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Week Date Prelecture Checkpoint Lecture Lab Discussion Homework Exam
1
Monday
1/14/2013
              
Tuesday
1/15/2013
 Prelecture 1 Checkpoint 1 Lecture 1:
Introduction and
Coulomb's Law
pdf ppt		   Discussion 1    
Wednesday
1/16/2013
            
Thursday
1/17/2013
 Prelecture 2 Checkpoint 2 Lecture 2:
Electric Fields
pdf ppt		      
Friday
1/18/2013
            
2
Monday
1/21/2013
 Martin Luther King, Jr Holiday
Tuesday
1/22/2013
 Prelecture 3 Checkpoint 3 Lecture 3:
Electric Fields and
Electric Flux
pdf ppt		 Prelab 1
Lab 1:
Coulomb's Law:
Electrostatic Charges		 Discussion 2
Quiz 1		 Homework 1 due  
Wednesday
1/23/2013
       Lab 1    
Thursday
1/24/2013
 Prelecture 4 Checkpoint 4 Lecture 4:
Gauss's Law
pdf ppt		 Lab 1    
Friday
1/25/2013
       Lab 1    
3
Monday
1/28/2013
       Lab 1      
Tuesday
1/29/2013
 Prelecture 5 Checkpoint 5 Lecture 5:
Electric Potential
pdf ppt		   Discussion 3
Quiz 2		 Homework 2 due  
Wednesday
1/30/2013
            
Thursday
1/31/2013
 Prelecture 6 Checkpoint 6 Lecture 6:
Electric Potential
pdf ppt		      
Friday
2/1/2013
            
4
Monday
2/4/2013
       Prelab 2
Lab 2:
Potentials and E fields		      
Tuesday
2/5/2013
 Prelecture 7 Checkpoint 7 Lecture 7:
Capacitance
pdf ppt		 Discussion 4
Quiz 3		 Homework 3 due  
Wednesday
2/6/2013
          
Thursday
2/7/2013
 Prelecture 8 Checkpoint 8 Lecture 8:
Capacitance
pdf ppt		    
Friday
2/8/2013
          
5
Monday
2/11/2013
              
Tuesday
2/12/2013
 Prelecture 9 Checkpoint 9 Lecture 9:
Simple Circuits
pdf ppt		   Discussion 5 Homework 4 due  
Wednesday
2/13/2013
           Exam 1 (7 PM)
lectures 1-8
Thursday
2/14/2013
 Prelecture 10 Checkpoint 10 Lecture 10:
More on Kirchoff's Laws
pdf ppt		      
Friday
2/15/2013
            
6
Monday
2/18/2013
       Prelab 3
Lab 3:
Simple and RC Circuits		      
Tuesday
2/19/2013
 Prelecture 11 Checkpoint 11 Lecture 11:
RC Circuits
pdf ppt		 Discussion 6
Quiz 4		 Homework 5 due  
Wednesday
2/20/2013
          
Thursday
2/21/2013
 Prelecture 12 Checkpoint 12 Lecture 12:
Magnetic Force
pdf ppt		    
Friday
2/22/2013
          
7
Monday
2/25/2013
       Prelab 4
Lab 4:
Magnetic Fields:
Bars and field mapping		      
Tuesday
2/26/2013
 Prelecture 13 Checkpoint 13 Lecture 13:
Forces and Magnetic Dipoles
pdf ppt		 Discussion 7
Quiz 5		 Homework 6 due  
Wednesday
2/27/2013
          
Thursday
2/28/2013
 Prelecture 14 Checkpoint 14 Lecture 14:
Biot-Savart Law
pdf ppt		    
Friday
3/1/2013
          
8
Monday
3/4/2013
       Prelab 5
Lab 5:
Magnetic Fields of Wires
and Solenoids		      
Tuesday
3/5/2013
 Prelecture 15 Checkpoint 15 Lecture 15:
Ampere's Law
pdf ppt		 Discussion 8
Quiz 6		 Homework 7 due  
Wednesday
3/6/2013
          
Thursday
3/7/2013
 Prelecture 16 Checkpoint 16 Lecture 16:
Motional EMF
pdf ppt		    
Friday
3/8/2013
          
9
Monday
3/11/2013
       Prelab 6
Lab 6:
Faraday's Law		      
Tuesday
3/12/2013
 Prelecture 17 Checkpoint 17 Lecture 17:
Faraday's Law
pdf ppt		 Discussion 9
Quiz 7		 Homework 8 due  
Wednesday
3/13/2013
          
Thursday
3/14/2013
 Prelecture 18 Checkpoint 18 Lecture 18:
Self-Inductance RL Circuits
pdf ppt		    
Friday
3/15/2013
          
10
Monday
3/18/2013
 Spring Break
11
Monday
3/25/2013
              
Tuesday
3/26/2013
 Prelecture 19 Checkpoint 19 Lecture 19:
Oscillations: LC Circuits
pdf ppt		   Discussion 10 Homework 9 due  
Wednesday
3/27/2013
           Exam 2 (7 PM)
lectures 9-18
Thursday
3/28/2013
 Prelecture 20 Checkpoint 20 Lecture 20:
AC Circuits
pdf ppt		      
Friday
3/29/2013
            
12
Monday
4/1/2013
       Prelab 7
Lab 7:
AC Circuits		      
Tuesday
4/2/2013
 Prelecture 21 Checkpoint 21 Lecture 21:
AC Power & Resonant Circuits
pdf ppt		 Discussion 11
Quiz 8		 Homework 10 due  
Wednesday
4/3/2013
          
Thursday
4/4/2013
 Prelecture 22 Checkpoint 22 Lecture 22:
Maxwell's Displacement Current
and Electromagnetic Waves
pdf ppt		    
Friday
4/5/2013
          
13
Monday
4/8/2013
       Prelab 8
Lab 8:
Tuning and
LRC Circuits		      
Tuesday
4/9/2013
 Prelecture 23 Checkpoint 23 Lecture 23:
Electromagnetic Waves
pdf ppt		 Discussion 12
Quiz 9		 Homework 11 due  
Wednesday
4/10/2013
          
Thursday
4/11/2013
 Prelecture 24 Checkpoint 24 Lecture 24:
Polarization
pdf ppt		    
Friday
4/12/2013
          
14
Monday
4/15/2013
       Prelab 9
Lab 9: 
Polarization and
Refraction		      
Tuesday
4/16/2013
 Prelecture 25 Checkpoint 25 Lecture 25:
Reflection and Refraction
pdf ppt		 Discussion 13
Quiz 10		 Homework 12 due  
Wednesday
4/17/2013
          
Thursday
4/18/2013
 Prelecture 26 Checkpoint 26 Lecture 26:
Lenses
pdf ppt		    
Friday
4/19/2013
          
15
Monday
4/22/2013
              
Tuesday
4/23/2013
 Prelecture 27 Checkpoint 27 Lecture 27:
Mirrors
pdf ppt		   Discussion 14 Homework 13 due  
Wednesday
4/24/2013
           Exam 3 (7 PM)
lectures 19-25
Thursday
4/25/2013
 Prelecture 28 Checkpoint 28 Lecture 28:
Optical Instruments
pdf ppt		      
Friday
4/26/2013
            
16
Monday
4/29/2013
              
Tuesday
4/30/2013
           Homework 14 due  
Wednesday
5/1/2013
   Course Review
pdf ppt		          
Thursday
5/2/2013
 Reading Day
Friday
5/3/2013
              

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