Introductory Electricity and Magnetism

Summer 2011

Syllabus



Jun 30 R Start reading Chapter 21: Electric Charge
Jul  1 F Read Chapter 22: Electric Fields before lecture

     4 M University Holiday
     5 T Read Chapter 23: Gauss' Law before lecture
     6 W Quiz #1 - Chapters 21-22; Read Chapter 24: Electric Potential before lecture
     7 R Read Chapter 25: Capacitance before lecture
     8 F Quiz #2 - Chapters 23-24; Read Chapter 25: Capacitance before lecture

    11 M *** Exam #1 - Chapters 21-24 ***
    12 T Read Chapter 26: Current and Resistance before lecture
    13 W Quiz #3 - Chapters 25-26; Read Chapter 27: Circuits before lecture
    14 R Read Chapter 28: Magnetic Fields before lecture
    15 F Quiz #4 - Chapters 27-28; 

    18 M *** Exam #2 - Chapters 25-28 ***
    19 T Read Chapter 29: Magnetic Fields due to Currents before lecture
    20 W Read Chapter 30: Induction and Inductance before lecture
    21 R Quiz #5 - Chapters 29-30; Read Chapter 31: Electromagnetic Oscillations and Alternating Current before lecture
    22 F Quiz #6 - Chapters 31; Read Chapter 32: Maxwell's Equations; Magnetism of Matter before lecture; Read Chapter 33: Electromagnetic Waves before lecture

    25 M *** Exam #3 - Chapters 29-31 ***
    26 T Read Chapter 34: Images before lecture
    27 W Quiz #7 - Chapters 32-33; Read Chapter 35: Interference before lecture
    28 R Read Chapter 36: Diffraction before lecture
    29 F Quiz #8 - Chapters 34-36; Review; a soupçon of Special Relativity (not on the final)

Aug  1 M *** Final Exam: Chapters 21-36 ***


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