PHYS 2020 Syllabus - Spring 2022



Class # Date Day Text Sections Topic
1 Jan 20 R 19.1-19.3 Electric charges and force
2 Jan 25 T 19.4-19.7 Electric field and flux
3 Jan 27 R 20.1-20.3 Electric potential
4 Feb 1 T 20.4-20.6 Electric potential energy, capacitors
5 Feb 3 R 21.1-21.4 Electric current, resistors
6 Feb 8 T 21.5-21.8 Resistors, circuits
7 Feb 10 R 22.1-22.4 Magnetic field, force
8 Feb 15 T 22.5-22.8 Magnetic torque, Ampere's law, solenoids
9 Feb 17 R Exam 1, Chs. 19-21
10 Feb 22 T 23.1-23.5 Faraday's and Lenz's laws, electrical energy
11 Feb 24 R 23.6-23.10 Inductance, motors, magnetic energy, transformers
12 Mar 1 T 24.1-24.4 Alternating voltage, current, AC circuits
13 Mar 3 R 24.5-24.6 RLC Circuits, resonance
Mar 5-13 Spring Break
14 Mar 15 T 25.1-25.5 Electromagnetic waves
15 Mar 17 R 26.1-26.4 Mirros, reflection
16 Mar 22 T 26.5-26.8 Lenses, refraction
17 Mar 24 R Exam 2 , Chs. 22-25
18 Mar 29 T 27.1-27.6 Optical instruments
19 Mar 31 R 28.1-28.3 Interference
20 Apr 5 T 28.4-28.6 Diffraction
21 Apr 7 R 29.1-29.4 Relativity
22 April 12 T 29.5-29.8 Relativistic phenomena
23 Apr 14 R 30.1-30.4 Quantum physics
24 Apr 19 T 30.5-30.7 Wave-particle phenomena
25 Apr 21 R Exam 3, Chs. 26-29
26 Apr 26 T 31.1-31.7 Atomic physics
27 Apr 28 R 32.1-32.6 Nuclear physics
28 May 3 T 32.7-32.9 Particle physics
  May 5 R 1400-1700 Final: Section 1
  May 13 F 0900-1200 Final: Section 2
Revised: January 9, 2022