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Schedule

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Week Date Prelecture Checkpoint Lecture Lab Discussion Homework Exam
1
Monday
1/17/2022
      Prelab 1
Lab 1: Orientation
Problem set 1

Problem set 1 solutions

(no Quiz)
 
   
Tuesday
1/18/2022
Prelecture 1 Checkpoint 1 Lecture 1 (ONLINE):
Introduction and
Coulomb's Law
pdf ppt
   
Wednesday
1/19/2022
         
Thursday
1/20/2022
Prelecture 2 Checkpoint 2 Lecture 2 (ONLINE):
Electric Fields
pdf ppt
   
Friday
1/21/2022
         
2
Monday
1/24/2022
      Prelab 2
Lab 2: Static electricity
 
     
Tuesday
1/25/2022
Prelecture 3 Checkpoint 3 Lecture 3:
Electric Fields and
Electric Flux
pdf ppt
Problem set 2

Problem set 2 solutions

(Quiz 1)
 
Homework 1 due  
Wednesday
1/26/2022
         
 
Thursday
1/27/2022
Prelecture 4 Checkpoint 4 Lecture 4:
Gauss's Law
pdf ppt
   
Friday
1/28/2022
         
3
Monday
1/31/2022
             
Tuesday
2/1/2022
Prelecture 5 Checkpoint 5 Lecture 5:
Electric Potential
pdf ppt
Prelab 3
Lab 3: Equipotentials
(Tuesday sections only)
 
Problem set 3

Problem set 3 solutions

(no Quiz)
 
Homework 2 due  
Wednesday
2/2/2022
       
 
Thursday
2/3/2022
Prelecture 6 Checkpoint 6 Lecture 6:
Electric Potential
pdf ppt
   
Friday
2/4/2022
         
4
Monday
2/7/2022
     

Prelab 3

Lab 3: Equipotentials
(Wednesday, Thursday,
and Friday sections only)

Problem set 4

Problem set 4 solutions

(Quiz 2)
 
   
Tuesday
2/8/2022
Prelecture 7 Checkpoint 7 Lecture 7:
Capacitance
pdf ppt
Homework 3 due  
Wednesday
2/9/2022
         
Thursday
2/10/2022
Prelecture 8 Checkpoint 8 Lecture 8:
Capacitors
pdf ppt
   
Friday
2/11/2022
           
5
Monday
2/14/2022
      Prelab 4
Lab 4: Physical Capacitors
Problem set 5
Problem set 5 solutions

No quiz
  Exam 1
Units 1-8
Schedule w/ CBTF
 
Tuesday
2/15/2022
Prelecture 9 Checkpoint 9 Lecture 9:
Simple Circuits
pdf ppt
Homework 4 due
Wednesday
2/16/2022
       
Thursday
2/17/2022
    No lecture   
Friday
2/18/2022
       
6
Monday
2/21/2022
      Prelab 5
Lab 5: Circuits
Problem set 6

Problem set 6 solutions

(Quiz 3)
 
   
Tuesday
2/22/2022
Prelecture 10 Checkpoint 10 Lecture 10:
More on Kirchoff's Laws
pdf ppt
Homework 5 due  
Wednesday
2/23/2022
         
Thursday
2/24/2022
Prelecture 11 Checkpoint 11 Lecture 11:
RC Circuits
pdf ppt
   
Friday
2/25/2022
         
7
Monday
2/28/2022
      Prelab 6
Lab 6: RC circuits
Problem set 7

Problem set 7 solutions

(Quiz 4)
 
   
Tuesday
3/1/2022
Prelecture 12 Checkpoint 12 Lecture 12:
Magnetic Force
pdf ppt
Homework 6 due  
Wednesday
3/2/2022
         
Thursday
3/3/2022
Prelecture 13 Checkpoint 13 Lecture 13:
Forces and Magnetic Dipoles
pdf ppt
   
Friday
3/4/2022
         
8
Monday
3/7/2022
      Prelab 7
Lab 7: B-field from wire
Problem set 8

Problem set 8 solutions

(Quiz 5)
 
   
Tuesday
3/8/2022
Prelecture 14 Checkpoint 14 Lecture 14:
Biot-Savart Law
pdf ppt
Homework 7 due  
Wednesday
3/9/2022
         
