Course Materials and Schedule (preliminary and subject to change)

  Textbook: College Physics - Reasoning and Relationships, Volume 2, Nicholas J. Giordano

	Lecture Date	Chapter #	Tentative Topics	Lecture Notes	Homework Assignments due
Week 1	08/23	Introduction	-	Introduction	-
	08/25	Chapter 17	Coulomb's Law and the Electric Field	Electric Field	-
	08/27	-	-	-	-
Week 2	08/30	Chapter 18	Electric Potential	Electric Potentials	Assignment 1
	09/01	Chapter 18	Capacitors & Dielectrics	Capacitors & Dielectrics	-
	09/03	-	-	-	-
Week 3	09/06		Labor Day
	09/08	Chapter 19	Electric Currents & Ohm's Law	Electric Currents	Assignment 2
	09/10	-	-	-	-
Week 4	09/13	Chapter 19	Electric Circuits	Electric Circuits	Assignment 3
	09/15		Mini-Exam #1: Chapters 17-19	Announcements
	09/17	-	-	-	-
Week 5	09/20	Chapter 20	Magnetism	Magnetic Fields	Assignment 4
	09/22	Chapter 20	Magnetic Forces	Magnetic Forces	-
	09/24	-	-	-	-
Week 6	09/27	Chapter 21	Induction, Faraday's Law, Lenz's Law	Magnetic Induction	Assignment 5
	09/29	Chapter 22	Generators & Transformers	AC Circuits	-
	10/01	-	-	-	-
Week 7	10/04	Chapter 23	Electromagnetic Waves	EM Waves I	Assignment 6
	10/06	Chapter 23	Eletromagnetic Spectrum	EM Waves II	-
	10/08	-	-	-	-
Week 8	10/11		Mini-Exam #2: Chapters 20-23
	10/13	Chapter 24	Reflection & Refraction	Reflection & Refraction	Assignment 7
	10/15	-	-	-	-
Week 9	10/18	Chapter 24	Lenses & Formation of Images	Lenses	Assignment 8
	10/20	Chapter 25	The Nature of Light: Wave Optics	Wave Optics	-
	10/22	-	-	-	-
Week 10	10/25	Chapter 25	Diffraction: Double-Slit Experiments	Diffraction	Assignment 9
	10/27	Chapter 26	Optical Instruments	Optical Instruments	-
	10/29	-	-	-	-
Week 11	11/01	Chapter 27	Special Relativity	Special Relativity	Assignment 10
	11/03		Mini-Exam #3: Chapters 24-26
	11/05	-	-	-	-
Week 12	11/08	Chapter 27	Relativity	General Relativity	-
	11/10	Chapter 28	Quantum Theory & Wien's Law	Thermal Radiation	Assignment 11
	11/12	-	-	-	-
Week 13	11/15	Chapter 29	Quantum Theory of Atoms	Atomic Structure	Assignment 12
	11/17	Chapter 30	Nuclear Physics: The Standard Model & Nuclear Fusion	Nuclear Physics	-
	11/19	-	-	-	-
Week 14	11/22	Chapter 30	Nuclear Physics: Half-Life	Radioactivity	-
	11/24	Chapter 30	Radiation	Radiation	Assignment 13
	11/25		Thanksgiving
Week 15	11/29	Chapter 31	Physics in the 21st Century	Hadronic Physics	-
	12/01	Chapters 17-31	Review	Final Review	-
	12/03	-	-	-	-
Last Week	12/08	Good Luck	FINAL EXAM: UPL 101, 10:00 - 12:00 noon