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Physics 227 - Analytical Physics IIA

Electricity and Magnetism
Spring 2019

Note: Expect small changes throughout the semester.

Course Calendar

 

 

Schedule

  • Lectures start on Wednesday, Jan 23 and every Monday and Wednesday after that.
  • Friday recitations start on Friday, Jan 25.

In the first column "L" = Lecture, "R" = Recitation, "E" = Exam, "N" = No class, "Rev" = Review, and "TBA" = "To Be Announced."

 

LECTURES: Please complete the assigned reading before each lecture, and bring your iclicker with you to lecture.  You will be asked to participate interactively throughout the lecture with the iclicker.

RECITATIONS: In the recitations, problems from the previous two lectures and homework due the previous night will be solved collaboratively, and a quiz will be given on material previously covered in homework and lectures. The chapters and homework to be covered is given in each recitation box.


HOMEWORK: The online Mastering Physics homework assignments are given in the box for the corresponding week.  The deadlines for completion of the homework are rigidly enforced by the online system.

EXAMS: The midterm exams will be given during lecture.

 

Type

Date

Assignment

L1

Wed 1/23

Electric Charge, Coulomb's Law. Read Ch. 21: 1-3.

R1

Fri 1/25

Pre-recitation assignment

Recitation Meetings: Ch. 21:1-3. No Quiz

L2

Mon 1/28

Electric Fields, Dipoles. Read Ch. 21: 4-7. 

L3

Wed 1/30

Electric Field Flux, Gauss' Law. Read Ch. 22: 1-4. 

HW1

deadline 11:59 PM Thurs 1/31

Mastering Physics Ch. 21: 1-7

R2

Fri 2/1

Pre-recitation assignment

Recitation Meetings: Ch. 21: 4-7; 22:1-3;

Quiz: HW1, L1+2

L4

Mon 2/4

Applications of Gauss' Law, Conductors in Electrostatics. Read Ch. 22: 4-5. 

L5

Wed 2/6

Electric Potential. Read Ch. 23:1-2.

HW2

deadline 11:59 PM Thurs 2/7

Mastering Physics Ch. 22: 1-5

R3

Fri 2/8

Pre-recitation assignment

Recitation Meetings, Ch. 22:4-5 and 23: 1-2;

Quiz: HW2, L3+4

L6

Mon 2/11

Calculating Potentials. Read Ch. 23:3-5.

L7

Wed 2/13

Capacitors and Electric Field Energy. Read Ch. 24:1,3. 

HW3

deadline 11:59 PM Thurs 2/14

Mastering Physics Ch. 23: 1-5

R4

Fri 2/15

Pre-recitation assignment

Recitation Meetings: Ch. 23:3-5 and 24.1,3;

Quiz: HW3, L5+6

L8

Mon 2/18

Capacitors and Dielectrics. Read Ch. 24:2,4,5.

L9

Wed 2/20

CANCELED because of snow

HW4

deadline 11:59 PM Thurs 2/21

Mastering Physics Ch. 24: 1-5

R5

Fri 2/22

Pre-recitation assignment

Recitation Meetings: Review Chap 21-24.

Quiz: HW4, L7+8

Exam1

Mon 2/25

1st Midterm Exam in lecture. Chapters 21-24.

L10

Wed 2/27

DC Current, Resistance, Ohm's Law. Read Ch. 25:1-3.

EMF & Single loop circuits. Read Ch. 25:4-5; Ch. 26-1.

 

 

No homework

R6

Fri 3/1

Pre-recitation assignment

Recitation Meetings: Ch. 25.1-5, No Quiz

L11

Mon 3/4

Multi-loop circuits: Kirchhoff's Rules. Read Ch. 26:1-2.

L12

Wed 3/6

RC circuits, Electrical Instruments. Read Ch. 26: 3-4. 

HW5

deadline 11:59 PM Thurs 3/7

Mastering Physics Ch. 25: 1-5; Ch. 26: 1-2

R7

Fri 3/8

Pre-recitation assignment

Recitation Meetings: Ch. 26,

Quiz: HW5, L9+10+11

L13

Mon 3/11

Magnetic Field, Magnetic Forces on Moving Charges.

Read Ch. 27: 1-4. 

L14

Wed 3/13

Magnetic Forces on Currents. Read Ch. 27: 5-8. 

N

Fri 3/15

No Homework, no recitations

 

3/17-3/23

SPRING BREAK

L15

Mon 3/25

Magnetic Fields of Currents, Biot-Savart Law.

Read Ch. 28: 1-5.

L16

Wed 3/27

Ampere's Law, Magnetic Materials. Read Ch. 28.6-8.

HW6

deadline 11:59 PM Thurs 3/28

Mastering Physics Ch. 26: 3-4; Ch. 27: 1-9

R8

Fri 3/29

Pre-recitation assignment

Recitation Meetings: Ch. 27:1-9; Ch. 28: 1-5

Quiz: HW6, L12+13+14

L17

Mon 4/1

Electromagnetic Induction, Faraday's Law.

Read Ch. 29:1-3.

L18

Wed 4/3

Review for second midterm exam: Chap. 25-28

HW7

deadline 11:59 PM Thurs 4/4

Mastering Physics Ch. 28: 1-8

R9

Fri 4/5

Pre-recitation assignment

Recitation Meetings: Review Ch. 25-28

Quiz: HW7, L15+16

Exam2

Mon 4/8

2nd Midterm Exam in lecture.  Chapters 25- 28

L19

Wed 4/10

Motional EMF, Eddy Currents. Read Ch. 29:4-6.

 

 

No homework

R10

Fri 4/12

Pre-recitation assignment

Recitation Meetings: Ch. 29: 1-6

No Quiz

L20

Mon 4/15

Inductance, Magnetic Field Energy. Read Ch. 30: 1-3.

L21

Wed 4/17

RL and LC Circuits. Read Ch. 30: 4-6. 

HW8

deadline 11:59 PM Thurs 4/18

Mastering Physics Ch. 29: 1-6

R11

Fri 4/19

Pre-recitation assignment

Recitation Meetings: Ch. 30.1-6; Quiz:  HW8, L17+19

L22

Mon 4/22

AC Circuits, Reactance, Resonance in AC Circuits.

Read Ch. 31: 1-6.

L23

Wed 4/24

AC Circuits continued; Maxwell's Equations, Superconductivity. Read Ch. 29.7-8

HW9

deadline 11:59 PM Thurs 4/25

Mastering Physics 30: 1-6; 31: 1-3

R12

Fri 4/26

Pre-recitation assignment

Recitation Meetings: Ch. 31.1-6; Quiz: HW9, L20 +21

L24

Mon 4/29

Electromagnetic Waves. Read Ch. 32: 1-3.

L25

Wed 5/1

Energy and Momentum in EM Waves, Standing Waves.

Read Ch. 32: 4,5.

HW10

deadline 11:59 PM Thurs 5/2

Mastering Physics 31: 1-6; 29: 7; 32: 1-5

R13

Fri 5/3

Pre-recitation assignment

Recitation Meetings: Ch. 29.7, Ch. 32

Quiz: HW10, L22+23+24

L26

Mon 5/6

Review for final exam.

Rev

May 7 and 8

Busch LRC SERC 106 from 830am to 700pm hosted by

Ross Ersteniuk

E

Friday, May 10

4:00 to 7:00 PM

PLH-Busch

FINAL EXAM, Chapters 21-32 

E

Contact Prof.

Cizewski

Need documented excuse for makeup exam.

 

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