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Physics 121: Introduction to Electricity, Magnetism, Light, & Quantum Physics
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Location: Room 1311N Lecture Times: Mon 9:45 AM - 11:00 AM Recitation: Wed |
Instructor: Dr. Yuhang
Ren
Office hours: Mon |
Text: Fundamentals of Physics Volume 2, Eighth Edition, by Halliday, Resnick, and Walker (John Wiley).
Grading:
Homework
10%
Lecture Quiz & Presentations: 10%
Two Midterms (15% each):
30%
Laboratory 15%
Final Exam 35%
Homework: will be due every Monday after the assignment. Collaboration allowed but independent solutions must be turned in for credit. No copying please! Only some of the assigned problems will be graded for credit but which will be not be revealed before the homework is due.
Short quizzes: will be given every two weeks during recitation/lecture, based on lecture and homework material. The lowest quiz score will be dropped from the calculation of the quiz grade.
Student
Access to Wiley plus:
You can access your test drive by going to the following URL:
http://edugen.wiley.com/edugen/class/cls44228/
Each student will need to create an account by clicking on the "register" link and following the on screen instructions. Registration codes can be packaged with new copies of your textbook at no additional charge, or purchased online from the Wiley website at www.wileyplus.com/buy.
Two Midterms and one Final:
Midterm # 1: 9:00 am -11:00 pm (Oct. 10);
Midterm # 2: 9:00 am -11:00 pm (Nov. 07);
Final: ~ Dec. 17.
Preliminary Syllabus and Schedule
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Topic |
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Homework |
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Mon. |
Aug. 27 |
21.1-21.3 |
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| 2 | Wed. | Aug. 29 | Coulomb's Law and Electric Fields |
21.3-21.4 |
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3 |
Thurs. |
Aug. 30 |
21.5-21.7 |
HW1 |
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Mon. |
Sep. 3 |
Labor Day: no class |
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Wed. |
Sep. 5 |
22.1-22.3 |
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5 |
Thurs. |
Sep. 6 |
22.4-22.5 |
HW2 |
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6 |
Mon. |
Sep. 10 |
23.1-23.2 |
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Wed. |
Sep. 12 |
No Class |
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Thurs. |
Sep. 13 |
No Class |
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7 |
Mon. |
Sep. 17 |
23.3-23.4 |
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8 |
Wed. |
Sep. 19 |
24.1-24.3 |
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9 |
Thurs. |
Sep. 20 |
24.4-24.6 |
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10 |
Mon.. |
Sep. 24 |
25.1-25.2 |
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11 |
Wed. |
Sep. 26 |
25.3-25.4 |
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12 |
Thurs. |
Sep. 27 |
Kirchhoff’s Rules and RC Circuits | 25.5-25.6 | HW5 |
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Mon. |
Oct. 1 |
Review |
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14 |
Wed. |
Oct. 3 |
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Thurs. |
Oct. 4 |
Practical Exam |
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Mon. |
Oct. 8 |
Columbus Day: No Class |
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Wed. |
Oct. 10 |
Exam 1 |
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Thurs. |
Oct. 11 |
No Class |
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| 16 | Mon. | Oct. 15 | Currents in Wires and Loops | 26.3-26.4 | HW6 |
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Wed. |
Oct. 17 |
27.1-27.2 |
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18 |
Thurs. |
Oct. 18 |
27.3-27.4 |
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Mon. |
Oct. 22 |
27.5 |
HW7 |
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| 20 | Wed. | Oct. 24 | Recitation (Exam 1) |
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| 21 | Thurs. | Oct. 25 | Review | 27.1-27.5 | |
| 22 | Mon. | Oct. 29 | Magnetic Flux and Faraday's Law | 28.1-28.2 | |
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Wed. |
Oct. 31 |
28.3-28.4 |
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Thurs. |
Nov. 1 |
Magnetic Energy and Meissner Effect |
28.7, 28.8 |
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25 |
Mon. |
Nov. 5 |
29.1-29.2 |
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Wed. |
Nov. 7 |
Exam 2 |
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26 |
Thurs. |
Nov. 8 |
29.3-29.4 |
HW9 |
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27 |
Mon. |
Nov. 12 |
AC Circuits, Oscillations |
30.1-30.2 |
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28 |
Wed. |
Nov. 14 |
RLC Oscillations and Transformers |
30.3 |
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29 |
Thurs. |
Nov. 15 |
30.4 |
HW10 |
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Mon. |
Nov. 19 |
31.1-31.3 |
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| 31 | Tues. | Nov. 20 | Review of Midterm | 31.4-31.5 |
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Wed. |
Nov. 21 |
No Class |
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Thurs. |
Nov. 22 |
Thanksgiving Break | ||
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32 |
Mon. |
Nov. 26 |
31.6-8 |
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33 |
Wed. |
Nov. 28 |
32.1-32.2 |
HW12 |
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34 |
Thurs. |
Nov. 29 |
32.4 |
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35 |
Mon. |
Dec. 3 |
Interference | 33.1-33.3 |
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36 |
Wed. |
Dec. 5 |
33.4-33.5 |
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37 |
Thurs. |
Dec. 6 |
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38 |
Mon. |
Dec. 10 |
Review |
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39 |
Wed. |
Dec. 12 |
Review |
34.1-34.3 |
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40 |
Thurs. |
Dec. 13 |
Review |
34.4-6 |
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Mon. |
Dec. 17 |
Final Exam!!! 11:30 am-1:30 pm |
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Yuhang Ren, Assisant Professor,
Dept. of Physics and Astronomy,