Physics 214 - Course Syllabus - Fall 2011

Lecture will meet for the first time on Monday, August 22.
Discussion will meet for the first time on Tuesday, August 23.
The first lab will be on Tuesday, August 30.

Week

Date

Lectures & Exams

Homework & Quizzes

Labs

1

Mon
Aug 22

Lecture 1:         Waves and Wave Equations

   PPT or PDF

Discussion, but no Quiz
Homework 1
(due 8am Tues Aug 30)

No lab
PreLab 1
(Due at start of Lab 1)

Wed
Aug 24

Lecture 2:         Interference

   PPT or PDF   Text : 35.1-3

Fri
Aug 26

Lecture 3:         Review & Examples

   PPT or PDF

2

Mon
Aug 29

Lecture 4:         Diffraction & Spectroscopy

   PPT or PDF    Text: 36.1-6

Quiz 1
Homework 2
(due 8am Wed Sep 7)

Lab 1
Interference and Diffraction

PreLab 2
(Due at start of Lab 2)

Wed
Aug 31

Lecture 5:         Applications

   PPT or PDF   Text: 35.5, 36.7

Fri
Sep 2

Lecture 6:         Review & Examples

   PPT or PDF

3

Mon
Sep 5

Labor Day

Quiz 2
Homework 3
(due 8am Tues Sep 13)

Lab 2
Photons

Wed
Sep 7

Lecture 7:         Introduction to Quantum Physics: Light as Particles

   PPT or PDF   Text: 38.1-2, 9

Fri
Sep 9

Lecture 8:         Matter Waves & Uncertainty Principle

   PPT or PDF   Text: 39.1-5

Lecture 9:         Review & Examples (Lecture not given)

   PPT or PDF

4

Mon
Sep 12

Lecture 10:       The Schrödinger Equation & Particle in a Box

   PPT or PDF   Text: 40.1

Quiz 3
Homework 4
(due 8am Thursday Sep 22)

No Lab
PreLab 3
(Due at start of Lab 3)

Wed
Sep 14

Lecture 11:       Particles in Finite Potential Wells

   PPT or PDF   Text: 40.2, 4

Fri
Sep 16

Lecture 12:       Review & Examples

   PPT or PDF

5

Sun
Sep 18

Review lecture (141 Loomis at 2 PM)

Quiz 4
Homework 5
(due 8am Tues Sep 27)

Lab 3
Wave Functions
Computer Exercise
Lab 3 is held in room 257

Mon
Sep 19

Lecture 13        Time-Dependent Quantum States

   PPT or PDF   (no text material)

MIDTERM EXAM: 7-8:30 pm (Conflict Exam, 5:15 pm)

Wed
Sep 21

Lecture 14:       Barrier Penetration and Tunneling

   PPT or PDF   Text: 40.3

Fri
Sep 23

Lecture 15:       Review & Examples

   PPT or PDF

6

Mon
Sep 26

Lecture 16:       3D Potentials and the Hydrogen Atom

   PPT or PDF   Text: 38.3-5; 40.5, 41.1

Quiz 5
Homework 6
(due 8am  Saturday Oct 8)

 

No Lab
PreLab 4
(Due at start of Lab 4)

Wed
Sep 28

Lecture 17:       Angular Momentum, Spin and Atoms

   PPT or PDF   Text: 41.1-3

Fri
Sep 30

Lecture 18:       Review & Examples

   PPT or PDF

7

Mon
Oct 3

Lecture 19:       Building Atoms, Molecules and Solids

   PPT or PDF   Text: 41.4; 42.1

Quiz 6
No Homework

Lab 4
Atomic Spectra

Wed
Oct 5

Lecture 20:       Consequences of Quantum Mechanics

   PPT or PDF   Text: 38.6,42.4, 6, 8

Fri
Oct 7

Lecture 21:       Review & Examples

   PPT or PDF

8

Sun
Oct 9

Review lecture  (141 Loomis at 2 PM)

 

Mon
Oct 10

FINAL EXAM: 7- 9 pm (conflict exam: 4:45 pm)

Revised August 17, 2011

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