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Week Date Prelecture Checkpoint Lecture Lab Discussion Homework Exam
1
Monday
1/15/2024
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day:  No Classes
Tuesday
1/16/2024
Prelecture 1 Checkpoint 1

Lecture 1:
Introduction and
Coulomb's Law
pdf pptx

Slides for notes during lecture: pdf

Prelab 1
Lab 1: Orientation
Problem set 1

Problem set 1 solutions

(no Quiz)
   
Wednesday
1/17/2024
         
Thursday
1/18/2024
Prelecture 2 Checkpoint 2

Lecture 2::
Electric Fields
pdf pptx

Slides for notes during lecture: pdf

   
Friday
1/19/2024
         
2
Monday
1/22/2024
      Prelab 2
Lab 2: Static electricity
 
     
Tuesday
1/23/2024
Prelecture 3 Checkpoint 3

Lecture 3:
Electric Fields and
Electric Flux
pdf pptx

Slides for notes during lecture: pdf

Problem set 2

Problem set 2 solutions

(Quiz 1)
 
Homework 1 due  
Wednesday
1/24/2024
         
 
Thursday
1/25/2024
Prelecture 4 Checkpoint 4 Lecture 4:
Gauss's Law
pdf pptx

 

Slides for notes during lecture: pdf

   
Friday
1/26/2024
         
3
Monday
1/29/2024
             
Tuesday
1/30/2024
Prelecture 5 Checkpoint 5 Lecture 5:
Electric Potential
pdf pptx

 

Slides for notes during lecture: pdf

Prelab 3
Lab 3: Equipotentials
 
Problem set 3

Problem set 3 solutions

(Quiz 2)
 
Homework 2 due  
Wednesday
1/31/2024
       
 
Thursday
2/1/2024
Prelecture 6 Checkpoint 6 Lecture 6:
Electric Potential
pdf pptx

 

Slides for notes during lecture: pdf

   
Friday
2/2/2024
         
4
Monday
2/5/2024
     

 

Problem set 4

Problem set 4 solutions

(Quiz 3)
 
   
Tuesday
2/6/2024
Prelecture 7 Checkpoint 7 Lecture 7:
Capacitance
pdf pptx

 

Slides for notes during lecture: pdf

Prelab 4
Lab 4: Physical Capacitors
Homework 3 due  
Wednesday
2/7/2024
         
Thursday
2/8/2024
Prelecture 8 Checkpoint 8 Lecture 8:
Capacitors
pdf pptx

 

Slides for notes during lecture: pdf

 
Friday
2/9/2024
         
5
Monday
2/12/2024
      No lab activities this week Problem set 5
Problem set 5 solutions

No quiz
 
 
Tuesday
2/13/2024
Prelecture 9 Checkpoint 9 Lecture 9:
Simple Circuits
pdf pptx

 

Slides for notes during lecture: pdf

Homework 4 due
Wednesday
2/14/2024
       
Thursday
2/15/2024
    No lecture   

Exam 1
Units 1-8

Thurs - Sunday
Schedule w/ CBTF

Friday
2/16/2024
       
6
Monday
2/19/2024
      Prelab 5
Lab 5: Circuits
Problem set 6

Problem set 6 solutions

(Quiz 4)
 
   
Tuesday
2/20/2024
Prelecture 10 Checkpoint 10

Lecture 10:
More on Kirchoff's Laws
pdf pptx

Slides for notes during lecture: pdf

Homework 5 due  
Wednesday
2/21/2024
         
Thursday
2/22/2024
Prelecture 11 Checkpoint 11

Lecture 11:
RC Circuits
pdf pptx

Slides for notes during lecture: pdf

   
Friday
2/23/2024
         
7
Monday
2/26/2024
      Prelab 6
Lab 6: RC circuits
Problem set 7

Problem set 7 solutions

(Quiz 5)
 
   
Tuesday
2/27/2024
Prelecture 12 Checkpoint 12

Lecture 12:
Magnetic Force
pdf pptx

Slides for notes during lecture: pdf

Homework 6 due  
Wednesday
2/28/2024
         
Thursday
2/29/2024
Prelecture 13 Checkpoint 13

Lecture 13:
Forces and Magnetic Dipoles
pdf pptx

Slides for notes during lecture: pdf

   
Friday
3/1/2024
         
8
Monday
3/4/2024
      Prelab 7
Lab 7: B-field from wire
Problem set 8

Problem set 8 solutions

(Quiz 6)
 
