PHYS 212 :: Physics Illinois :: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Schedule

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Week Date Prelecture Checkpoint Lecture Lab Discussion Homework Exam
1
Monday
6/14/2021
Prelecture 1 Checkpoint 1 Lecture 1:
Introduction and
Coulomb's Law
ppt
  Problem set 1
Problem set 1 solutions
   
Tuesday
6/15/2021
Prelecture 2 Checkpoint 2 Lecture 2:
Electric Fields
ppt
No lab Zoom meeting.      
Wednesday
6/16/2021
Prelecture 3 Checkpoint 3 Lecture 3:
Electric Fields and
Electric Flux
ppt
  Problem set 2
Problem set 2 solutions

 

 
Thursday
6/17/2021
Prelecture 4 Checkpoint 4 Lecture 4:
Gauss's Law
ppt
Online Prelab Orientation 1
(due 8 am today)
No lab Zoom meeting.
  Homework 1 due  
Friday
6/18/2021
 
2
Monday
6/21/2021
Prelecture 5 Checkpoint 5 Lecture 5:
Electric Potential
ppt
  Problem set 3
Problem set 3 solutions
   
Tuesday
6/22/2021
Prelecture 6 Checkpoint 6 Lecture 6:
Electric Potential
ppt
No lab Zoom meeting.   Homework 2 due  
Wednesday
6/23/2021
Prelecture 7 Checkpoint 7 Lecture 7:
Capacitance
ppt
  Problem set 4
Problem set 4 solutions
   
Thursday
6/24/2021
Prelecture 8 Checkpoint 8 Lecture 8:
Capacitance
ppt
Online Prelab Orientation 2
(due 8 am today)
No lab Zoom meeting.
  Homework 3 due  
Friday
6/25/2021
 
3
Monday
6/28/2021
Prelecture 9 Checkpoint 9 Lecture 9:
Simple Circuits
ppt
  Problem set 5
Problem set 5 solutions
   
Tuesday
6/29/2020
Exam 1 (Lectures 1-8) Online Prelab Orientation 3
(due 8 am day of lab)
Lab 0 (group A)
  Homework 4 due Exam 1
Wednesday
6/30/2021
Prelecture 10 Checkpoint 10 Lecture 10:
More on Kirchoff's Laws
ppt
  Problem set 6
Problem set 6 solutions
   
Thursday
7/1/2021
Prelecture 11 Checkpoint 11 Lecture 11:
RC Circuits
ppt
Online Prelab Orientation 3
(due 8 am day of lab)
Lab 0 (group B)
  Homework 5 due  
Friday
7/2/2021
 
4
Monday
7/5/2021
Independence Day Holiday
Tuesday
7/6/2021
Prelecture 12 Checkpoint 12 Lecture 12:
Magnetic Force
ppt
Prelab 1 (due 8 am day of lab)
Lab 1 (group A)
     
Wednesday
7/7/2021
Prelecture 13 Checkpoint 13 Lecture 13:
Forces and Magnetic Dipoles
ppt
  Problem set 7
Problem set 7 solutions
   
Thursday
7/8/2021
Prelecture 14 Checkpoint 14 Lecture 14:
Biot-Savart Law
ppt
Prelab 1 (due 8 am day of lab)
Lab 1 (group B)
  Homework 6 due  
Friday
7/9/2021
 
5
Monday
7/12/2021
Prelecture 15 Checkpoint 15 Lecture 15:
Ampere's Law
ppt
  Problem set 8
Problem set 8 solutions
   
Tuesday
7/13/2021
Exam 2 (Lectures 9-14) Prelab 2 (due 8 am day of lab)
Lab 2 (group A)
  Homework 7 due Exam 2
Wednesday
7/14/2021
Prelecture 16 Checkpoint 16 Lecture 16:
Motional EMF
ppt
  Problem set 9
Problem set 9 solutions
   
Thursday
7/15/2021
Prelecture 17 Checkpoint 17 Lecture 17:
Faraday's Law
ppt
Prelab 2 (due 8 am day of lab)
Lab 2 (group B)
  Homework 8 due  
Friday
7/16/2021
 
6
Monday
7/19/2021
Prelecture 18 Checkpoint 18 Lecture 18:
Self-Inductance RL Circuits
ppt
  Problem set 10
Problem set 10 solutions
   
Tuesday
7/20/2021
Prelecture 19 Checkpoint 19 Lecture 19:
Oscillations: LC Circuits
ppt
Prelab 3 (due 8 am day of lab)
Lab 3 (group A)
  Homework 9 due  
Wednesday
7/21/2021
Prelecture 20 Checkpoint 20 Lecture 20:
AC Circuits
ppt
 

Problem set 11
Problem set 11 solutions


 
 
Thursday
7/22/2021
Prelecture 21 Checkpoint 21 Lecture 21:
AC Power & Resonant Circuits
ppt
Prelab 3 (due 8 am day of lab)
Lab 3 (group B)
  Homework 10 due  
Friday
7/23/2021
 
7
Monday
7/26/2021
Prelecture 22 Checkpoint 22 Lecture 22:
Maxwell's Displacement Current and
Electromagnetic Waves
ppt
  Problem set 12
Problem set 12 solutions
   
Tuesday
7/27/2021
Prelecture 23 Checkpoint 23 Lecture 23:
Electromagnetic Waves, cont.
pdf
Prelab 4 (due 8 am day of lab)
Lab 4 (group A)
  Homework 11 due  
Wednesday
7/28/2021
Prelecture 24 Checkpoint 24 Lecture 24:
Polarization
pdf
  Problem set 13
Problem set 13 solutions
   
Thursday
7/29/2021
Exam 3 (Lectures 15-23) Prelab 4 (due 8 am day of lab)
Lab 4 (group B)
    Exam 3
Friday
7/30/2021
 
8
Monday
8/2/2021
Prelecture 25 Checkpoint 25 Lecture 25:
Reflection and Refraction
pdf
  Problem set 14
Problem set 14 solutions
Homework 12 due  
Tuesday
8/3/2021
Prelecture 26 Checkpoint 26 Lecture 26:
Lenses
pdf
 No lab Zoom meeting.      
Wednesday
8/4/2021
Prelecture 27 Checkpoint 27 Lecture 27:
Mirrors
pdf
Online Lab Practical Exam
(due 8 am today)
No Discussion Homework 13 due  
Thursday
8/5/2021
Reading Day Homework 14 due  
Friday
8/6/2021
 

Final Exam: The final exam is from 1 PM - 3 PM on Saturday, August 7th. The conflict exam is available at 7:00 PM on Saturday, August 7th.