PHYS 212 – Spring 2011 – Section 1 (Honors)
Tentative Lecture Schedule

Date 
Subject Reading HW Due
Jan 24 
Electric Fields Ch. 23
26 
Electric Fields Ch. 23 paper hw0+23a
28 
Electric Fields Ch. 23 paper hw23b
31 
Quiz 1; Gauss' Law Ch. 24
online hw23
Feb 2 
Gauss' Law Ch. 24 [no paper hw24a]
4 
Gauss' Law Ch. 24 paper hw24b
7 
Quiz 2; Electric Potential Ch. 25
online hw24
9 
Electric Potential Ch. 25 paper hw25a
11 
Electric Potential Ch. 25 paper hw25b
14 
Quiz 3; Capacitance and Dielectrics Ch. 26
online hw25
16 
Capacitance and Dielectrics Ch. 26  
18 
Current and Resistance Ch. 27 paper hw26
21 
Quiz 4; Current and Resistance Ch. 27
online hw26
23 
Test 1 (Chapters 23–26)  
25 
Direct-Current Circuits Ch. 28 paper hw27
28 
Quiz 5; Direct-Current Circuits Ch. 28
online hw27
Mar 2 
Magnetic Fields Ch. 29  
4 
Magnetic Fields Ch. 29 paper hw28
7 
Quiz 6; Sources of the Magnetic Field Ch. 30
online hw28
9 
Sources of the Magnetic Field Ch. 30  
11 
Quiz 7; Faraday's Law Ch. 31 paper hw29
14–20 
Spring Break    
21 
Faraday's Law Ch. 31
online hw29
23 
Quiz 8; Inductance Ch. 32  
25 
Alternating-Current Circuits Ch. 33 paper hw30
28 
Electromagnetic Waves Ch. 34
online hw30
30 
Test 2 (Chapters 27–30)  
Apr 1 
Electromagnetic Waves Ch. 34  
4 
Quiz 9; The Nature of Light and Ray Optics Ch. 35  
6 
The Nature of Light and Ray Optics Ch. 35  
8 
Image Formation Ch. 36  
11 
Image Formation Ch. 36  
13 
Quiz 10; Wave Optics Ch. 37  
15 
Waves review Ch. 18  
18 
Wave Optics Ch. 37  
20 
Quiz 11; Diffraction Patterns and Polarization Ch. 38  
22 
Good Friday    
25 
Diffraction Patterns and Polarization Ch. 38  
27 
Relativity Ch. 39  
29 
Test 3 (Chapters 34–38)
2 
Relativity Ch. 39  
4 
Quiz 12; Introduction to Quantum Physics Ch. 40  
6 
Introduction to Quantum Physics Ch. 40  
May 9 
Monday, 12:00 noon – 3:00 pm, Final Exam

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