Preliminary Schedule PHYS232N Fall 2000

This schedule shows approximately which material we will cover when. It also shows the Labs and the due dates for homework assignments.

All assignments are listed both as they appear in the 9th edition (YF 9) and in the 10th edition (YF 10) of our textbook (of course the due date is independent which textbook you use!). The code is supposed to be read like follows: "E22-6" means Chapter 22, Exercise 6; "P28-39" means Chapter 28, Problem 39; "CP22-85" means Chapter 22, Challenge Problem 85; etc. (Exercises, Problems and Challenge Problems are numbered in a single consecutive sequence for each chapter in Young and Freedman).

NOTE:

The Problems listed under "Written Problem" are ("traditional") paper and pen(cil) problems that you are supposed to work out, write up and turn in (either in class or in my mailbox) BEFORE the lecture of the "due date". The remaining problems must be turned in online via WebAssign - they will be due before midnight of the "due date". Make sure you still work them out on paper first (using Algebra all the way until the very end) and only then log in to WebAssign. Be aware that the numerical constants (and maybe the wording) of the online problems are different from the version in the textbook(s), so you need to redo your math with all correct input values. All due dates are absolutely firm - no exceptions!

Date Day Time Topic Pages Set Due Book Edition Written Problem Webassign Problems Lab Experiments
28-Aug Mon 12:00 - 12:50 Electric Charge, Structure of Matter 669 - 672          
30-Aug Wed 12:00 - 12:50 Conductors, Induced Charge 672 - 674          
1-Sep Fri 12:00 - 12:50 Coulombs Law, Superposition 674 - 679 < -- NA None Introduction to Webassign  
4-Sep Mon No Lecture Labor Day Holiday            
6-Sep Wed 12:00 - 12:50 Electric Field I: Concept 679 - 683 < -- YF 9 CP22-87 E22-6, E22-10, P22-62 Ph01: Real and virtual
8-Sep Fri 12:00 - 12:50 Electric Field II: Calculations 683 - 694   YF 10 CP22­85 E22-10, E22­8, E22-52 instruments
11-Sep Mon 12:00 - 12:50 Gauß' Law I: Concepts 704 - 714         Ph02: Electrostatics 1
13-Sep Wed 12:00 - 12:50 Gauß' Law II: Applications 714 - 730 < -- YF 9 P22-66 E22-30, E22-36, P22-78 Faraday Pail, Capacitance
15-Sep Fri 12:00 - 12:50 Electric Potential I: Concept 731 - 742   YF 10 P22-68 E22-26, E22-34, P22-64  
18-Sep Mon 12:00 - 12:50 Electric Potential II: Calculations 743 - 770         Ph 03: RC circuit
20-Sep Wed 12:00 - 12:50 Capacitance and Dielectrics 771 - 798 < -- YF 9 P23-26 E23-4, P23-22, E24-3, E24-12 Charge/discharge of
22-Sep Fri 12:00 - 12:50 Current and Resistance 799 - 809   YF 10 P23­24 E23-2, P23-20, E24-1, E24-10 Capacitor
25-Sep Mon 12:00 - 12:50 Circuits and EMF 809 - 831         Ph04: Ohm's Law
27-Sep Wed 12:00 - 12:50 DC circuits 832 - 850 < -- YF 9 P24-70 P24-62, E25-1, E25-8, E26-8  
29-Sep Fri 12:00 - 12:50 The Magnetic Field 863/5 - 873   YF 10 P24-68 P24-58, E25-3, E25-10, E26-6  
