PHY 1160, Summer 1997, tentative schedule

revised Wednesday, July 9, 1997

Mon, June 9

Introductions

Mechanical Universe

World Wide Web

Computer Lab in SSB (Student Services Building)

Tue, June 10

Ch 17. Electrostatics & Electric Energy

Lab: Electrostatics

Wed, June 11

Ch 18. Electric Potential & Capacitance

Lab: Equipotentials and Electric Fields

ThR, June 12

Ch 19. DC Circuits

Lab: Series and Parallel Circuits

 

Mon, June 16

Ch 20. Magnetism

Tue, June 17

Lab: Wheatstone Bridge

Hour Exam #1

Wed, June 18

Ch 21. Electromagnetic Induction

ThR, June 19

Lab: Magnetism

 

Mon, June 23

Lab: Magnetism (cont'd)

Tue, June 24

Ch 22, Alternating Current

Wed, June 25

Hour Exam #2

Lab: Oscilloscope

ThR, June 26

Ch 23. Reflection and Refraction of Light

Lab: Reflection/Refraction of Light

 

Mon, June 30

Ch 24. Mirrors and Lenses

Lab: GeoOptics: Mirrors

Tue, July 1

Lab: Making a Laser

Wed, July 2

Lab: GeoOptics: Lenses

Lab: Ripple Tank

ThR, July 3 - no class (Independence Day holiday)

 

Mon, July 7

Ch 25. Wave Optics: Interference & Diffraction

Ch 26. Optical Instruments

Tue, July 8

Hour Exam #3 (Optics)

Ch 27. Special Relativity

Wed, July 9

Ch 27. Special Relativity (continued)

Ch 28. Quantum Mechanics

ThR, July 10

Ch 29. Atomic Physics

Ch 30. Nuclear Physics

Lab: Atomic spectra

 

Mon, July 14 -- Last Class Day

Hour Exam #4 (Modern Physics)

Lab: Speed of Light

Tue, July 15 -- Final Exam

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