PHY 2049
Spring 2011


Course Outline

Dates Topic Text Chapters
1/10-1/21 Electric Fields and Forces 21 and 22
1/24-1/28 Electric Potential 23
1/31-2/4 Capacitors and Dielectrics 24
2/7;2/14-2/18 Electric Current and DC Circuits 25 and 26
2/21-2/28 Magnetic Fields and Forces 27 and 28
3/2-3/4 Faraday's Law 29
3/7;3/21-3/25 Inductance and AC Circuits 30 and 31
3/28-3/30 Electromagnetic Waves 32
4/1-4/8 Geometric Optics 33 and 34
4/11-4/18 Interference and Diffraction 35 and 36


Important Dates

Test I -- Friday, 11 February (chaps 21-24)
Test II -- Friday, 11 March (chaps 25-29)
Test III -- Friday, 22 April (chaps 30-36)
Last Day to Drop Classes with a DR Grade -- Friday, 4 March