Course Information

Syllabus

Homework

Lab Schedule

Recitation Schedule

 

 

 

Syllabus

 

 

 

Reading assignments

Exam I: 2/4   ESLC 130

Lecture, quiz, lab and exam schedules

Exam II: 3/4   ESLC 130

 

Exam III: 4/8  ESLC 130

Lectures are MWF

12:30 - 1:20   ESLC 46

Final Exam:

Wednesday, May 4

11:30 AM – 1:20 PM

 

 

The final for PHYS 2120 (11629) will be in ESLC 046 and ENGR 201 on Wed. May 4th at 11:30am.

All midterm tests will be in ESLC 130.

 

 

 

                                            Schedule of reading, lectures, labs and quizzes

 

  Read Chapters in advance of lectures, as scheduled below.

 

Week Starting

Mon

Tues

Wed

Thurs

Fri

Lab

Lecture Topic

Jan 10

Intro/16

 

16

Quiz 1

16

 

Waves and sound

Jan 17

Martin Luther King Day

 

17

Quiz 2

17

 

Superposition and interference

Jan 24

17

 

18

Quiz 3

18

Waves

Electric charge and force

Jan 31

18

 

18/Review

Review

TEST

 

E field and CoulombŐs law

Feb 7

19

 

19

Quiz 4

19/20

Electric field

Electric energy and potential

Feb 14

20

 

20

Quiz 5

21

Circuits

Circuits and magnetic field

Feb 21

PresidentŐs Day 

Meet Tuesday

21

21

Quiz 6

22

 

AmpereŐs law and induction

Feb 28

22

 

22/Rev

Review

TEST

RC Circuits

Induction and FaradayŐs law

Mar 7

Spring Break

Spring Break

Spring Break

Spring Break

Spring Break

Spring Break

Spring Break!

Mar 14

24

 

24

Quiz 7

24

LRC Circuits

E & M Waves

Mar 21

25

 

25

Quiz 8

25/26

 

Reflection and refraction

Mar 28

26

 

26

Quiz 9

27

Refraction

Refraction and double slit

Apr 4

27

 

27/Rev

Review

TEST

Diffraction

Diffraction

Apr 11

28

 

28

Quiz 10

28

 

Special relativity

Apr 18

29

 

29

Quiz 11

30

 

Particles, waves and atoms

Apr 25

30

 

31

Review

31/Rev

Spectroscopy

Nuclear physics

May 2

No class

 

FINAL EXAM 11:30

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Course Information

Syllabus

Homework

Lab Schedule

Recitation Schedule