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Week Date Prelecture Checkpoint Lecture Lab Discussion Homework Exam
1
Monday
1/25/2021
      Week 1 Lab Orientation Problem set 1
Problem set 1 Demos
Problem set 1 solutions
   
Tuesday
1/26/2021
Prelecture 1 Checkpoint 1 Lecture 1:
Introduction and
Coulomb's Law
pdf ppt
   
Wednesday
1/27/2021
         
Thursday
1/28/2021
Prelecture 2 Checkpoint 2 Lecture 2:
Electric Fields
pdf ppt pre-pdf
   
Friday
1/29/2021
           
2
Monday
2/1/2021
      Week 2 Lab Orientation      
Tuesday
2/2/2021
Prelecture 3 Checkpoint 3 Lecture 3:
Electric Fields and
Electric Flux
pdf ppt pre-pdf 
Problem set 2
Problem set 2 Demos
Problem set 2 solutions
Homework 1 due  
Wednesday
2/3/2021
         
Thursday
2/4/2021
Prelecture 4 Checkpoint 4 Lecture 4:
Gauss's Law
pdf ppt pre-pdf 
   
Friday
2/5/2021
           
3
Monday
2/8/2021
      Week 3 Lab Orientation
Lab 0 (groups A and B)
     
Tuesday
2/9/2021
Prelecture 5 Checkpoint 5 Lecture 5:
Electric Potential
pdf ppt pre-pdf
Problem set 3
Problem set 3 Demos
Problem set 3 solutions
Homework 2 due  
Wednesday
2/10/2021
         
Thursday
2/11/2021
Prelecture 6 Checkpoint 6 Lecture 6:
Electric Potential
pdf ppt pre-pdf
   
Friday
2/12/2021
         
4
Monday
2/15/2021
      No Lab

Problem set 4
Problem set 4 solutions

*not graded

   
Tuesday
2/16/2021
Prelecture 7 Checkpoint 7 Lecture 7:
Capacitance
pdf ppt pre-pdf
Homework 3 due  
Wednesday
2/17/2021
No class    
Thursday
2/18/2021
Prelecture 8 Checkpoint 8 Lecture 8:
Capacitance
pdf ppt pre-pdf
   
Friday
2/19/2021
           
5
Monday
2/22/2021
      Prelab 1
Lab 1 (group A)
Problem set 5
Problem set 5 solutions
 

Exam 1 (Units 1-8)

(Exam 1 solutions)

Tuesday
2/23/2021
Prelecture 9 Checkpoint 9 Lecture 9:
Simple Circuits
pdf ppt
Homework 4 due  
Wednesday
2/24/2021
         
Thursday
2/25/2021
Prelecture 10 Checkpoint 10 Lecture 10:
More on Kirchoff's Laws
pdf ppt pre-pdf
   
Friday
2/26/2021
           
6
Monday
3/1/2021
      Prelab 1
Lab 1 (group B)
Problem set 6
Problem set 6 solutions
   
Tuesday
3/2/2021
Prelecture 11 Checkpoint 11 Lecture 11:
RC Circuits
pdf ppt pre-pdf
Homework 5 due  
Wednesday
3/3/2021
         
Thursday
3/4/2021
Prelecture 12 Checkpoint 12 Lecture 12:
Magnetic Force
pdf ppt pre-pdf
   
Friday
3/5/2021
           
7
Monday
3/8/2021
      Prelab 2
Lab 2 (group A)
Problem set 7
Problem set 7 solutions
   
Tuesday
3/9/2021
Prelecture 13 Checkpoint 13 Lecture 13:
Forces and Magnetic Dipoles
pdf ppt pre-pdf
Homework 6 due  
Wednesday
3/10/2021
         
Thursday
3/11/2021
Prelecture 14 Checkpoint 14 Lecture 14:
Biot-Savart Law
pdf ppt pre-pdf
   
