Time Table Physics 122

Fall 1998


Date Topic
   
September 2 CH. 22 : Electric force, electric charge
September 7 No Class: Labor Day
September 9 CH. 23 : Electric field, electric field lines, electric dipole
September 14 CH. 24 : Gauss' law, conductors in electric fields
September 16 CH. 25 : Electrostatic potential
September 21 CH. 25 : Gradient of electric potential, potential and field of dipole
September 23 CH. 26 : Energy of system of point charges
September 28 CH. 26 : Energy of system of conductors
September 30 CH. 27 : Capacitors, dielectrics
   
October 5 No Class: Fall Break
October 6 Physics 122 Midterm Exam # 1
October 7 CH. 27 : Energy in capacitors
October 12 CH. 28 : Electric current, Ohm's law, resistance
October 14 CH. 29 : Electromotive force, single-loop circuits
October 19 CH. 29 : Multi-loop circuits, electrical measurements
October 21 CH. 30 : Magnetic force, magnetic field
October 26 CH. 30 : Magnetic dipole
October 28 Review of Chapter 27 - 30 (covered on Midterm Exam # 2)
   
November 2 CH. 31 : Ampere's law, solenoids.
November 3 Physics 122 Midterm Exam # 2
November 4 CH. 31 : Motion of charges in electric and magnetic fields.
November 9 CH. 32 : Motional electromotive force, induced electric field
November 11 CH. 32 : Inductance, magnetic energy
November 16 CH. 33 : Atomic and nuclear moments, para- , ferro-, and diamagnetism
November 18 CH. 34 : Simple AC circuits
November 23 Review of Chapter 31 - 33 (covered on Midterm Exam # 3)
November 25 No class: Thanksgiving
November 30 CH. 34 : LC and LCR circuits, the transformer
   
December 1 Physics 122 Midterm Exam # 3
December 2 CH. 35 : The displacement current
December 7 CH. 35 : Maxwell's equations
December 9 CH. 36 : Plane waves
December 11 CH. 36 : Generation of electromagnetic waves
December 17 Final Exam


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