syllabus

Schedule and Assignments (coming)

Week 0: Sept. 1 - Sept. 5

• Intro Class on Wednesday Sept. 3rd @ 4pm
• First Class on Friday Sept. 5th @ 1:30pm

Week 1: Sept. 8 - Sept. 12

• Topic: History of E&M, Electric Charge, Coulomb's law
• Reading: UP Ch. 22
• Homework 1 due Sept. 9 (See 'assignments' in left navigation bar for specific assignments)

Week 2: Sept. 15 - Sept. 19

• Topic: Electric Fields
• Reading: UP Ch. 23
• Homework 2 due Sept. 16

Week 3: Sept. 22 - Sept. 26

• Topic: Gauss' Law
• Reading: UP Ch. 24
• Homework 3 due Sept. 23

Week 4: Sept. 29 - Oct. 3

• Topic: Electric Potential
• Reading: UP Ch. 25
• Homework 4 due Sept. 30

Week 5: Oct. 6 - Oct. 10

• Topic: Current, Resistance, & Circuits
• Reading: UP Ch. 26 & 27
• Homework 5 due Oct. 7

Week 6: Oct. 13 - Oct. 17

• Topic: Capacitance
• Reading: UP Ch. 28
• Homework 6 due Oct. 14

Week 7: Oct. 20 - Oct. 24

• Walter Hendricks Days: No class on Tuesday
• No Homework this week: Midterm Friday in class

Week 8: Oct. 27 - Oct. 31

• Topic: Magnetic Fields
• Reading: UP Ch. 29
• Homework 7 due Oct. 28

Week 9: Nov. 3 - Nov. 7

• Topic: Magnetic Fields Due to Currents
• Reading: UP Ch. 30
• Homework 8 due Nov. 4

Week 10: Nov. 10 - Nov. 14

• Topic: Induction and Maxwell's Equations
• Reading: UP Ch. 31
• Homework 9 due Nov. 11

Week 11: Nov. 17 - Nov. 21

• Topic: Inductors and Magnetic Materials
• Reading: UP Ch. 32
• Homework 10 due Nov. 18

Week 12: Nov. 24 - Nov. 28

• Thanksgiving Week: No class on Friday
• Topic: Electromagnetic Oscillations and Alternating Current
• Reading: UP Ch. 33
• Homework 11 due Nov. 25

Week 13: Dec. 1 - Dec. 5

• Topic: Electromagnetic Waves (or review/catch up)
• Reading: UP Ch. 34 (?) -- See UP on reserve.
• Homework 12 due Dec. 2

Week 14: Dec. 8 - Dec. 12

• Final class meeting on Tuesday: Wrap-up discussion
• Reading Days Thursday and Friday

Finals Period: Dec. 13 - Dec. 16

• Final exam (probably take-home) TBA