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PHYS 1220: Engineering Physics II, Thermodynamics and Electromagnetism, Spring 2015

Lecture Schedule

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There is a tentative lecture schedule below. The readings correspond to the intended subject matter (by chapter number) to be covered in each lecture. Reading the textbook is your responsibility. Any exams or assignments may draw on material from the textbook, lectures, laboratories and homeworks, although as much as possible I will attempt to not test material that is not covered at least in some form in lectures or homeworks.

The [pdf] next to each lecture name (after the first lecture) links to the lecture notes in PDF format. The [we] next to most lecture names link to worked examples that we will go through in the lectures. In general, these notes do not address all of the material I will cover in each lecture, but they're a good start (i.e. you will have to show up to lectures and make some notes to perform well on the exams). These links will be revealed no later than Saturday at noon before each week of lectures. This is by design, as I want to dynamically update each week of lectures depending on what we actually covered in the previous week.

The dates on which homeworks are due (and become available) are posted in the "Homeworks and Labs" column. We use the Mastering Physics system to assign homeworks. To access Mastering Physics in order to complete homeworks: The scheduled lab for each week is also listed in the "Homeworks and Labs" column. You will need to have a copy of the labbook. You must attend your scheduled lab each week, except for weeks labeled "NO LAB OR DISCUSSION". The weekly lab is always mandatory.

You must attend your scheduled discussion section each week, except for weeks labeled "NO LAB OR DISCUSSION" until the week after the first exam. After the first exam, it is up to you to decide whether to attend the discussion section.



