Physics 102 - Spring Semester 2008

Syllabus

Lab writeups can be found here:

Tu, 01/29: Equipotential and Field Lines
Th, 01/31: Capacitors
Tu, 02/05: Electrical components
Tu, 02/12: Resistors in Series and Parallel
Th, 02/14: RC Circuits
Tu, 02/26: Ampere's Law
Tu, 03/11: AC Circuits
Th, 03/13: Mutual Inductance
Tu, 03/25: Reflection and Refraction
Tu, 04/01: Lenses - part 1
Th, 04/10: Lenses - part 2
Th, 04/17: Planck's constant

Tu, 04/22: Sections 27.3-27.8 (X-Rays through the Uncertainty Principle)

Th, 04/24: Atomic spectra (last lab!)

Homeworks:

Ch.26: assigned: 8, 13, 17, 25, 29, 35; suggested: 9,11, 19, 24, 31, 38
Ch.15: assigned: 11, 13, 15, 23, 27, 50; suggested: 4, 12, 24, 25, 57, 59
Ch.16: assigned: 14, 17, 25, 32, 33, 38; suggested: 34, 35, 37, 44, 55, 56
Ch.17: assigned: 12, 28, 38, 56; suggested: 19, 27, 47, 58
Ch.18: assigned: 11, 14, 16, 25, 34, 52; suggested: 9, 17, 27, 36, 56, 58
Ch.19: assigned: 8, 14, 24, 27, 38, 45, 48; suggested: -
Ch.20: assigned: 14, 17, 20, 25, 40; suggested: 2, 7, 19, 47
            Potential test problems: 35, 46, 55, 66
Ch.21: assigned: 23, 30, 34, 39; suggested: 24, 31, 36, 42
Ch.22: assigned: 21, 27, 47, 55; suggested: 22, 39, 46, 61
Ch.23: assigned: 11, 14, 33, 44, 46, 50; suggested: 15, 18, 28, 38, 51, 59
Ch.27: assigned: 20, 32, 35, 52; suggested: 21, 33, 37, 53

Exam schedule:

Exam #1: Thursday, February 21, 2008 (in class);   Chapters: 15, 16, 17, 18 (26 is NOT included).

Exam #2: Tuesday, April 8, 2008 (in class);   Chapters: TBA

Final:       Wednesday, May 7th, 2008 (8:00 - 10:30 am); Chapters: all covered.

Exam policy:

(1)   There are no makeup exams.
(2)   All students must have proper identification.
(3)   All work must be done on the exam sheets provided.