Physics 8B (Section 1) Course Schedule

Lecture, Exam, & Lab Schedule


Week# (dates)
Topic
Lab
Week #1 (1/18-1/21)
Chap.22(Electric Charge),     Chap.23(Electric Fields)-1,2,3,4
No Lab
Week #2 (1/24-1/28)
Chap.23-5,6,7,8,9,     Chap.24(Gauss' Law)
Organization (No Lab)
Week #3 (1/31-2/04)
Chap.24 (Gauss' Law),     Chap.25(Electric Potential)
Electric Fields and Electric Potential
Week #4 (2/07-2/11)
Chap.26 (Capacitance),     Chap.27(Current & Resistance)
D.C. Circuits and Ohm's Law
Week #5 (2/14-2/18)
Chap.28(Circuits),     Chap.29(Magnetic Fields)
Oscilloscopes
Week #6 (2/22-2/25)
Chap.29,     Chap.30(Magnetic Fields due to Currents)
Review Session
Week #7 (2/28 Mon)
Midterm 1: 6-7:30 pm (no lecture)
Properties of Light
Week #7 (2/29-3/03)
Chap.31(Induction & Inductance)
Properties of Light
Week #8 (3/06-3/10)
Chap.32(Magnetism of Matter; Maxwell's Eq.),     Chap.33(EM Oscillations and Alternating Current)
Review Session
Week #9 (3/13-3/17)
Chap.34(EM Waves),     Chap.35(Images)
Optics of the Eye: Diagnostic Techniques
Week #10 (3/20-3/24)
Chap.35,     Chap.36(Interference)
Diffraction
(3/27-3/31)
Spring Break
No Lab
Week #11 (4/03-4/07)
Chap.36,     Chap.37(Diffraction)
Review Session
Week #12 (4/10 Mon)
Midterm 2: 6-7:30 pm (no lecture)
Quantum Mechanics and Atomic Spectra
Week #12 (4/11-4/14)
Chap.38(Special Relativity)
Quantum Mechanics and Atomic Spectra
Week #13 (4/17-4/21)
Chap.39(Photons & Matter Waves),     Chap.40(More about Matter Waves)
Review Session
Week #14 (4/24-4/28)
Chap.41(All about Atoms)     Chap.42(Conduction of Electricity in Solids)
Review Session
Week #15 (5/01-5/05)
Chap.43, 44(Nucleus Physics),     Chap.45(Quarks, Leptons, & the Big Bang)
Make-Ups
5/12-5/20
Final Exam (Exam Group 6)



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