The reading assignments in the table below are all from our textbook Fundamentals of Physics by Halliday, Resnick, and Walker, 8th Edition, 2008, Wiley, ISBN 9780470289457. You are encouraged to complete the reading assignment for each lecture before the lecture takes place.
| WEEK | DATES | LECTURE TOPICS | READING |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wed 1/18 |
Introduction to the course; Fluids |
14.1-14.5 |
| 2 | Mon 1/23 Wed 1/25 |
Fluid Statics and Dynamics Traveling Waves |
14.6-14.10 16.1-16.6, 16.9-16.11 |
| 3 | Mon 1/30 Wed 2/1 |
Standing Waves Sound Waves |
16.12-16.13 17.1-17.3, 17.6-17.10 |
| 4 | Mon 2/6 Wed 2/8 |
Coulomb's Law Electric Field |
21.1-21.6 22.1-22.8 |
| 5 | Mon 2/13 Wed 2/15 |
Review for Exam I Exam I |
|
| 6 | Mon 2/20 Wed 2/22 |
Gauss' Law Electric Potential |
23.1-23.9 24.1-24.8 |
| 7 | Mon 2/27 Wed 2/29 |
Electric Potential Energy Capacitance |
24.9-24.12 25.1-25.5 |
| 8 | Mon 3/5 Wed 3/7 |
Current and Resistance DC Circuits |
26.1-26.7 27.1-27.7 |
| 9 | Mon 3/19 Wed 3/21 |
Review for Exam II Exam II |
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| 10 | Mon 3/26 Wed 3/28 |
Magnetic Field Biot-Savart and Ampere Laws |
28.1-28.4, 28.6-28.9 29.1-29.5 |
| 11 | Mon 4/2 Wed 4/4 |
Faraday's Law; Inductance Alternating Current; Transformers |
30.1-30.10 31.6, 31.11 |
| 12 | Mon 4/9 Wed 4/11 |
Maxwell's Equations Electromagnetic Waves |
32.1-32.6, 33.1-33.3 33.5-33.6, 33.8-33.9 |
| 13 | Mon 4/16 Wed 4/18 |
Geometrical Optics Lenses |
34.1-34.5 34.7 |
| 14 | Mon 4/23 Wed 4/25 |
Interference Diffraction |
35.1-35.5 36.1-36.3, 36.6, 36.8 |
| 15 | Mon 4/30 |
Review for Final Exam |
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