| Physics 232 | Spring 2012 Class Schedule* | T. Stantcheva |
| Monday | Wednesday | Labs/Quizzes |
| 9 Jan | 11 Jan | Week 01 |
| Waves | Waves | Lab 01: Standing Wave Patterns |
| HW: A1 – A3; B7 – B9 | HW: A4 – A6; B10 – B17 | Quiz: None |
| 16 Jan | 19 Jan | Week 02 |
| No Classes – MLK Day | Sound | Lab 02: Air Column Resonance |
| HW: A1 – A4; B6 – B9 | Quiz: Waves | |
| 23 Jan | 26 Jan | Week 03 |
| Sound | Electric Charge and Force | Lab 03: El. Field Mapping** |
| HW: A5; B10 – B14 | HW: A1 – A3; B4 – B10 | Quiz: Sound |
| Problem Solving Session 01 | ||
| 30 Jan | 2 Feb | Week 04 |
| Exam 1: Waves, Sound, El. Charge and Force | Electric Field | Lab 04: Ohm's Law |
| Electric Field | HW: B9 – B17 | Quiz: Electric Charge |
| HW: A1 – B8 | Gauss's Law | |
| HW: A1 – B10 | ||
| 6 Feb | 9 Feb / 11 Feb | Week 05 |
| Electric Potential | Electric Potential | Lab 05: El. Hockey** |
| HW: A1 – A8 | HW: B1 – B30 | Quiz: Electric Field; Quiz: Gauss |
| Problem Solving Session 02 | ||
| 13 Feb | 16 Feb | Week 06 |
| Capacitors | Exam 2: El. Field, Potential | Lab 06: RC Circuits |
| HW: A1 – B19 | El. Current | Quiz: Electric Potential |
| HW: A1 – B16 | ||
| 20 Feb | 23 Feb | Week 07 |
| El. Current | DC Circuits | Lab 07: Kirchhoff's Rules** |
| DC Circuits | HW: B10 – B18 | Quiz: Capacitors |
| HW: A1 – B9 | Quiz: Electric Current | |
| Problem Solving Session 03 | ||
| 27 Feb | 29 Feb | Week 08 |
| Exam 3: Capacitors, Current, Circuits | Magnetism | Lab 08: RC Circuits |
| Magnetism | HW: B4 – B17 | Quiz: DC Circuits |
| HW: A1 – A3 | ||
| 5 Mar | 9 Mar | Week 09 |
| Spring Break | ||
| 12 Mar | 16 Mar | Week 10 |
| Sources of Magnetic Field | Sources of Magnetic Field | Lab 09: E/M Experiment |
| HW: A1 – B10 | HW: B11 – B18 | Quiz: Magnetism |
| Electromagnetic Induction | Quiz: Sources | |
| HW: A1 – B9 | ||
| 19 Mar | 23 Mar | Week 11 |
| Electromagnetic Induction | Inductors and Transformers | Lab 10: AC Circuits** |
| HW: B10 – B17 | HW: A1 – B16 | Quiz: EM Induction |
| Problem Solving Session 04 | ||
| 26 Mar | 30 Mar | Week 12 |
| Exam 4: Magnetism | EM Oscillations and AC Circuits | Lab 11: Index of Refraction; Lenses |
| EM Oscillations | HW: A1 – A13 | Quiz: EM Oscillations |
| HW: A3; A4 | ||
| 2 Apr | 6 Apr | Week 13 |
| EM Oscillations and AC Circuits | EM Waves | Lab: None |
| B14 – B28 | HW: A1 – B11 | Quiz: AC Circuits |
| Maxwell's Equations | Problem Solving Session 05** | |
| 9 Apr | 13 Apr | Week 14 |
| Exam 5: Oscillations, AC, EM waves | Lab 12: Interference and Diffraction | |
| Reflection and Refraction | Geometric Options: Mirrors | Quiz: EM Waves |
| 16 Apr | 20 Apr | Week 15 |
| Geometric Optics: Lenses | Wave Optics: Interference | Lab 13: Analysis of Light |
| Quiz: Geometric Optics | ||
| 23 Apr | 27 Apr | Week 16 |
| Wave Optics: Diffraction | Optical Instruments | Lab: None |
| Quiz: Interference | ||
| Problem Solving Session 06 | ||
| 30 Apr | 2 May | |
| Exam 6: Optics | Quiz: Diffraction | |
| 7 May | ||
| Notes | * Schedule subject to change | ** Online activity |