Date Topic (Lectures and Labs)Reading (Chapter)Homeworks
January
WEEK 1 NO LAB OR DISCUSSION SECTION
M 26 Introduction - Lightning in a Bottle [we] [register for Poll Everywhere] [register for Mastering Physics] [syllabus] HW 0 available
W 28 Electrostatics 1 - Charge, Induction and Coulomb's Law [pdf] [we] 21.1-21.3
F 30 Electrostatics 2 - The Electric Field [pdf] [we] 21.4-21.7 HW 0 due 11PM (Sunday), HW 1 available
February
WEEK 2 LAB 0: Prelab LAB 0: Prelab
M 2 Electrostatics 3 - Continuous Charge and Electric Flux [pdf] [we] 22.1-22.2 poll everywhere assessment begins
W 4 Electrostatics 4 - Gauss's Law [pdf] [we] 22.3-22.4
F 6 Electrostatics 5 - Charge on Conductors [pdf] 22.5 HW 1 due 11PM (Sunday), HW 2 available
WEEK 3 LAB 1: Coulomb's Law
M 9 Electrostatics 6 - Electric Potential Energy [pdf] [we] 23.1-23.2
W 11 Electrostatics 7 - The Electric Potential [pdf] [we] 23.3-23.4
F 13 Electrical Circuitry 1 - Introduction to Capacitors [pdf] [we] 24.1 HW 2 due 11PM (Sunday), HW 3 available
WEEK 4 LAB 2: Field Lines
M 16 Electrical Circuitry 2 - Capacitors in Series and Parallel [pdf] [we] 24.2
W 18 Electrical Circuitry 3 - Energy Storage in Capacitors [pdf] [we] 24.3-24.4
F 20 Electrical Circuitry 4 - Current and Resistivity [pdf] [we] 25.1-25.2 HW 3 due 11PM (Sunday), HW 4 (Review!) available
WEEK 5 LAB 3: Ohm's Law
M 23 Electrical Circuitry 5 - Resistance [pdf] [we] 25.3-25.4
W 25 Electrical Circuitry 6 - Energy and Power in Circuits [pdf] [we] 25.5
F 27 Electrical Circuitry 7 - Resistors in Series and Parallel and Kirchoff's Laws [pdf] [we] 26.1-26.2 HW 4 due 11PM (Sunday), HW 5 available
March
WEEK 6 LAB 4: Capacitors and RC Circuits
M 2 Electrical Circuitry 8 - RC Circuits [pdf] [we] 26.4
W 4 Review Lecture [pdf]
R 5 EXAM 1 - Electrostatics (ES1-ES7) and Basic Circuitry (EC1-EC3) Chapters 21, 22, 23 & 24 5:10PM, Classroom Building 310
F 6 Magnetostatics 1 - Magnetism and Magnetic Force [pdf] [we] 27.1-27.2 HW 5 due 11PM (Sunday), HW 6 available
WEEK 7 LAB 5: Resistors and Kirchhoff's Circuit Laws
M 9 Magnetostatics 2 - Magnetic Flux and Motion of Charges [pdf] [we] 27.3-27.4
W 11 Magnetostatics 3 - Magnetic Force on a Conductor and DC Motors [pdf] [we] 27.6-27.8
F 13 Magnetostatics 4 - Sources of the Magnetic Field [pdf] [we] 28.1-28.2 HW 6 due 11PM (Sunday), HW 7 available
SPRING BREAK NO LAB OR DISCUSSION
M 16 NO LECTURE - SPRING BREAK
W 18 NO LECTURE - SPRING BREAK
F 20 NO LECTURE - SPRING BREAK
WEEK 9 LAB 6: B Field in a Coil
M 23 Magnetostatics 5 - Forces and Fields from Wires [pdf] [we] 28.3-28.5
W 25 Magnetostatics 6 - Ampere's Law [pdf] [we] 28.6-28.7
F 27 Magnetostatics 6 - Ampere's Law [pdf] [we] 28.6-28.7 HW 7 due 11PM (Sunday), HW 8 available
WEEK 10 LAB 7: B Wire
M 30 Electromagnetism 1 - Electromagnetic Induction [pdf] [we] 29.1-29.3
April
W 1 Electromagnetism 2 - Motional EMF [pdf] [we] 29.4-29.5
F 3 Electromagnetism 3 - Inductors [pdf] [we] 30.1-30.3 HW 8 due 11PM (Sunday), HW 9 (Review!) available
WEEK 11 LAB 8: Lenz's Law
M 6 Electromagnetism 4 - RL and LC circuits [pdf] [we] 30.4-30.6
W 8 Review Lecture [pdf]
R 9 EXAM 2 - Advanced Circuitry (EC4-EC8), Magnetostatics (MS1-MS6) & Basic Electromagnetism (EM1-EM2) Chapters 25, 26, 27, 28 & 29 5:10PM, Classroom Building 310
F 10 Electromagnetism 5 - Alternating Current [pdf] [we] 31.1-31.2 HW 9 due 11PM (Sunday), HW 10 available
WEEK 12 LAB 9: Heat Conduction
M 13 Electromagnetism 6 - LRC AC Series Circuits [pdf] 31.3-31.4, 31.6
W 15 Electromagnetism 7 - Maxwell's Equations [pdf] 32.1
F 17 Thermal Physics & Kinetic Theory 1 - Temperature [pdf] [we] 17.1-17.4 HW 10 due 11PM (Sunday), HW 11 available
WEEK 13 LAB 10: Thermal Expansion
M 20 Thermal Physics & Kinetic Theory 2 - Heat [pdf] [we] 17.5-17.7
W 22 Thermal Physics & Kinetic Theory 3 - The Ideal Gas Law [pdf] [we] 18.1-18.2
F 24 NO LECTURE HW 11 due 11PM (Sunday), HW 12 available
WEEK 14 LAB 11: Specific Heat
M 27 Thermal Physics & Kinetic Theory 4 - The Kinetic Theory of Gases [pdf] [we] 18.3
W 29 Thermal Physics & Kinetic Theory 5 - Classical Statistical Mechanics [pdf] [we] 18.4-18.5
May
F 1 Thermodynamics 1 - Heat, Work and PV Curves [pdf] [we] 19.1-19.3 HW 12 due 11PM (Sunday), HW BONUS available
WEEK 15 LAB 12: makeup, e.g., Stefan-Boltzmann
M 4 Thermodynamics 2 - The First Law of Thermodynamics [pdf] [we] 19.4-19.5
W 6 Thermodynamics 3 - Ideal Gas Processes [pdf] [we] 19.6-19.8
F 8 Review Lecture [pdf]
FINALS WEEK NO LAB OR DISCUSSION
W 13 EXAM 3 - Electromagnetism (EM3-EM7), Thermal Physics &
Kinetic Theory (TP1-TP5) & Thermodynamics (TD1-TD4)		 (Mostly) Chapters
30, 31, 17, 18, 19 		8AM-10AM, CR 314 (the normal lecture room),
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