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SYLLABUS

• Reading assignments are intended to reinforce lecture material, provide worked examples, and to prepare you for the next lecture. For sections listed in (parentheses), you are responsible only for the general concepts contained therein, but not any specific formulas or quantitative problems.
• Exam questions may cover material from lecture, the reading assignments, and any homework problem.
  The syllabus below lists all sections of the book that you are "responsible" for. This is my intended schedule of topics; actual subject matter covered during each lecture may vary a bit, or may lag behind slightly. In that case, exams will only cover material actually discussed in lecture before the exam date. I will continue to adjust the table below to accommodate changes throughout the semester.
• Links to scanned lecture notes will be added as they become available - just click on the Lecture # below.

DATE	READING (sections in parentheses - know general concepts only)	HOMEWORK
Mon. Aug. 20 Lecture #1	"Course Information & Policies" handout Review if needed: "Powers of 10 & Scientific Notation" handout Appendix A (pp. A1-A6): Math Notation, Trig., Algebra Scientific Notation (p. A2) Metric Prefixes (Table1-4 on p.5, or rear endpages) 17.1 to 17.3: Charge, Electric force, Induced charge Cartoon Guide, Chap. 12: Charge	"Scientific Notation, Metric System, & Unit Conversion Review Worksheet" handout
Wed. Aug. 22 Lecture #2	more Electric force, Induced charge 17.4: Coulomb's Law
Fri. Aug. 24 Lecture #3	17.5, 17.9: Electric field, Field lines, Shielding Cartoon Guide, Chap. 13: Electric Fields
Mon. Aug. 27 Lecture #4	17.6 & 17.7: Electric field, cont'd.	"Electric Fields & Equipotentials" Worksheet
Wed. Aug. 29 Lecture #5	(17.8: Gauss's Law)
Fri. Aug. 31 Lecture #6	18.1 to 18.3: Electric potential/voltage & Electric PE	Paper HW #1 (PDF file) Due Paper HW #1 Solutions (PDF file)
Mon. Sept. 3	HOLIDAY - Labor Day	HOLIDAY
Wed. Sept. 5 Lecture #7	more Electric potential/voltage & Electric PE
Fri. Sept. 7 Lecture #8	more Electric potential/voltage & Electric PE	Paper HW #2 (PDF file) Due Paper HW #2 Solutions (PDF file)
Mon. Sept. 10 Lecture #9	18.5: Capacitance 18.8: Dielectrics 18.7: Energy stored in a capacitor Cartoon Guide, Chap. 14: Capacitance
Wed. Sept. 12 Lecture #10	18.6: Capacitors in parallel & series
Fri. Sept. 14 Lecture #11	19.1: Current, Motion of charges/electrons 19.3: Voltage/Emf 19.2: Resistance, (Resistivity), (Superconductivity), Ohm's Law Cartoon Guide, Chap. 15: Electric Currents	Paper HW #3 (PDF file) Due Paper HW #3 Solutions (PDF file)
Mon. Sept. 17 Lecture #12	19.7: Ammeters and Voltmeters 19.5: Resistors in series & parallel 19.4: Power Cartoon Guide, Chap. 16: Series and Parallel	"DC Circuits" Worksheet (PDF file)
Wed. Sept. 19 Lecture #13	more circuits
Fri. Sept. 21	MIDTERM EXAM #1 -- assigned sections of Chaps. 17 to 19 (and part of section 22.1)	Paper HW #4 (PDF file) "Due" (solutions to be distributed Mon. Sept. 24) see Past Exams webpage for sample midterms
Mon. Sept. 24 Lecture #14	19.6: Kirchhoff's rules 22.1: Household circuits, Alternating Current (AC)	Paper HW #4 Solutions
Wed. Sept. 26 Lecture #15	19.9: Electrical Hazards 19.8: RC Circuits
Fri. Sept. 28 Lecture #16	20.1-20.2: Magnets and magnetic field, Geomagnetism 20.11: Ferromagnetism Cartoon Guide, Chap. 17: Magnetic Fields Cartoon Guide, Chap. 18: Permanent Magnets	Paper HW #5 (PDF file) Due Paper HW #5 Solutions
Mon. Oct. 1 Lecture #17	20.2: Magnetic force on moving charge & Mag. Force RH Rule "Magnetic Right-Hand Rules Summary" sheet 20.3: Motion of charges in magnetic fields
Wed. Oct. 3 Lecture #18	more Motion of charges in magnetic fields 20.2 & 20.4: Velocity selectors & Mass spectrometers
Fri. Oct. 5 Lecture #19	Understanding Magnetism video
