Physics 232 Hybrid
Spring 2010
Monday: Optional Quizzes: Tue / Thu Friday: Class Meetings
11 Jan 12 Jan / 14 Jan 15 Jan

Tue Quiz: NONE Chapter 16: Waves I

Thu Reading: Ch. 16 HW16: 5,6,9, 15, 17, 19, 31*, 40, 43, 49, 50, 58
18 Jan 19 Jan / 21 Jan 22 Jan
Ch. 16: Standing Wave Patterns Tue Quiz: Ch. 16 Chapter 17: Waves II
Ch. 17: Interference, Beats, Doppler Thu Reading: Ch. 17 HW17: 1, 2, 9, 25, 28, 39, 42, 53, 55, 58, 63


Lab 01: Standing Waves
25 Jan 26 Jan / 28 Jan 29 Jan
Ch. 21: Strength of Electric Force Tue Quiz: Ch.17 Ch. 21: 1, 8, 17, 25, 31, 50, 53,
Ch. 22: Definition of Electric Field Thu Reading: Ch. 21, Ch. 22* Ch. 22: El. Field


Lab 02: Air Column Resonance
1 Feb 2 Feb / 4 Feb 5 Feb
Ch. 22: E-Field of continuous objects Tue Quiz: Ch. 21 Ch. 22: 3, 8, 9, 22, 25, 39, 43, 47
Ch. 23: El. Flux and Gauss' Law Thu Reading: Ch. 24 Ch. 24: El. Potential
Applications to Gauss' Law Thu Exam 1: Ch. 16, 17, 21 CH. 24: 2, 5, 9, 15, 23, 31, 35, 39, 43, 47, 53,


Lab 03: El. Charge (at home)
8 Feb 9 Feb / 11 Feb 12 Feb
Math Review: Partial Derivatives Tue Quiz: Ch. 22 CH. 24: 2, 5, 9, 15, 23, 31, 35, 39, 43, 47, 53,
El. Potential vs. El. field Thu Reading: Ch. 25 Ch. 25: 1, 5, 9, 13, 26*, 31, 48, 49
El. Potential of continuous objects
Lab 04: Ohm's Law
15 Feb 16 Feb / 18 Feb 19 Feb
C-circuits Tue Quiz: Ch. 24 Exam 2: Ch. 22 - 24

Tue Reading: Ch. 26 Ch. 26 Electric Current: 15, 19, 25, 39, 42


Lab 05: Electric Hockey
22 Feb 23 Feb / 25 Feb 26 Feb
Differential Equations: RC-circuits Tue Quiz: Ch. 25; Ch. 26 Ch. 27: DC Circuits
Math Review: Complex Numbers Tue Reading: Ch. 27 Ch. 27: 3, 9, 26, 29, 37, 39, 57, 60, 89


Problem Solving: Ch. 25 - 27


Lab 06: DC Circuits (online)
1 Mar 2 Mar / 4 Mar 5 Mar

Tue Quiz: Ch. 27 Exam 3: Ch. 25 - 27

Thu Reading: Ch. 28 Ch. 28 Magnetic Field: 3, 5, 8, 19, 21, 25, 40, 43


Lab 07: RC Circuits
8 Mar 9 Mar / 11 Mar 12 Mar
Spring Break

15 Mar 16 Mar / 18 Mar 19 Mar
Ch. 29: Ampere's Law Tue Quiz: Ch. 28 Ch. 29: Magnetic Sources
Ch. 29: B-field calculations Thu Reading: Ch. 29 Ch. 29: 5, 8, 13, 29, 37, 49


Ch. 30: EM Induction


Lab 08: E/M Experiment
22 Mar 23 Mar / 25 Mar 26 Mar
Math Review: Differential Equations Tue Quiz: Ch. 29 Ch. 30: 1, 3, 11, 17, 31, 34, 40, 45, 51, 61, 93
Physics Review: Oscillations Thu Reading: Ch. 30 Ch. 31 EM Oscillations: 9, 11, 15, 19, 35,
Math Review: Complex Numbers (contd)
Problem Solving: Ch. 28 - 30
29 Mar 30 Mar / 1 Apr 2 Apr
Ch. 31: Impedance calculations Tue Quiz: Ch. 30 Exam 4: Ch. 28 - 30
Ch. 32: Maxwell's Equations Thu Reading: Ch. 31 Ch. 31 AC Circuits: 37, 41, 53, 55, 63


Lab 09: AC Circuits
5 Apr 6 Apr / 8 Apr 9 Apr
Ch. 33: Light and Fermat's principle Tue Quiz: Ch. 31 Ch. 33 EM Waves: 4, 9, 11, 14, 15, 33, 45,
Geometric Optics: Refraction, Reflection Thu Reading: Ch. 33 Ch. 33: 49, 53, 61, 63, 69. 76,77


Ch. 34: Mirrors and Lenses


Lab 10: Ray Optics
12 Apr 13 Apr / 15 Apr 16 Apr
Ch. 34: Geometrical Derivations Tue Quiz: Ch. 33 Exam 5: Ch. 31 - 33 due before class
Ray-tracing and producing images Thu Reading: Ch. 34 Ch. 34: 1, 136, 7, 41, 51, 75, 122

Thu Reading: Ch. 35 Ch. 35: Interference: 3, 9, 12, 15, 18, 25, 35, 53


Lab 11: Interference and Diffraction
19 Apr 20 Apr / 22 Apr 23 Apr
Ch. 35: Interference of thin films Tue Quiz: Ch. 34, Ch. 35 Ch. 36: Diffraction

Thu Reading: Ch. 36 Lab 12: Analysis of light
26 Apr 27 Apr / 29 Apr 30 Apr
Ch. 36: Diffraction limited resolution Tue Quiz: Ch. 36 TBA
Optical Instruments