Physics 212
Course Syllabus - Spring 2012

Lecture and discussion will meet for the first time on Tuesday, January 17.
The first lab will be on Monday, January 23.
*Complete lecture slides will be posted by 6pm after the lecture.

Week
Date
Lectures/Exams   Preflights      Homework    Labs    Discussion   
1
Tue
Jan17

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

PreLecture 1

Preflight 1

Homework 1
(due Jan 24) 

No Lab

 PreLab 1
(due Week 2)

Discussion 1
(begins Jan 17)


Thu
Jan 19
Lecture 2: Electric Fields
PDF or PowerPoint

PreLecture 2

Preflight 2

2
Tue
Jan 24
Lecture 3: Electric Fields and Electric Flux
PDF or PowerPoint

PreLecture 3

Preflight 3

Homework 2 
(due Jan 31) 

Lab 1
(begins Mon, Jan 23)
Coulomb's Law: Electrostatic Charges

Discussion 2

Quiz 1

Thu
Jan 26
Lecture 4: Gauss's Law
PDF or PowerPoint

PreLecture 4

Preflight 4

3
Tue
Jan 31

Lecture 5: Electric Potential
PDF or PowerPoint

PreLecture 5

Preflight 5

Homework 3 
(due Feb 7) 

No Lab

PreLab 2
(due Week 4)

Discussion 3

Quiz 2

Thu
Feb 2
Lecture 6: Electric Potential
PDF or PowerPoint

PreLecture 6

Preflight 6

4
Tue
Feb 7
Lecture 7: Capacitance
PDF or PowerPoint

PreLecture 7

Preflight 7

Homework 4 
(due Feb 14)

Lab 2: 
Potentials and E fields

Discussion 4

Quiz 3

Thu
Feb 9
Lecture 8: Capacitance
PDF or PowerPoint

PreLecture 8

Preflight 8

5
Tue
Feb 14
Lecture 9: Simple Circuits
PDF or PowerPoint

PreLecture 9

Preflight 9

Homework 5 
(due Feb 21)

No Lab

PreLab 3
(due Week 6)

Discussion 5

No Quiz

Wed 
Feb 15
EXAM 1 (7 pm)
covers Lectures 1-8
 
Thu
Feb 16
Lecture 10: More on Kirchoff's Laws
PDF or PowerPoint

PreLecture 10

Preflight 10

6
Tue
Feb 21
Lecture 11: RC Circuits
PDF or PowerPoint

PreLecture 11

Preflight 11

Homework 6
(due Feb 28) 

Lab 3: 
Simple and RC Circuits

PreLab 4
(due Week 7)

Discussion 6

Quiz 4

Thu
Feb 23
Lecture 12: Magnetic Force
PDF or PowerPoint

PreLecture 12

Preflight 12

7
Tue
Feb 28

Lecture 13: Forces and Magnetic Dipoles
PDF or PowerPoint

PreLecture 13

Preflight 13

Homework 7
(due Mar 6) 

Lab 4:
Magnetic Fields: Bars and field mapping

PreLab 5
(due Week 8)

Discussion 7

Quiz 5

Thu
Mar 1
Lecture 14:  Biot-Savart Law
PDF or PowerPoint

PreLecture 14

Preflight 14

8
Tue
Mar 6
Lecture 15: Ampere's Law
PDF or PowerPoint

PreLecture 15

Preflight 15

Homework 8
(due Mar 13) 

Lab 5: 
Magnetic Fields of wires and solenoids

PreLab 6
(due Week 9)

Discussion 8

Quiz 6

Thu
Mar 8
Lecture 16: Motional EMF
PDF or PowerPoint

PreLecture 16

Preflight 16

9
Tue
Mar 13
Lecture 17: Faraday's Law
PDF or PowerPoint
PreLecture 17

Preflight 17

Homework 9
(due Mar 27) 

Lab 6: 
Faraday's Law

Discussion 9

Quiz 7

Thu
Mar 15
Lecture 18: Self-Inductance RL Circuits
PDF or PowerPoint

PreLecture 18

Preflight 18

10
Tue
Mar 27
Lecture 19: Oscillations: LC Circuits
PDF or PowerPoint
PreLecture 19

Preflight 19

Homework 10
(due Apr 3) 

No Lab

PreLab 7
(due Week 11)

Discussion 10

No Quiz

Thu
Mar 29
Lecture 20: AC Circuits
PDF or PowerPoint
PreLecture 20

Preflight 20

EXAM 2 (7 pm)
covers Lectures 9-18
 
11
Tue
Apr 3
Lecture 21: AC Power & Resonant Circuits
PDF or PowerPoint
PreLecture 21

Preflight 21

Homework 11
(due Apr 10) 

Lab 7: 
AC Circuits

PreLab 8
(due Week 12)

Discussion 11

Quiz 8

Thu
Apr 5
Lecture 22: Maxwell's Displacement Current and Electromagnetic Waves
PDF or PowerPoint

PreLecture 22

Preflight 22

12
Tue
Apr 10
Lecture 23: Electromagnetic Waves
PDF or PowerPoint
PreLecture 23

Preflight 23

Homework 12
(due Apr 17) 

Lab 8: 
Tuning and LRC Circuits

PreLab 9
(due Week 13)

Discussion 12

Quiz 9

Thu
Apr 12
Lecture 24: Polarization
PDF or PowerPoint
PreLecture 24

Preflight 24

13
Tu 
Apr 17
Lecture 25: Reflection and Refraction
PDF or PowerPoint
PreLecture 25

Preflight 25

 

Homework 13
(due Apr 24)   

Lab 9: 
Polarization and Refraction

Discussion 13

Quiz 10

Thu
Apr 19
Lecture 26: Lenses
PDF or PowerPoint
PreLecture 26

Preflight 26

14
Tu 
Apr 24
Lecture 27: Mirrors
PDF or PowerPoint
PreLecture 27

Preflight 27

Homework 14
(due May 1)

No Lab

Discussion 14

No Quiz

Wed 
Apr 25
EXAM 3 (7 pm)
covers Lectures 19-26
 
Thu
Apr 26
Lecture 28: Optical Instruments
PDF or PowerPoint
PreLecture 28

Preflight 28

15
Tu
May 1
Course Review

PDF or PowerPoint

       

xx
May x

Combined Final Exam:
Dates and Times to be posted in April .

xx
May x
Conflict Final Exam: