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Course materials are the work of current and prior course staff. Slides and supplementary materials labeled "EVC" are due to Eugene Colla, who is also a coauthor on most of the course lectures.

Week # Week of Lecture Lab Due
1 August 24 Introduction to Physics 401
Slides, Video
Tools of the Classical Lab
Writeup, Slides [EVC]
Alternate writeup: Multisim
2 August 31 Transients and Oscillations in RLC Circuits
Slides, Video
Transients in RLC Circuits
Writeup
pre-COVID writeup
3 September 7 LABOR DAY Frequency Domain Analysis
Slides, Video
Problem Set 1
Transients in RLC circuits
4 September 14 Synchronous detection
Slides, Video
Frequency domain analysis of linear circuits using synchronous detection
Writeup
Problem set 1
5 September 21 Noise and error analysis I
Slides, Video
Frequency domain analysis
5 September 28 Pulses in transmission lines
Slides, Video
Pulses in transmission lines
Writeup
7 October 5 Millikan oil drop experiment
Slides, Video
Millikan oil drop experiment
Writeup,PASCO Manual
Origin Project
Error analysis notes, supplementary slides
DATA: partial set, full set
Pulses in transmission lines
8 October 12 Noise and error analysis II
Slides, Video
Problem Set 2 Millikan oil drop
9 October 19 Torsional Oscillator I
Slides, Video
Torsional Oscillator I
Writeup
Problem set 2
10 October 26 Torsional Oscillator II
Slides, Video
Torsional Oscillator II
Same writeup as above
11 November 2 Introduction to Bayesian Reasoning
Slides, Video
ELECTION DAY - NO LAB Torsional Oscillator
12 November 9 Hall Probe Measurement of Magnetic Fields
Slides, Video
Hall Probe Measurement of Magnetic Fields
Writeup
13 November 16 AC Measurement of Magnetic Susceptibility I
Slides, Video
AC Measurement of Magnetic Susceptibility I
Writeup
Hall Probe
November 23
FALL BREAK
14 November 30 AC Measurement of Magnetic Susceptibility II
Slides, Video
AC Measurement of Magnetic Susceptibility II
Same writeup as above
15 December 7 NO LAB (Reading Day 10Dec)
16 December 13 Final Report and Resubmissions Due Sunday 13Dec, 11:59pm