Friday
3/12/2021
           
8
Monday
3/15/2021
      Prelab 2
Lab 2 (group B)
Problem set 8
Problem set 8 solutions
   
Tuesday
3/16/2021
Prelecture 15 Checkpoint 15 Lecture 15:
Ampere's Law
pdf ppt pre-pdf
Homework 7 due  
Wednesday
3/17/2021
         
Thursday
3/18/2021
Prelecture 16 Checkpoint 16 Lecture 16:
Motional EMF
pdf ppt pre-pdf
   
Friday
3/19/2021
           
9
Monday
3/22/2021
      No Lab

Problem set 9
Problem set 9 solutions

*not graded

   
Tuesday
3/23/2021
Prelecture 17 Checkpoint 17 Lecture 17:
Faraday's Law
pdf ppt pre-pdf
Homework 8 due  
Wednesday
3/24/2021
No class    
Thursday
3/25/2021
Exam Break Exam Break      
Friday
3/26/2021
           
10
Monday
3/29/2021
      Prelab 3
Lab 3 (group A)
Problem set 10
Problem set 10 solutions
 

Exam 2 (Units 9-16)

(Exam 2 solutions)

Tuesday
3/30/2021
Prelecture 18 Checkpoint 18 Lecture 18:
Self-Inductance RL Circuits
pdf ppt pre-pdf
Homework 9 due  
Wednesday
3/31/2021
         
Thursday
4/1/2021
Prelecture 19 Checkpoint 19 Lecture 19:
Oscillations: LC Circuits
pdf ppt pre-pdf
   
Friday
4/2/2021
           
11
Monday
4/5/2021
      Prelab 3
Lab 3 (group B)
Problem set 11
Problem set 11 solutions
   
Tuesday
4/6/2021
Prelecture 20 Checkpoint 20 Lecture 20:
AC Circuits
pdf ppt
   
Wednesday
4/7/2021
      Homework 10 due  
Thursday
4/8/2021
Prelecture 21 Checkpoint 21 Lecture 21:
AC Power & Resonant Circuits
pdf ppt
   
Friday
4/9/2021
           
12
Monday
4/12/2021
      No Lab

Problem set 12
Problem set 12 solutions

*not graded

   
Tuesday
4/13/2021
No class    
Wednesday
4/14/2021
      Homework 11 due  
Thursday
4/15/2021
Prelecture 22 Checkpoint 22 Lecture 22:
Maxwell's Displacement Current
and Electromagnetic Waves
pdf ppt pre-pdf
   
Friday
4/16/2021
           
13
Monday
4/19/2021
      Prelab 4
Lab 4 (group A)
Problem set 13
Problem set 13 solutions
   
Tuesday
4/20/2021
Prelecture 23 Checkpoint 23 Lecture 23:
Electromagnetic Waves
pdf ppt pre-pdf
Homework 12 due  
Wednesday
4/21/2021
         
Thursday
4/22/2021
Prelecture 24 Checkpoint 24 Lecture 24:
Polarization
pdf ppt pre-pdf
   
Friday
4/23/2021
           
14
Monday
4/26/2021
      Prelab 4
Lab 4 (group B)
Problem set 14
Problem set 14 solutions
 

Exam 3 (Units 17-23)

(Exam 3 key)

(Exam 3 solutions)

Tuesday
4/27/2021
Prelecture 25 Checkpoint 25 Lecture 25:
Reflection and Refraction
pdf ppt pre-pdf
Homework 13 due  
Wednesday
4/28/2021
         
Thursday
4/29/2021
Prelecture 26 Checkpoint 26 Lecture 26:
Lenses
pdf ppt pre-pdf
   
Friday
4/30/2021
           
15
Monday
5/3/2021
      Lab practical exam
Make-up lab
(asynchronous)
     
Tuesday
5/4/2021
Prelecture 27 Checkpoint 27 Lecture 27:
Mirrors
pdf ppt pre-pdf
  Homework 14 due  
Wednesday
5/5/2021
           
Thursday
5/6/2021
Reading Day
Friday
5/7/2021
Combined Final Exam
8:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
 
Tuesday
5/11/2021
Conflict Final Exam
8:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.