Syllabus

Last Updated: Aug 24, 2016

Schedule of Classes:

Week	Date	Reading Assignment	Mastering Physics (Due Before Class)	Problem Session Topic	Subjects and Lecture Links	Lecture Demonstrations
1	Mon. Aug. 22			Introduction, Temperature, Thermal Expansion	Class Policies, Introduction to iClickers
1	Wed. Aug. 24	Sections 17.1-5	#1		Heat, temperature, thermal expansion	Bi-metallic strip; water thermometer
1	Fri. Aug. 26	Sections 17.6, 18.1-3	#2		Heat conduction, phase changes, ideal gases
2	Mon. Aug. 29	Sections 19.1-4	#3		First Law of Thermo, Internal Energy
2	Wed. Aug. 31	Sections 19.5-19.8	#4		Thermodynamic Processes
2	Fri. Sep. 2	Sections 20.1-4	#5	Heat Engines	Thermodynamic Processes/2nd Law/Heat Engines	Stirling engines
3	Mon. Sep. 5	Labor Day Holiday
3	Wed. Sep. 7	Sections 20.5-8	#6	Entropy	Entropy/2nd Law	Stirling engines
3	Fri. Sep. 9	Sections 21.1-3	#7		Charge, conductors, Coulomb's Law	Glass/plastic rod; silk/fur; suspended copper rod; Braun electroscope
4	Mon. Sep. 12		#8	Review	Review
4	Wed. Sep. 14	Chap. 17-21.3	#9	Exam 1
4	Fri. Sep. 16	Sections 21.4-5	#10	Charge, conductors, Coulomb's Law	Electric Fields
5	Mon. Sep.19	Section 21.6-7	#11		Electric Fields; Dipole Field	Grass seed; Van de Graff
5	Wed. Sep. 21	Sections 22.1-2	#12		Flux
5	Fri. Sep.23	Sections 22.3	#13	Fields; Flux	Gauss's Law	Balloon; Butterfly Net
6	Mon. Sep. 26	Sections 22.4-5	#14		Applications of Gauss's Law
6	Wed. Sep. 28	Sections 23.1-2	#15		Electrical Potential Energy
6	Fri. Sep. 30	Section 23.3	#16	Gauss's Law; Potential Energy	Calculations using electric potential
7	Mon. Oct. 3	Sections 23.4-5	#17		Equipotential surfaces and gradients
7	Wed. Oct. 5	Sections 24.1-2	#19		Capacitors/capacitance	Parallel plate capacitor
7	Fri. Oct. 7	Section 24.3	#20	Capacitors	Energy in Capacitors
8	Mon. Oct. 10	Sections 24.4-6	#21	Dielectrics	Dielectrics	Capacitor with dielectric sheet
8	Wed. Oct. 12				Exam Review
8	Fri. Oct. 14	UNM FALL BREAK
9	Mon. Oct. 17	Chap 21.4-24	#22		Exam 2
9	Wed. Oct. 19	Sections 25.1-3	#23		Current and Resistance
9	Fri. Oct. 21	Sections 25.4-5	#24		Electromotive Force and Power	Battery and light bulbs
10	Mon. Oct. 24	Section 26.1-2	#25	EMF, Power	Resistors and Kirchoff's rules	Series and Parallel Circuits; circuit board
10	Wed. Oct 26	Section 26.3	#26		Instruments	Galvanometer, Ampmeter, Voltmeter
10	Fri. Oct. 28	Sections 26.4	#27		RC Circuits	RC Circuit
11	Mon. Oct. 31	Sections 27.1-3	#28	RC Circuits	Magnetic Fields and Flux	Magnetic field lines from electric current
11	Wed. Nov 2	Sections 27.4-9	#29		Magnetic Force and Torque	Jumping wire in magnetic field - EM Tube
11	Fri. Nov. 4	Sections 28.1-2	#30		Magnetic Fields from Moving Charges
12	Mon. Nov. 7	Ch. 28.3-5	#31	Magnetic Interactions; Ampere's Law	Magnetic fields from current loops	Magnetic fields from currents
12	Wed. Nov. 9	Sections 28.6-8	#32		Ampere's Law
12	Fri. Nov. 11	Chapters 25-28	#33		Exam 3
13	Mon. Nov. 14	Sections 29.1-3	#34	Faraday's and Lenz's Laws	Induction, Faraday's and Lenz's Law	Induction Coil, Magnet and Galvanometer; AC and DC Motors
13	Wed. Nov. 16	Sections 29.4-6	#35		Induced EMF
13	Fri. Nov. 18	Sections 29.7	#36		Maxwell's Equations
14	Mon. Nov. 21	Sections 30.1-2	#37	Faraday's and Lenz's Laws	Mutual and Self Inductance	Open Transformer
14	Wed. Nov. 23	Section 30.3-4	#38		Magnetic Field Energy; R-L Circuits	L-C-R Circuits
14	Fri. Nov. 25	THANKSGIVING BREAK
15	Mon. Nov. 28	Sections 30.5-6	#39		L-R-C circuits	LCR Circuit
15	Wed. Nov. 30	Sections 31.1-2	#40	AC Circuits	Phasors, AC
15	Fri. Dec. 2	Sections 31.3-5	#41		AC Circuits	LCR Circuit
16	Mon. Dec. 5	Sections 31.6	#42	Transformers	Transformers	Transformer
16	Wed. Dec. 7	TBD	#43		TBD-Catch up
16	Fri. Dec. 9	All sections covered above	#44		Exam 4 and Final Review
	Fri. Dec 16	Exam 4 AND Final Exam 7:30 am - 9:30 am, Regener Hall, Rm 103

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