Course Schedule

Physics 184, Spring 2001
Week Dates Topics Chapter Assignment
1 Mon 1/8 - Thurs 1/11 Introduction, Electric Charge 22 Set 1, Due Tues 1/16
  Monday, January 15 No class (Martin Luther King Day)    
2 Tues 1/16 - Thurs 1/18 Electric Fields 23 Set 2, Due Tues 1/23
3 Mon 1/22 - Thurs 1/25 Gauss' Law 24 Set 3, Due Tues 1/30
4 Mon 1/29 - Thurs 2/1 Electric Potential 25 Set 4, Due Tues 2/6
5 Mon 2/5 - Wed 2/7 Capacitance 26 Set 5, Due Tues 2/13
  Thursday, February 8 First Midterm Exam (covers material through Homework Set 4)    
6 Mon 2/12 - Thurs 2/15 Current, Resistance and Circuits 27, 28 Set 6, Due Tues 2/20
7 Mon 2/19 - Thurs 2/22 Magnetic Fields 29 Set 7, Due Tues 2/27
8 Mon 2/26 - Thurs 3/1 Magnetic Fields due to Currents 30 Set 8, Due Tues 3/13
9 Mon, March 5 - Thurs, March 8 No classes (Spring Break)    
10 Mon 3/12 - Wed 3/14 Induction 31 Set 9, Due Tues 3/20
  Thursday, March 15 Second Midterm Exam (covers material through Homework Set 8)    
11 Mon 3/19 - Thurs 3/22 Magnetism of Matter 32 Set 10, Due Tues 3/27
12 Mon 3/26 - Thurs 3/29 EM Oscillations and a.c. 33 Set 11, Due Tues 4/3
13 Mon 4/2 - Thurs 4/5 Electromagnetic Waves 34 Set 12, Due Tues 4/10
14 Mon 4/9 - Wed 4/11 Geometrical Optics 35 Set 13, Due Tues 4/17
  Thursday, April 12 Third Midterm Exam (covers material through Homework Set 12)    
15 Mon 4/16 - Thurs 4/19 Interference 36,37 Set 14, Due Tues 4/24
16 Mon 4/23 - Thurs 4/26 Diffraction(cont.) and Review Classes    
17 Wednesday, May 2 Final Exam, 8:00 - 10:00 p.m. (covers entire course)    

Last Updated on 12/15/00
By Bernard G. Pope
Email: pope@pa.msu.edu