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Week Date Prelecture Checkpoint Lecture Lab Discussion Homework Exam
1
Monday
1/20/2020
 Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday
Tuesday
1/21/2020
 Prelecture 1 Checkpoint 1 Lecture 1:
Introduction and
Coulomb's Law
pdf ppt		 No Lab Problem set 1
Problem set 1 solutions		    
Wednesday
1/22/2020
          
Thursday
1/23/2020
 Prelecture 2 Checkpoint 2 Lecture 2:
Electric Fields
pdf ppt		    
Friday
1/24/2020
          
2
Monday
1/27/2020
       Lab 1:
Coulomb's Law:
Electrostatic Charges
 		      
Tuesday
1/28/2020
 Prelecture 3 Checkpoint 3 Lecture 3:
Electric Fields and
Electric Flux
pdf ppt		 Problem set 2
Problem set 2 solutions

Quiz 1
Quiz 1 solutions		 Homework 1 due  
Wednesday
1/29/2020
          
Thursday
1/30/2020
 Prelecture 4 Checkpoint 4 Lecture 4:
Gauss's Law
pdf ppt		    
Friday
1/31/2020
          
3
Monday
2/3/2020
       No Lab      
Tuesday
2/4/2020
 Prelecture 5 Checkpoint 5 Lecture 5:
Electric Potential
pdf ppt		 Problem set 3
Problem set 3 solutions

Quiz 2
Quiz 2 solutions		 Homework 2 due  
Wednesday
2/5/2020
          
Thursday
2/6/2020
 Prelecture 6 Checkpoint 6 Lecture 6:
Electric Potential
pdf ppt		    
Friday
2/7/2020
          
4
Monday
2/10/2020
       Lab 2:
Potentials and E fields		      
Tuesday
2/11/2020
 Prelecture 7 Checkpoint 7 Lecture 7:
Capacitance
pdf ppt		 Problem set 4
Problem set 4 solutions

Quiz 3
Quiz 3 solutions

 		 Homework 3 due  
Wednesday
2/12/2020
        

 
Thursday
2/13/2020
 Prelecture 8 Checkpoint 8 Lecture 8:
Capacitance
pdf ppt		    
Friday
2/14/2020
          
5
Monday
2/17/2020
       No Lab      
Tuesday
2/18/2020
 Prelecture 9 Checkpoint 9 Lecture 9:
Simple Circuits
pdf ppt		 Problem set 5
Problem set 5 solutions

No quiz		 Homework 4 due  
Wednesday
2/19/2020
        

Exam 1

Units 1-8
Thursday
2/20/2020
 Prelecture 10 Checkpoint 10 Lecture 10:
More on Kirchoff's Laws
pdf ppt		    
Friday
2/21/2020
          
6
Monday
2/24/2020
       Lab 3:
Simple and RC Circuits		      
Tuesday
2/25/2020
 Prelecture 11 Checkpoint 11 Lecture 11:
RC Circuits
pdf ppt		 Problem set 6
Problem set 6 solutions

Quiz 4
Quiz 4 solutions		 Homework 5 due  
Wednesday
2/26/2020
          
Thursday
2/27/2020
 Prelecture 12 Checkpoint 12 Lecture 12:
Magnetic Force
pdf ppt		    
Friday
2/28/2020
          
7
Monday
3/2/2020
       Lab 4:
Magnetic Fields:
Bars and field mapping		      
Tuesday
3/3/2020
 Prelecture 13 Checkpoint 13 Lecture 13:
Forces and Magnetic Dipoles
pdf ppt		 Problem set 7
Problem set 7 solutions

Quiz 5
Quiz 5 solutions		 Homework 6 due  
Wednesday
3/4/2020
          
Thursday
3/5/2020
 Prelecture 14 Checkpoint 14 Lecture 14:
Biot-Savart Law
pdf ppt		    
Friday
3/6/2020
          
8
Monday
3/9/2020
       Lab 5:
Magnetic Fields of Wires
and Solenoids		      
Tuesday
3/10/2020
 Prelecture 15 Checkpoint 15 Lecture 15:
Ampere's Law
pdf ppt		 Problem set 8
Problem set 8 solutions

