PHYS 1308 Spring 2025 Syllabus

Jan 21 T Start reading Chapter 21: Coulomb's Law; Lecture notes
    23 R Read Chapter 22: Electric Fields before lecture; Lecture notes

    28 T Read Chapter 23: Gauss' Law before lecture; Lecture notes
    30 R Read Chapter 24: Electric Potential before lecture; Lecture notes

Feb 04 T Quiz 1 - Chapters 21-22; Homework 1 due for Chapters 21-22
    06 R Read Chapter 25: Capacitance before lecture; Lecture notes

    11 T Quiz 2 - Chapters 23-24; Homework 2 due for Chapters 23-24
    13 R Read Chapter 26: Current and Resistance before lecture; Lecture notes

    18 T Exam 1 - Chapters 21-24
    20 R Read Chapter 27: Circuits before lecture; Lecture notes

    25 T Read Chapter 28: Magnetic Fields before lecture; Lecture notes
    27 R Read Chapter 29: Magnetic Fields due to Currents before lecture; Lecture notes

Mar 04 T Quiz 3 - Chapters 25-26; Homework 3 due for Chapters 25-26
    06 R Read Chapter 30: Induction and Inductance before lecture; Lecture notes

    11 T Quiz 4 - Chapters 27-28; Homework 4 due for Chapters 27-28
    13 R 

    18 T Spring Break
    20 R Spring Break

    25 T Quiz 5 - Chapters 29-30; Homework 5 due for Chapters 29-30
    27 R Read Chapter 31: Electromagnetic Oscillations and Alternating Current before lecture; Lecture notes

Apr 01 T Exam 2 - Chapters 25-28
    03 R 

    08 T Read Chapter 32: Maxwell's Equations; Magnetism of Matter before lecture; Lecture notes
    10 R Read Chapter 33: Electromagnetic Waves before lecture; Lecture notes

    15 T Quiz 6 - Chapters 31-32; Homework 6 due for Chapters 31-32
    17 R Read Chapter 34: Images before lecture; Lecture notes; Blanks for practice

    22 T Quiz 7 - Chapters 33-34; Homework 7 due for Chapters 33-34
    24 R Read Chapter 35: Interference before lecture; Lecture notes

    29 T Read Chapter 36: Diffraction before lecture
May 01 R Review

    06 T No class - SMU thinks this is a Friday

    09 F Final Exam - Cumulative Chapters 21-36, 8:00 AM - 11:00 AM

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