Mon. Oct. 8 Lecture #20	20.5: Magnetic force on current-carrying wire & Mag. Force RH Rule again (20.6: Torque on current-carrying loop; Motors) 20.7: Magnetic field around current-carrying wire & Mag. Field RH Rule 20.8: Force between parallel wires
Wed. Oct. 10 Lecture #21	brief review of Understanding Magnetism video topics 20.9: Current loops & solenoids (How loudspeakers work -- not in textbook) (20.10: Law of Biot&Savart & Ampere's Law - not covered in lecture) 21.1 to 21.3: Induction & Faraday's Law Cartoon Guide, Chap. 19: Faraday Induction
Fri. Oct. 12 Lecture #22	more Induction 21.4: Lenz's Law	Paper HW #6 Due Paper HW #6 Solutions
Mon. Oct. 15 Lecture #23	21.5: "Sliding-bar generator" & motional emf
Wed. Oct. 17 Lecture #24	21.6: Eddy currents & counter-emf (21.3: Generators) 21.9: Transformers
Fri. Oct. 19	MIDTERM EXAM #2 -- assigned sections of Chaps. 20 & 21 (only sections covered in lecture before exam time)	Paper HW #7 "Due" (solutions to be distributed Mon. Oct. 22) see Past Exams webpage for sample midterms
Mon. Oct. 22 Lecture #25	21.7: Mutual inductance 21.8 & 21.10: Inductors 21.11: RL circuits Cartoon Guide, Chap. 21: Inductors	Paper HW #7 Solutions
Wed. Oct. 24 Lecture #26	21.12: LC circuits & resonance 22.2: L & C Reactance (Impedance) in AC circuits 23.3: RLC series circuits Cartoon Guide, Chap. 22: AC and DC (and Transformers) Maxwell's equations (not in textbook) & EM radiation EM radiation & the EM spectrum Inverse-square law & Doppler Effect Cartoon Guide, Chap. 23: Maxwell's Equations and Light
Fri. Oct. 26 Lecture #27	Frequency Allocation of the EM Spectrum (not in textbook) EM Shielding (not in textbook) Rays & reflection
Mon. Oct. 29 Lecture #28	Refraction & Snell's Law; total internal reflection
Wed. Oct. 31 Lecture #29	Refraction & TIR, continued	Lens & Mirror Ray-Tracing Worksheets Lens & Mirror interactive demo (Java applets)
Fri. Nov. 2 Lecture #30	Dispersion; prisms & rainbows
Mon. Nov. 5 Lecture #31	Thin lenses Refractive power (diopters)
Wed. Nov. 7 Lecture #32	Lenses, continued Curved mirrors
Fri. Nov. 9 Lecture #33	Wave superposition & interference Thin-film interference Two-slit interference	Single-Slit Diffraction interactive demo (applet)
Mon. Nov. 12	HOLIDAY - Veterans' Day	HOLIDAY
Wed. Nov. 14 Lecture #34	Diffraction; Single-Slit Diffraction
Fri. Nov. 16 Lecture #35	Diffraction gratings Polarization Brewster's angle TAKE-HOME MIDTERM EXAM #3 handed out -- assigned sections of Chaps. 23 through 26	see Past Exams webpage for sample midterms
Mon. Nov. 19 Lecture #36	27.1: Reference frames; Michelson-Morley experiment; Postulates of Special Relativity 27.2: Simultaneity 27.3: Time Dilation 27.4: Length contraction 27.6: Relativistic momentum & mass increase (Cartoon Guide, Chap. 20: Relativity - optional)
Wed. Nov. 21 Lecture #37	27.5: Relativistic addition of velocities 27.7: Mass-energy equivalence (27.8: General Relativity - not covered in lecture)	TAKE-HOME MIDTERM EXAM #3 Due
Fri. Nov. 23	HOLIDAY - Thanksgiving instructional holiday	HOLIDAY
Mon. Nov. 26 Lecture #38	Blackbody radation Photoelectric effect Wave-particle duality of light: photons	Quantum Mechanics Summary
Wed. Nov. 28 Lecture #39	Wave-particle duality of matter: DeBroglie wavelength Heisenberg uncertainty principle
Fri. Nov. 30 Lecture #40	Atomic structure, energy levels, & spectra Electron orbitals & structure of the periodic table
Mon. Dec. 3 Lecture #41	30.1: Structure of the nucleus; Binding energy 30.2: Stable & Unstable nuclei 30.3: Radioactive decay: alpha, beta, gamma
Wed. Dec. 5 Lecture #42 (final lecture)	30.3: Half-lives & radioactive dating (30.4: Hazards of radioactivity) 30.5-30.7: Nuclear fission & fusion 30.8-30.9: Subatomic particles: leptons, mesons, baryons; Matter & antimatter; Quarks (Cartoon Guide, Chap. 24: Quantum Electrodynamics - optional)
Mon. Dec. 10	FINAL EXAM: 12:00 noon to 2:00 pm -- all prior material, with emphasis on assigned sections of Chaps. 27 through 30	see Past Exams webpage for sample midterms pau! congratulations!