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College Physics B - PHY2054C |
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College Physics B - PHY2054C |
| Lecture Date | Chapter # | Tentative Topics | Lecture Notes | Homework Assignments due * | |
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| Week 1 | 08/28 | Introduction | Electric Charges | Introduction | - |
| 08/30 | Chapter 18 | Classes Canceled (Hurricane Idalia) - Coulomb's Law | Electric Field & Force | - | |
| 08/31 | - | - | - | (Thursday Recitations) | |
| Week 2 | 09/04 | Labor Day. No Classes. | - | ||
| 09/06 | Chapter 18 | Coulomb's Law, Electric Field & Force | Electric Field | - | |
| 09/07 | - | - | - | Thursday Recitations | |
| Week 3 | 09/11 | Chapter 19 | Electric Flux, Gauss' Law & Electric Fields | Electric Flux | Assignment 1 |
| 09/13 | Chapter 19 | Electric Potential & Capacitors | Electric Potential | - | |
| 09/14 | - | - | - | Thursday Recitations | |
| Week 4 | 09/18 | Chapter 20 | Electric Currents, Ohm's Law; Simple Electric Circuits | Electric Circuits | Assignment 2 |
| 09/20 | Mini-Exam 1: Chapters XX - XX | Announcements | - | ||
| 09/21 | - | - | - | Thursday Recitations | |
| Week 5 | 09/25 | Chapter 22 | Magnetism | Magnetic Field | Assignment 3 |
| 09/27 | Chapter 22 | Magnetic Forces | Magnetic Forces | - | |
| 09/28 | - | - | - | Thursday Recitations | |
| Week 6 | 10/02 | Chapter 23 | Induction, Faraday's Law | Magnetic Induction | Assignment 4 |
| 10/04 | Chapter 23 | Generators I | Faraday's Law | - | |
| 10/05 | - | - | - | Thursday Recitations | |
| Week 7 | 10/09 | Chapter 23 | Lenz's Law, Generators | Generators | Assignment 5 |
| 10/11 | Chapter 23 | AC Circuits, Transformers | Transformers | - | |
| 10/12 | - | - | - | Thursday Recitations | |
| Week 8 | 10/16 | Chapter 24 | Electromagnetic Waves: Polarization & Doppler Effect | EM Waves | Assignment 6 |
| 10/18 | Mini-Exam 2: Chapters 22 - 23 | Announcements | - | ||
| 10/19 | - | - | - | Thursday Recitations | |
| Week 9 | 10/23 | Chapter 25 | Introduction to Optics | Reflection | Assignment 7 |
| 10/25 | Chapter 25 | Snell's Law; Total Internal Reflection | Refraction | - | |
| 10/26 | - | - | - | Thursday Recitations | |
| Week 10 | 10/30 | Chapter 25 | Lenses & Formation of Images | Lenses | Assignment 8 |
| 11/01 | Chapter 27 | Wave Optics: Thin-Film Interference | Thin Films | - | |
| 11/02 | - | - | - | Thursday Recitations | |
| Week 11 | 11/06 | Chapter 27 | Diffraction: Double-Slit Experiment | Telescopes | - |
| 11/08 | Mini-Exam 3: Chapters 24, 25, 26.2, 27 | Announcements | - | ||
| 11/09 | - | - | - | Thursday Recitations | |
| Week 12 | 11/13 | Chapter 30 | Quantum Theory of Atoms | Atomic Structure | Assignment 9 |
| 11/15 | Chapters 30 & 31 | Atomic & Nuclear Physics | Radioactivity | - | |
| 11/16 | - | - | - | Thursday Recitations | |
| Week 13 | 11/20 | Chapters 28 & 34.2 | Special and General Relativity | Relativity | Assignment 10 |
| 11/22 - 11/24 | Thanksgiving Holidays. No Classes. | ||||
| Week 14 | 11/27 | Chapter 31 | Radioactivity | Nuclear Physics I | Assignment 11 |
| 11/29 | Chapter 31 | Nuclear Physics: Radiation & Half Life | Nuclear Physics II | - | |
| 11/30 | - | - | - | Thursday Recitations | |
| Week 15 | 12/04 | Chapter 33 | Nuclear Physics: Standard Model & Nuclear Fusion |
Standard Model | Assignment 12 |
| 12/06 | Chapters 18-31 | Final Review | Final Review | - | |
| 12/07 | - | - | - | Thursday Recitations: Review | |
| Final Exam Week | 12/XX | Good Luck | FINAL EXAM: XXX XXX, XX:XX - XX:XX PM |
