PLEASE NOTE: Lab weeks have been changed, starting
with Lab 4.
New Lab weeks run Mon-Thursday.
Please check the new schedule!
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Week # |
Dates |
Lab/Recit |
Comments |
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1 |
Aug 27-31 |
Recitation |
Starting
in Chapter 16 CAPA
HW is already due Fri, 9 PM ! |
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2 |
Sep 3-7 (No classes Mon) |
Lab
1 starts Wed, runs through next Tues. please be prepared! |
(Add
date is Sept 5) (CAPA's due EVERY Fri from now on, except holidays) |
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3 |
Sep 10-14 |
Recitation
(starting Wed) |
(Drop
date w/o my sig is Sept 12) |
|
4 |
Sep 17-21 |
Recit
|
|
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5 |
Sep 24-28 |
Lab
2 (starts Wed) |
Exam
I, 24, 7:30-9PM |
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6 |
Oct 1 - Oct 5 (no lect Fri) |
Recit
(starting Wed) (Thurs
section cancelled) |
FALL
BREAK TH and FRIDAY No
CAPA due Friday (see next week) |
|
7 |
Oct 8 - Oct 12 |
Lab
3 (starting Wed) |
(Oct
8: Deadline to make arrangements if you have 3 or more finals on 1 day) (Drop
date w/o dean petition is Oct 10) Extra
long (2 week) CAPA due this Friday. |
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8 |
Oct 15 - Oct 19 |
Recit
(starting Wed) |
|
|
9 |
Oct 22 - Oct 26 |
Recit. |
Exam
II, Tue Oct 23, 7:30-9PM |
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10 |
Oct 29 - Nov 2 |
Recit |
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|
11 |
Nov 5-9 |
Lab
4 (Mon- Thur) |
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|
12 |
Nov 12-16 |
Recit. |
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|
13 |
Nov 19-23 |
Recit. Thurs
recit meets on Tues!! |
Exam
III, Tue Nov 20, 7:30-9PM HAPPY
THANKSGIVING! No
CAPA due Friday (see next week) |
|
14 |
Nov 26-30 |
Lab
5 (Mon-Thur) |
Slightly
long (2 week) CAPA due this Friday |
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15 |
Dec 3-7 |
Recit. |
Last
CAPA of the semester. |
|
16 |
Dec 10-13 |
Lab
6 (Mon-Thur) |
Thurs,
Dec 13 is the last day of classes. Final
Exam: Sat Dec 15 10:30 AM-1 PM |
What we cover and why:
Most of the material we will cover this semester involves discoveries no more than 150 years old (of course, even the ancients knew some things about magnetism and light). We are so comfortable with technologies like television and home computers, that it is easy to forget just how recent these developments are: Some of you have relatives old enough to remember the days before radio (the first licensed broadcast station opened in 1920). We live radically more convenient and perhaps longer and more enjoyable lives due to the revolution in electric-based technology. Modern health-care, industrial, and home tools are almost entirely based upon the existence of electrical power and electronic circuitry. We will cover the physics of electricity, magnetism, and electronics. By the time we are finished, you will have a base of knowledge that will allow you to better understand how many modern electronic instruments work.
We will cover much of the second half of Giancoli, at a rate of roughly one chapter per week.
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