Introductory Electricity and Magnetism

Summer 2012

Syllabus



Jul  2 M Start reading Chapter 21: Electric Charge
     3 T Read Chapter 22: Electric Fields before lecture
     4 W University Holiday
     5 R Homework help; Read Chapter 23: Gauss' Law before lecture
     6 F Quiz #1 - Chapters 21-22; Read Chapter 24: Electric Potential before lecture

     9 M Homework help; Read Chapter 25: Capacitance before lecture
    10 T Quiz #2 - Chapters 23-24; Read Chapter 26: Current and Resistance before lecture
    11 W Exam prep; Read Chapter 27: Circuits before lecture
    12 R *** Exam #1 - Chapters 21-24 ***
    13 F Homework help; Read Chapter 28: Magnetic Fields before lecture

    16 M Quiz #3 - Chapters 25-26; Read Chapter 29: Magnetic Fields due to Currents before lecture
    17 T Homework help; Read Chapter 30: Induction and Inductance before lecture
    18 W Quiz #4 - Chapters 27-28; Read Chapter 31: Electromagnetic Oscillations and Alternating Current before lecture
    19 R Exam prep; Read Chapter 32: Maxwell's Equations; Magnetism of Matter before lecture; 
    20 F *** Exam #2 - Chapters 25-28 ***

    23 M Homework help; Read Chapter 33: Electromagnetic Waves before lecture
    24 T Quiz #5 - Chapters 29-30; Read Chapter 34: Images before lecture
    25 W Homework help; Read Chapter 35: Interference before lecture
    26 R Quiz #6 - Chapters 31-32; Exam prep
    27 F *** Exam #3 - Chapters 29-32 ***

    30 M Quiz #7 - Chapters 33-34; Read Chapter 36: Diffraction before lecture
    31 T Review; a soupçon of Special Relativity (not on the final)
Aug  1 W *** Final Exam: Chapters 21-36 ***


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