Course Materials and Schedule (preliminary and subject to change)
Textbook: College Physics, OpenStax, Paul Peter Urone
* ExpertTA homework assignments are always due on Sunday, 11:59 PM.
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Lecture Date |
Chapter # |
Tentative Topics |
Lecture Notes |
Homework Assignments due * |
| Week 1 |
08/26 |
Introduction |
Electric Charges |
Introduction |
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08/28 |
Chapter 18 |
Coulomb's Law and Electric Field |
Electric Force |
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08/29 |
＂ |
- |
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Thursday Recitations |
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09/01 |
＂ |
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Assignment 1 |
| Week 2 |
09/02 |
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Labor Day. No Classes. |
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09/04 |
Chapter 18 |
Electric Flux, Gauss' Law & Electric Fields |
Electric Field |
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09/05 |
＂ |
- |
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Thursday Recitations |
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09/08 |
＂ |
- |
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Assignment 2 |
| Week 3 |
09/09 |
Chapter 19 |
Electric Potential & Equipotential Lines |
Electric Potential |
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09/11 |
＂ |
Capacitors & Electric Currents |
Capacitors |
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09/12 |
＂ |
- |
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Thursday Recitations |
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09/15 |
＂ |
- |
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Assignment 3 |
| Week 4 |
09/16 |
Chapter 20 |
Ohm's Law; Resistors & Electric Circuits |
Electric Circuits |
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09/18 |
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Mini-Exam 1: Chapters 18 - 20 |
Announcements |
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09/19 |
Chapter 20 |
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Thursday Recitations |
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09/22 |
＂ |
- |
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Assignment 4 |
| Week 5 |
09/23 |
Chapter 22 |
Magnetism |
Magnetic Field |
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09/25 |
＂ |
Classes Canceled (Hurricane Helene) - Magnetic Forces |
Lorentz Force |
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09/26 |
＂ |
- |
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Thursday Recitations |
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09/29 |
＂ |
- |
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| Week 6 |
09/30 |
Chapter 23 |
Magnetic Forces (on charged particles) |
Lorentz Force |
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10/02 |
＂ |
Magnetic Forces (on currents); Mass Spectrometer |
Mass Spectrometry |
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10/03 |
＂ |
- |
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Thursday Recitations |
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10/06 |
＂ |
- |
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Assignment 5 |
| Week 7 |
10/07 |
Chapter 23 |
Electromagnetic Induction: Faraday's Law, Generators |
Generators |
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10/09 |
＂ |
Lenz's Law |
Induction |
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10/10 |
＂ |
- |
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Thursday Recitations |
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10/13 |
＂ |
- |
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Assignment 6 |
| Week 8 |
10/14 |
Chapter 23 |
Transformers & Electromagnetism |
Transformers |
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10/16 |
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Mini-Exam 2: Chapters 22 - 23 |
Announcements |
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10/17 |
Chapter 24 |
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Thursday Recitations |
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10/20 |
＂ |
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Assignment 7 |
| Week 9 |
10/21 |
Chapter 24, 25 |
EM Waves: Polarization & Doppler Effect; Optics |
Reflection |
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10/23 |
Chapter 25 |
Introduction to Optics: Snell's Law, Total Internal Reflection |
Refraction |
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10/24 |
＂ |
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Thursday Recitations |
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10/27 |
＂ |
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Assignment 8 |
| Week 10 |
10/28 |
Chapter 25 |
Lenses & Formation of Images |
Lenses |
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10/30 |
＂ |
Thin-Lens Equation; Defects in Vision |
Thin Films |
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10/31 |
＂ |
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Thursday Recitations |
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11/03 |
＂ |
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Assignment 9 |
| Week 11 |
11/04 |
Chapter 27 |
Diffraction: Double-Slit Experiment |
Diffraction |
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11/06 |
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Mini-Exam 3: Chapters 24, 25, 26.2, 27 |
Announcements |
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11/07 |
Chapter 27 |
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Thursday Recitations |
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11/10 |
＂ |
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Assignment 10 |
| Week 12 |
11/11 |
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Veterans Day. No Classes. |
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11/13 |
Chapter 30 |
Quantum Theory of Atoms |
Atomic Structure |
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11/14 |
＂ |
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Thursday Recitations |
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11/17 |
＂ |
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Assignment 11 |
| Week 13 |
11/18 |
Chapter 31 |
Nuclear Physics: Radiation & Half Life |
Activity |
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11/20 |
Chapters 32 |
Radiation Biology |
Ionizing Radiation |
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11/21 |
Chapters 31, 32 |
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Thursday Recitations |
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11/24 |
＂ |
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Assignment 12 |
| Week 14 |
11/25 |
Chapters 28 & 34.2 |
Special and General Relativity |
Relativity |
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11/27 - 11/29 |
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Thanksgiving Holidays. No Classes. |
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| Week 15 |
12/02 |
Chapter 33 |
Standard Model & Nuclear Fusion |
Standard Model |
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12/06 |
Chapters 18-32 |
Final Review |
Final Review |
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12/07 |
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Thursday Recitations: Review |
| Final Exam Week |
12/10 |
Good Luck |
FINAL EXAM: XXX XXX, 12:30 - 02:30 PM |
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