PHYS 1308 Spring 2024 Syllabus
Jan 16 T Snow day
18 R Start reading Chapter 21: Coulomb's Law; Lecture notes
23 T Read Chapter 22: Electric Fields before lecture; Lecture notes
25 R Read Chapter 23: Gauss' Law before lecture; Lecture notes
30 T Quiz 1 - Chapters 21-22; Homework 1 due for Chapters 21-22
Feb 01 R Read Chapter 24: Electric Potential before lecture; Lecture notes
06 T Quiz 2 - Chapters 23-24; Homework 2 due for Chapters 23-24
08 R Read Chapter 25: Capacitance before lecture; Lecture notes
13 T Exam 1 - Chapters 21-24
15 R Read Chapter 26: Current and Resistance before lecture; Lecture notes
20 T Quiz 3 - Chapters 25-26; Homework 3 due for Chapters 25-26
22 R Read Chapter 27: Circuits before lecture; Lecture notes
27 T Read Chapter 28: Magnetic Fields before lecture; Lecture notes
29 R Read Chapter 29: Magnetic Fields due to Currents before lecture; Lecture notes
Mar 05 T Quiz 4 - Chapters 27-28; Homework 4 due for Chapters 27-28
07 R Read Chapter 30: Induction and Inductance before lecture; Lecture notes
12 T Spring Break
14 R Spring Break
19 T Quiz 5 - Chapters 29-30; Homework 5 due for Chapters 29-30
21 R Read Chapter 31: Electromagnetic Oscillations and Alternating Current before lecture; Lecture notes
26 T Exam 2 - Chapters 25-30
28 R Read Chapter 32: Maxwell's Equations; Magnetism of Matter before lecture; Lecture notes
Apr 02 T Quiz 6 - Chapters 31-32; Homework 6 due for Chapters 31-32
04 R Read Chapter 33: Electromagnetic Waves before lecture; Lecture notes
09 T Read Chapter 34: Images before lecture; Lecture notes; Blanks for practice
11 R
16 T Quiz 7 - Chapters 33-34; Homework 7 due for Chapters 33-34
18 R Read Chapter 35: Interference before lecture; Lecture notes
23 T Read Chapter 36: Diffraction before lecture
25 R Review
30 T No class - SMU thinks this is a Friday
May 08 W Final Exam - Cumulative Chapters 21-36, 11:30AM-2:30PM
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