Schedule:  Physics 260      Winter 2002

The following is a tentative course outline by dates. The examination and homework due dates will not change unless unforeseen events occur. The material to be covered may change slightly, depending on progress.

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Jan 7 Introduction, Math Review                   
Jan 8 Electrostatics 22:1-5        #1 (due 1/14) #1 (due 1/11) 
Jan 9-15 Electric Field 22:6-9 #2 (due 1/22) #2 (due 1/17)   #3 (due 1/18) 
Jan 16-17 Gauss' Law 23:1-4         #4 (due 1/23)  
Jan 21 Martin Luther King day
Jan 22 Gauss' Law (cont.) 23:5-6    #3 (due 1/28) #5 (due 1/25)
Jan 23-30 Electric Potential, Continuity 
Equations, divergence and curl
24:1-7    #4 (due 2/4) #6 (due 1/30)   #7 (due2/1 )
Jan 31: Exam 1 Chapters 22, 23, 24                         Review: Jan 31
Feb 4-5 Capacitance, Dielectrics 25:4-7    #5 (due 2/11) #8 (due 2/6)       #9 (due 2/8 )    
Feb 6-12 Current and Resistance 26:1-7       #6 (due 2/18) #10 (due 2/13 )   #11 (due 2/15 )
Feb 13-19 Circuits 27:1-6 #7 (due 3/4)  #12 (due 2/20 )   #13 (due 2/22 )
Feb 20-21 Magnetic Fields and Forces 28:1-6     #14 (due 3/6 )   
Feb 25 - Mar 1 Spring Break
Mar 4-6 Magnetic Fields and Forces (cont.) 28:7-10 #8 (due 3/11) #15 (due 3/8 )   
Mar 7: Exam 2 Chapters 25, 26, 27, 28                  Review: Mar 7
Mar 11-14 Sources of Magnetic Fields,
Ampere's Law
29:7-10       #9 (due 3/18) #16 (due 3/13 ) 
#17 (due 3/15 )   #18 (due 3/20 )
Mar 18-20 Faraday's and Lenz's Laws 30:1-7        #10 (due 3/25) #19 (due 3/22 )   #20 (due 3/27 )
Mar 21-26 Inductance / RL Circuits 31:1-5 #11 (due 4/1) #21 (due 3/29 )  
Mar 27 - Apr 2 LC Oscillations and Transformers 31:6-7 / 32:1,2,7 #12 (due 4/8) #22 (due 4/3 )   #23 (due 4/5)    
Apr 3 AC Circuits and Resonance 32:3-4     #24 (due 4/10 )     
Apr 4: Exam 3 Chapters 29, 30, 31, 32(1,2,7)       Review: Apr 4
Apr 8-9 AC Circuits and Resonance (cont.) 32:5-6     #13 (due 4/15) #25 (due 4/12)
Apr 10-16 Electromagnetic Waves
Maxwell's Equations
33:1-9    #14 (due 4/17) #26 (due 4/17)  
Apr 19: Final 7:30-9:30 PM                                   Review: Apr 17