   
Tuesday
3/5/2024
Prelecture 14 Checkpoint 14

Lecture 14:
Biot-Savart Law
pdf pptx

Slides for notes during lecture: pdf

Homework 7 due  
Wednesday
3/6/2024
         
Thursday
3/7/2024
Prelecture 15 Checkpoint 15

Lecture 15:
Ampere's Law
pdf pptx

Slides for notes during lecture: pdf

   
Friday
3/8/2024
         
9
Monday
3/11/2024
Spring break, no class
Tuesday
3/12/2024
Wednesday
3/13/2024
Thursday
3/14/2024
Friday
3/15/2024
10
Monday
3/18/2024
      Prelab 8
Lab 8: EMF
Problem set 9

Problem set 9 solutions

(Quiz 7)
 
 
 
Tuesday
3/19/2024
Prelecture 16 Checkpoint 16

Lecture 16:
Motional EMF
pdf pptx

Slides for notes during lecture: pdf

Homework 8 due
Wednesday
3/20/2024
       
Thursday
3/21/2024
Prelecture 17 Checkpoint 17

Lecture 17:
Faraday's Law
pdf pptx

Slides for notes during lecture: pdf

 
Friday
3/22/2024
       
 

Sunday
3/24/2024

   

Optional Special Relativity Lecture

       
11
Monday
3/25/2024
      No lab activities this week Problem set 10

Problem set 10 solutions

(No Quiz)
 
   
Tuesday
3/26/2024
Prelecture 18 Checkpoint 18

Lecture 18:
Self-Inductance RL Circuits
pdf pptx

Slides for notes during lecture: pdf

Homework 9 due
Wednesday
3/27/2024
       
Thursday
3/28/2024
Prelecture 19 Checkpoint 19

Lecture 19:
Oscillations: LC Circuits
pdf pptx

Slides for notes during lecture: pdf

 

Exam 2
Units 9-17

Thurs - Sunday
Schedule w/ CBTF
Friday
3/29/2024
       
12
Monday
4/1/2024
      Prelab 9
Lab 9: RL circuits
Problem set 11

Problem set 11 solutions

(Quiz 8)
 
   
Tuesday
4/2/2024
Prelecture 20 Checkpoint 20

Lecture 20:
AC Circuits
pdf pptx

Slides for notes during lecture: pdf

Homework 10 due  
Wednesday
4/3/2024
         
Thursday
4/4/2024
Prelecture 21 Checkpoint 21

Lecture 21:
AC Power & Resonant Circuits
pdf pptx

Slides for notes during lecture: pdf

   
Friday
4/5/2024
         
13
Monday
4/8/2024
      Prelab 10
Lab 10: RLC circuits
Problem set 12

Problem set 12 solutions

(Quiz 9)
 
   
Tuesday
4/9/2024
Prelecture 22 Checkpoint 22

Lecture 22:
Maxwell's Displacement Current
and Electromagnetic Waves
pdf pptx

Slides for notes during lecture: pdf

Homework 11 due  
Wednesday
4/10/2024
         
Thursday
4/11/2024
Prelecture 23 Checkpoint 23

Lecture 23:
Electromagnetic Waves
pdf pptx

Slides for notes during lecture: pdf

   
Friday
4/12/2024
         
14
Monday
4/15/2024
      Prelab 11
Lab 11: Polarization
Problem set 13

Problem set 13 solutions

(Quiz 10)
   
Tuesday
4/16/2024
Prelecture 24 Checkpoint 24

Lecture 24:
Polarization
pdf pptx

Slides for notes during lecture: pdf

Homework 12 due  
Wednesday
4/17/2024
         
Thursday
4/18/2024
Prelecture 25 Checkpoint 25

Lecture 25:
Reflection and Refraction
pdf pptx

Slides for notes during lecture: pdf

   
Friday
4/19/2024
         
15
Monday
4/22/2024
      Lab Practical during
regular class time
Problem set 14

Problem set 14 solutions

(No Quiz)
 
   
Tuesday
4/23/2024
Prelecture 26 Checkpoint 26

Lecture 26:
Lenses
pdf pptx

Slides for notes during lecture: pdf

Homework 13 due
Wednesday
4/24/2024
       
Thursday
4/25/2024
Prelecture 27 Checkpoint 27

Lecture 27:
Mirrors
pdf pptx

Slides for notes during lecture: pdf

 

Exam 3
Units 18-25

Thurs - Sunday
Schedule w/ CBTF
Friday
4/26/2024
       
16
Monday
4/29/2024
      No lab activities this week.      
Tuesday
4/30/2024
Prelecture 28 Checkpoint 28

Lecture 28:
TBD
pdf pptx

Slides for notes during lecture: pdf

  Homework 14 due  
Wednesday
5/1/2024
           
Thursday
5/2/2024
Reading Day
Friday
5/3/2024