Physics 212
Course Syllabus - Summer 2012

Lecture - 151 Loomis   Discussion - 143 & 147 Loomis   Lab 262 Loomis

*Complete lecture slides will be posted at noon after the lecture.

Week

Date

Lectures/Exams

  Preflights  

   Homework   

Labs

   Discussion   

1

Mon
Jun 11

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

PreLecture 1

CheckPoint 1

Homework 1
(due Wed
Jun 13) 

 

Discussion 1

Tu 
Jun 12

Lecture 2: Electric Fields
PDF or PowerPoint

PreLecture 2

CheckPoint 2

No Lab

 

Wed
Jun 13

Lecture 3: Electric Fields and Electric Flux
PDF or PowerPoint

PreLecture 3

CheckPoint 3

Homework 2 
(due Mon
Jun 18) 

Discussion 2
Quiz
1

Th
Jun 14

Lecture 4: Gauss's Law
PDF or PowerPoint

PreLecture 4

CheckPoint 4

Lab 1 (Prelab due)
Coulomb's Law: Electrostatic Charges

 

2

Mon
Jun 18

Lecture 5: Electric Potential Energy
PDF or PowerPoint

PreLecture 5

CheckPoint 5

Homework 3 
(due Wed
Jun 20) 

 

Discussion 3
Quiz
2

Tu 
Jun 19

Lecture 6: Electric Potential
PDF or PowerPoint

PreLecture 6

CheckPoint 6


 

 

Wed
Jun 20

Lecture 7: Capacitance
PDF or PowerPoint

PreLecture 7

CheckPoint 7

Homework 4 
(due Mon
Jun 25)

Discussion 4

Quiz 3

Th
Jun 21

Lecture 8: Capacitance
PDF or PowerPoint
 

PreLecture 8

CheckPoint 8

Lab 2 (Prelab due) 
Potentials and E fields

 

3

Mon
Jun 25

Lecture 9: Electric Current
PDF or PowerPoint

PreLecture 9

CheckPoint 9

Discussion 5

No Quiz

Tu 
Jun 26

EXAM 1
covers Lectures 1-8

 

 

Wed
Jun 27

Lecture 10: Kirchoff's Rules
PDF or PowerPoint

PreLecture 10

CheckPoint 10

 Homework 5 
(due Thu
Jun 28)

Discussion 6

Quiz 4

Th
Jun 28

Lecture 11: RC Circuits
PDF or PowerPoint

PreLecture 11

CheckPoint 11

Lab 3 (Prelab due) 
Simple and RC Circuits

 

4

Mon
Jul 2

Lecture 12: Magnetic Force
PDF or PowerPoint

PreLecture 12

CheckPoint 12

 

Lab 4 (Tuesday, Prelab due)
Magnetic Fields: Bars and field mapping

Discussion 7

Quiz 5

Tu 
Jul 3

Lecture 13: Forces and Magnetic Dipoles
PDF or PowerPoint

PreLecture 13

CheckPoint 13

 

Wed
Jul 4

Independence Day

 

Homework 6
(due Th
Jul 5) 

No discussion

section

Th
Jul 5

Lecture 14: Biot-Savart Law
 
PDF or PowerPoint

PreLecture 14

CheckPoint 14

 

5

Mon
Jul 9

Lecture 15: Ampere's Law
PDF or PowerPoint

PreLecture 15

CheckPoint 15

 

Discussion 8

Quiz 6

Tu
Jul 10

Lecture 16: Motional EMF
PDF or PowerPoint

PreLecture 16

CheckPoint 16 

Lab 5 (Prelab due) 
Magnetic Fields of wires and solenoids

 

Wed
Jul 11

Lecture 17: Faraday's Law
PDF or PowerPoint

PreLecture 17

CheckPoint 17

Homework 7
(due Wed
Jul 11)

 

Discussion 9

Quiz 7

Thu
Jul 12

EXAM 2


covers Lectures 9-15

No lab

 

6

Mon
Jul 16

Lecture 18: Self-Inductance RL Circuits
PDF or PowerPoint

PreLecture 18

CheckPoint 18

Homework 8
(due Mon
Jul 16)

Discussion 10

LR circuits

Inductance

No quiz

Tu
Jul 17

Lecture 19: Oscillations: LC Circuits
PDF or PowerPoint

PreLecture 19

CheckPoint 19

Lab 6 (Prelab due) 
Faraday’s Law

 

Wed
Jul 18

Lecture 20: AC Circuits
PDF or PowerPoint

PreLecture 20

CheckPoint 20

Homework 9
(due Wed
Jul 18) 

 

 

 

Discussion 11

LCR, phasors

No quiz

 

Thu
Jul 19

Lecture 21: AC Power & Resonant Circuits
PDF or PowerPoint

PreLecture 21

CheckPoint 21

Lab 7 (Prelab due) 
Scopes and Transformers

 

7

Mon
Jul 23

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

PreLecture 22

CheckPoint 22

Homework 10
(due Mon
Jul 23) 

 

Discussion 12

Transformers

Waves

Quiz 8

Tu
Jul 24

Lecture 23: Electromagnetic Waves, cont.
PDF or PowerPoint

PreLecture 23

CheckPoint 23

Lab 8 (Tuesday, Prelab due) 
Tuning and LRC Circuits

 

Wed
Jul 25

Lecture 24: Polarization
PDF or PowerPoint

PreLecture 24

CheckPoint 24

Homework 11
(due Wed
Jul 25) 
 

 

Discussion 13

Polarization


Quiz 9

Thu
Jul 26

EXAM 3
covers Lectures 16-23

 

 

No Lab

 

8

Mon 
Jul 30

Lecture 25: Reflection and Refraction
PDF or PowerPoint

PreLecture 25

CheckPoint 25

 

Homework 12
(due Mon
Jul 30) 

Discussion 14

Reflection

Refraction

Mirrors

No quiz

Tu
July31

Lecture 26: Lenses
PDF or PowerPoint

PreLecture 26

CheckPoint 26

 

Lab 9 (Prelab due) 
Polarization and Refraction

 

Wed 
Aug 1

Lecture 27: Mirrors
PDF or PowerPoint

PreLecture 27

CheckPoint 27

 

 

 

Discussion 15

 

Lenses,

mirrors

 
Quiz  10

Th 
Aug 2

Lecture 28: Optical Instruments
PDF or PowerPoint

PreLecture 28

CheckPoint 28

 

Homework 13
(due Friday,
Aug 3)
 

 

 

 

Sat 
Aug 4

Final Exam: 8:00 - 10:00 AM

 

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