Quiz 6
Quiz 6 solutions		 Homework 7 due  
Wednesday
3/11/2020
          
Thursday
3/12/2020
 Prelecture 16 Checkpoint 16 Lecture 16:
Motional EMF
pdf ppt		    
Friday
3/13/2020
          
9
Monday
3/16/2020
 Spring Break
10
Monday
3/23/2020
       Lab 6:
Faraday's Law		      
Tuesday
3/24/2020
 Prelecture 17 Checkpoint 17 Lecture 17:
Faraday's Law
pdf ppt OnLine		 Problem set 9
Problem set 9 solutions

Quiz 7
Quiz 7 solutions		 Homework 8 due  
Wednesday
3/25/2020
        

 
Thursday
3/26/2020
 Prelecture 18 Checkpoint 18 Lecture 18:
Self-Inductance RL Circuits
pdf ppt Online		    
Friday
3/27/2020
          
11
Monday
3/30/2020
       No Lab      
Tuesday
3/31/2020
 Prelecture 19 Checkpoint 19 Lecture 19:
Oscillations: LC Circuits
pdf ppt Online		 Problem set 10
Problem set 10 solutions

No quiz		 Homework 9 due  
Wednesday
4/1/2020
        

Exam 2

SecondaryExamLink 

Units 9-17
Thursday
4/2/2020
 Prelecture 20 Checkpoint 20 Lecture 20:
AC Circuits
pdf ppt Online		    
Friday
4/3/2020
          
12
Monday
4/6/2020
       Lab 7:
AC Circuits		      
Tuesday
4/7/2020
 Prelecture 21 Checkpoint 21 Lecture 21:
AC Power & Resonant Circuits
pdf ppt Online		 Problem set 11
Problem set 11 solutions

Quiz 8
Quiz 8 solutions		 Homework 10 due  
Wednesday
4/8/2020
          
Thursday
4/9/2020
 Prelecture 22 Checkpoint 22 Lecture 22:
Maxwell's Displacement Current
and Electromagnetic Waves
pdf ppt Online		    
Friday
4/10/2020
          
13
Monday
4/13/2020
       Lab 8:
Tuning and
LRC Circuits		      
Tuesday
4/14/2020
 Prelecture 23 Checkpoint 23 Lecture 23:
Electromagnetic Waves
pdf ppt Online		 Problem set 12
Problem set 12 solutions

Quiz 9
Quiz 9 solutions		 Homework 11 due  
Wednesday
4/15/2020
          
Thursday
4/16/2020
 Prelecture 24 Checkpoint 24 Lecture 24:
Polarization
pdf ppt Online		    
Friday
4/17/2020
          
14
Monday
4/20/2020
       Lab 9: 
Polarization and
Refraction		      
Tuesday
4/21/2020
 Prelecture 25 Checkpoint 25 Lecture 25:
Reflection and Refraction
pdf ppt Online		 Problem set 13
Problem set 13 solutions

Quiz 10
Quiz 10 solutions		 Homework 12 due  
Wednesday
4/22/2020
        

 
Thursday
4/23/2020
 Prelecture 26 Checkpoint 26 Lecture 26:
Lenses
pdf ppt Online		    
Friday
4/24/2020
          
15
Monday
4/27/2020
       No Lab      
Tuesday
4/28/2020
 Prelecture 27 Checkpoint 27 Lecture 27:
Mirrors
pdf ppt Online		 Problem set 14
Problem set 14 solutions

No quiz		 Homework 13 due  
Wednesday
4/29/2020
        

Exam 3

Units 18-26
Thursday
4/30/2020
 Prelecture 28 Checkpoint 28 Lecture 28:
Optical Instruments
pdf ppt Online		    
Friday
5/1/2020
          
16
Monday
5/4/2020
       No Lab      
Tuesday
5/5/2020
         Homework 14 due  
Wednesday
5/6/2020
   Course Review
pdf ppt		        
Thursday
5/7/2020
 Reading Day
Friday
5/8/2020
              

Combined Final Exam Tuesday May 12th 1:30 - 4:30 PM

Conflict Final Exam Thursday May 14th 1:30 - 4:30 PM