Physics 202-Syllabus
Spring 2008




Class #

Date

Day

Text Sections

Topic

1

Jan. 17

R

19.1-19.4

Electric charges and force

2

Jan. 22

T

19.5-19.7

Electric forces and fields

3

Jan. 24

R

20.1-20.3

Electric potential

4

Jan. 29

T

20.4-20.6

Electric potential energy, capacitors

5

Jan. 31

R

21.1-21.4

Electric current

6

Feb. 5

T

21.5-21.8

Resistors, circuits

7

Feb. 7

R

22.1-22.4

Magnetic field, force

8

Feb. 12

T

22.5-22.8

Ampere's law, solenoids

9

Feb. 14

R

TEST 1

Chapters 19-21

10

Feb. 19

T

23.1-23.5

Faraday's and Lenz's laws

11

Feb. 21

R

23.6-23.10

Inductance, motors, magnetic energy

12

Feb. 26

T

24.1-24.4

Alternating voltage, current

13

Feb. 28

R

24.5-24.6

AC circuits, RLC Circuits, Resonance

 
Mar. 4,6
    Spring break, no class

14

Mar. 11

T

25.1-25.5

Electromagnetic waves

16

Mar. 13

R

26.1-26.4

Mirrors, reflection

15

Mar. 18

T

26.5-26.8

Lenses, refraction

17

Mar. 20

R

TEST 2

Chapters 22-25

18

Mar. 25

T

27.1-27.6

Optical instruments

19

Mar. 27

R

28.1-28.3

Interference

20

Apr. 1

T

28.4-28.6

Diffraction

21

Apr. 3

R

29.1-29.4

Relativity

22

Apr. 8

T

29.5-29.8

Relativistic phenomena, general relativity

23

Apr. 10

R

TEST 3

Chapters 26-29 

24

Apr. 15

T

30.1-30.4
Quantum physics
25

Apr. 17

R

30.5-30.7, 31.1

Wave-particle phenomena, atomic models 

26
Apr. 22
T
31.2-31.7 Atomic physics

27

Apr. 24

R

32.1-32.6

Nuclear physics

28

Apr. 29

T

32.7-32.9

Applications, elementary particle physics, cosmology