Course Schedule

Week Dates Topics Chapters in Book Assignment
         
1 Mon 8/27 - Fri 8/31 Introduction, Electric Charge 22 Set 1, Due Tues 9/4
  Monday, Sept 3 No class (Labor Day)    
2 Wed 9/5 - Fri 9/7 Electric Fields 23 Set 2, Due Tues 9/11
3 Mon 9/10 - Fri 9/14 Gauss' Law 24 Set 3, Due Tues 9/18
4 Mon 9/17 - Fri 9/21 Electric Potential 25 Set 4, Due Tues 9/25
5 Mon 9/24 - Fri 9/28 Capacitance 26 Set 5, Due Tues 10/2
  Thursday, Sept 27 First Midterm Exam Covers Sets 1-4  
6 Mon 10/1 - Fri 10/5 Current, Resistance and Circuits 27, 28 Set 6, Due Tues 10/9
7 Mon 10/8 - Fri 10/12 Magnetic Fields 29 Set 7, Due Tues 10/16
8 Mon 10/15 - Fri 10/19 Magnetic Fields due to Currents 30 Set 8, Due Tues 10/23
9 Mon 10/22 - Fri 10/26 Induction 31 Set 9, Due Tues 10/30
  Thursday, Oct 25 Second Midterm Exam Covers Sets 5-8  
10 Mon 10/29 - Fri 11/2 Magnetism in Matter 32 Set 10, Due Tues 11/6
11 Mon 11/5 - Fri 11/9 EM Oscillations and a.c. 33 Set 11, Due Tues 11/13
12 Mon 11/12 - Fri 11/16 Electromagnetic Waves 34 Set 12, Due Tues 11/20
13 Mon 11/19 - Wed 11/21 Geometrical Optics 35 Set 13, Due Tues 11/27
  Thur 11/22 - Fri 11/23 No class (Thanksgiving)    
14 Mon 11/26 - Fri 11/30 Interference 36 Set 14, Due Tues 12/4
  Thursday, Nov 29 Third Midterm Exam Covers Sets 9-12  
15 Mon 12/3 - Fri 12/7 Diffraction 37  
16 Monday, Dec 10 Final Exam, 5:45 - 7:45 pm Covers entire course  

Last Updated on 8/7/01
By Bernard G. Pope
Email: pope@pa.msu.edu