2-Oct Mon 12:00 - 12:50 TEST (Midterm I)         No homework due Ph05: Kirchhoff Laws
4-Oct Wed 12:00 - 12:50 Magnetic Forces on charged particles 873 - 880          
6-Oct Fri 12:00 - 12:50 Magnetic Forces on currents 880 - 902          
9-Oct Mon 12:00 - 12:50 Sources of Magnetic Field 903 - 915         Ph06a: Magnetostatics
11-Oct Wed 12:00 - 12:50 Ampere's Law 915 - 921 < -- YF 9 P28-59 E28-19, E28-26, P28-39, P28-45 Ph06b: Solenoid
13-Oct Fri 12:00 - 12:50 Magnetism and Matter 922 - 927   YF 10 P28-63 E28-21, E28-28, P28-41, P28-43  
16-Oct Mon 12:00 - 12:50 Faraday's Law of Induction 941 - 950         Ph07: Electromagnetic
18-Oct Wed 12:00 - 12:50 Lenz' Law 950 - 958 < -- YF 9 E29-28 E29-11, E29-18, E29-33, P29-43 Induction
20-Oct Fri 12:00 - 12:50 Maxwell's Equations 927 - 970   YF 10 E29-24 E29-13, E29-20, E29-31, P29-41 Ph08: Transformer
23-Oct Mon 12:00 - 12:50 Inductance 971 - 978         Ph09: LR circuit
25-Oct Wed 12:00 - 12:50 RL and LC circuits 979 - 986 < -- YF 9 CP30-52 E30-9, E30-14, P30-33, P30-42  
27-Oct Fri 12:00 - 12:50 Electromagnetic Oscillations 987 - 996   YF 10 CP30-50 E30-5, E30-13, P30-41, P30-36  
30-Oct Mon 12:00 - 12:50 Alternating Currents I: Elements 997 - 1004         Ph10: RLC Resonance
1-Nov Wed 12:00 - 12:50 Alternating Currents II: Circuits 1004 - 1014 < -- YF 9 None E31-2, E31-7, E31-21, P31-39, P31-53  
3-Nov Fri 12:00 - 12:50 TEST (Midterm 2)     YF 10   E31-4, E31-11, E31-19, P31-43, P31-55  
6-Nov Mon 12:00 - 12:50 Electromagnetic Waves 1025 - 1035       No homework due Ph11:
8-Nov Wed 12:00 - 12:50 Light, Reflection and Refraction 1053 - 1064         Raytrace, plane mirror,
10-Nov Fri 12:00 - 12:50 Polarization & Huygen's Princ. 1064 - 1084         Refraction, Dispersion
13-Nov Mon 12:00 - 12:50 Geometrical Optics I: Mirrors 1085 - 1097         Ph12:
15-Nov Wed 12:00 - 12:50 Geometrical Optics II: Lenses 1097 - 1117 < -- YF 9 E34-17 E33-3, E34-1, E34-13, E34-29 Focussing Lenses
17-Nov Fri 12:00 - 12:50 Geometrical Optics III: Optical Instr. 1118 - 1137   YF 10 E34-21 E33-7, E34-9, E34-11, E34-31 and Mirrors
20-Nov Mon 12:00 - 12:50 Interference I: Two-point Interf. 1138 - 1148 < -- YF 9 E35-7 E35-2, E35-24, P35-44, E36-26  
22-Nov Wed 12:00 - 12:50 Thanksgiving Holidays     YF 10 E35-5 E35-2, E35-34, P35-42, E36-25  
24-Nov Fri 12:00 - 12:50 Thanksgiving Holidays            
27-Nov Mon 12:00 - 12:50 Interference II: Thin Films 1149 - 1164       No homework due Ph13:
29-Nov Wed 12:00 - 12:50 Diffraction I: 1 - n slits 1165 - 1176         Interference: Double
1-Dec Fri 12:00 - 12:50 Diffraction II: Gratings & Holography 1176 - 1192         Slit, Diffraction Grating
4-Dec Mon 12:00 - 12:50 Electrodynamics All pages         Lab Exam
6-Dec Wed 12:00 - 12:50 The Rest of Physics -  < -- YF 9 Q38-1 E37-1, E37-11, E37-24, E38-5  
8-Dec Fri 12:00 - 12:50 Summary and Review All pages   YF 10 Q38-2 E37-6, E37-9, E37-26, E38-7  
15-Dec Fri 12:30 - 3:30 FINAL EXAM            

Last Updated on 8/23/00
By Sebastian Kuhn
Email: skuhn@odu.edu