Thursday
3/10/2022
Prelecture 15 Checkpoint 15 Lecture 15:
Ampere's Law
pdf ppt
   
Friday
3/11/2022
         
9
Monday
3/14/2022
    Spring break, no class  
 
   
Tuesday
3/15/2022
    Spring break, no class    
Wednesday
3/16/2022
    Spring break, no class    
Thursday
3/17/2022
    Spring break, no class    
Friday
3/18/2022
    Spring break, no class    
10
Monday
3/21/2022
      Prelab 8
Lab 8: EMF
Problem set 9

Problem set 9 solutions

(Quiz 6)
 
 
 
Tuesday
3/22/2022
Prelecture 16 Checkpoint 16 Lecture 16:
Motional EMF
pdf ppt
Homework 8 due
Wednesday
3/23/2022
       
Thursday
3/24/2022
Prelecture 17 Checkpoint 17 Lecture 17:
Faraday's Law
pdf ppt
 
Friday
3/25/2022
       
11
Monday
3/28/2022
      No lab activities this week Problem set 10

Problem set 10 solutions

(No Quiz)
 
   
Tuesday
3/29/2022
Prelecture 18 Checkpoint 18 Lecture 18:
Self-Inductance RL Circuits
pdf ppt
Homework 9 due  
Wednesday
3/30/2022
         
Thursday
3/31/2022
    No Lecture    
Friday
4/1/2022
        Exam 2
Units 9-17
Schedule w/ CBTF
12
Monday
4/4/2022
      Prelab 9
Lab 9: RL circuits
Problem set 11

Problem set 11 solutions

(Quiz 7)
 
   
Tuesday
4/5/2022
Prelecture 19 Checkpoint 19 Lecture 19:
Oscillations: LC Circuits
pdf ppt
Homework 10 due  
Wednesday
4/6/2022
         
Thursday
4/7/2022
Prelecture 20 Checkpoint 20 Lecture 20:
AC Circuits
pdf ppt
   
Friday
4/8/2022
         
13
Monday
4/11/2022
      Prelab 10
Lab 10: RLC circuits
Problem set 12

Problem set 12 solutions

(Quiz 8)
 
   
Tuesday
4/12/2022
Prelecture 21 Checkpoint 21 Lecture 21:
AC Power & Resonant Circuits
pdf ppt
Homework 11 due  
Wednesday
4/13/2022
         
Thursday
4/14/2022
Prelecture 22 Checkpoint 22 Lecture 22:
Maxwell's Displacement Current
and Electromagnetic Waves
pdf ppt
   
Friday
4/15/2022
         
14
Monday
4/18/2022
      Prelab 11
Lab 11: Polarization
Problem set 13

Problem set 13 solutions

(Quiz 9)
   
Tuesday
4/19/2022
Prelecture 23 Checkpoint 23 Lecture 23:
Electromagnetic Waves
pdf ppt
Homework 12 due  
Wednesday
4/20/2022
         
Thursday
4/21/2022
Prelecture 24 Checkpoint 24 Lecture 24:
Polarization
pdf ppt
   
Friday
4/22/2022
         
15
Monday
4/25/2022
      Lab Practical during
regular class time
Problem set 14

Problem set 14 solutions

(No Quiz)
 
  Exam 3
Units 18-24
Schedule w/ CBTF
 
Tuesday
4/26/2022
Prelecture 25 Checkpoint 25 Lecture 25:
Reflection and Refraction
pdf ppt
Homework 13 due
Wednesday
4/27/2022
       
Thursday
4/28/2022
Prelecture 26 Checkpoint 26 Lecture 26:
Lenses
pdf ppt
 
Friday
4/29/2022
       
16
Monday
5/2/2022
      No lab activities this week.      
Tuesday
5/3/2022
Prelecture 27 Checkpoint 27 Lecture 27:
Mirrors
pdf ppt
  Homework 14 due  
Wednesday
5/4/2022
           
Thursday
5/5/2022
Reading Day
Friday
5/6/2022
             
Finals

Monday

5/9/2022

           

Combined Final

7pm - 10pm

Wednesday

5/11/22

           

Conflict Final

1:30 pm - 4:30 pm