Course Schedule

Week Dates Topics Chapters in Book Assignment
1 Mon 8/28 - Fri 9/1 Introduction, Electric Charge 22 Set 1, Due Tues 9/5
  Monday, Sept 4 No class (Labor Day)    
2 Wed 9/6 - Fri 9/8 Electric Fields 23 Set 2, Due Tues 9/12
3 Mon 9/11 - Fri 9/15 Gauss' Law 24 Set 3, Due Tues 9/19
4 Mon 9/18 - Fri 9/22 Electric Potential 25 Set 4, Due Tues 9/26
5 Mon 9/25 - Fri 9/29 Capacitance 26 Set 5, Due Tues 10/3
  Thursday, Sept 28 First Midterm Exam Covers Sets 1-4  
6 Mon 10/2 - Fri 10/6 Current, Resistance and Circuits 27, 28 Set 6, Due Tues 10/10
7 Mon 10/9 - Fri 10/13 Magnetic Fields 29 Set 7, Due Tues 10/17
8 Mon 10/16 - Fri 10/20 Magnetic Fields due to Currents 30 Set 8, Due Tues 10/24
9 Mon 10/23 - Fri 10/27 Induction 31 Set 9, Due Tues 10/31
  Thursday, Oct 26 Second Midterm Exam Covers Sets 5-8  
10 Mon 10/30 - Fri 11/3 Magnetism in Matter 32 Set 10, Due Tues 11/7
11 Mon 11/6 - Fri 11/10 EM Oscillations and a.c. 33 Set 11, Due Tues 11/14
12 Mon 11/13 - Fri 11/17 Electromagnetic Waves 34 Set 12, Due Tues 11/21
13 Mon 11/20 - Wed 11/22 Geometrical Optics 35 Set 13, Due Tues 11/28
  Thur 11/25 - Fri 11/26 No class (Thanksgiving)    
14 Mon 11/27 - Fri 12/1 Interference 36 Set 14, Due Tues 12/5
  Thursday, Nov 30 Third Midterm Exam Covers Sets 9-12  
15 Mon 12/4 - Fri 12/8 Diffraction 37 Set 15, Due Tues 12/12

Last Updated on 8/18/00
By Bernard G. Pope
Email: pope@pa.msu.edu