8: 
Tuning and LRC Circuits

PreLab 9
(due Week 13)

Discussion 12

Quiz 9

Thu
Apr 14
Lecture 24: Polarization
PDF or PowerPoint
PreLecture 24

Preflight 24

13
Tu 
Apr 19
Lecture 25: Reflection and Refraction
PDF or PowerPoint
PreLecture 25

Preflight 25

 

Homework 13
(due Apr 26)   

Lab 9: 
Polarization and Refraction

Discussion 13

Quiz 10

Thu
Apr 21
Lecture 26: Lenses
PDF or PowerPoint
PreLecture 26

Preflight 26

14
Tu 
Apr 26
Lecture 27: Mirrors
PDF or PowerPoint
PreLecture 27

Preflight 27

Homework 14
(due May 3)

No Lab

Discussion 14

No Quiz

Wed 
Apr 27
EXAM 3 (7 pm)
covers Lectures 19-26
 
Thu
Apr 28
Lecture 28: Optical Instruments
PDF or PowerPoint
PreLecture 28

Preflight 28

15
Tu
May 3
Course Review

PDF or PowerPoint

       

Tu May 10 Combined Final Exam: 1:30 - 4:30 PM
You may select either exam in the gradebook.

Thu May 12 Conflict Final Exam: 1:30 - 4:30 PM