Week |
Dates |
Topics |
Chapters in Book |
Homework |
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Assignment |
1 |
Mon 8/27 - Thur 8/30 |
Introduction, Heat (pdf) |
Halliday 19 |
Set 1 (pdf), Due Tue 9/4 |
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Monday, Sept 3 |
No class (Labor Day) |
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2 |
Tue 9/4 - Thur 9/6 |
Kinetic Theory (pdf) |
Halliday 20 |
Set 2 (pdf), Due Tue 9/11 |
3 |
Mon 9/10 - Thur 9/13 |
ThermoD., part 1 (pdf), part 2 (pdf) |
Halliday 21 |
Set 3 (pdf), Due Tue 9/18 |
4 |
Mon 9/17 - Thur 9/20 |
The Birth of Modern Physics |
Thornton & Rex 1 |
Set 4 (pdf), Due Tue 9/25 |
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Thursday, Sept 20 |
First Midterm Exam |
Covers Weeks 1-4 |
Practice Exam (pdf) |
5 |
Mon 9/24 - Thur 9/27 |
Special Relativity |
Thornton & Rex 2 |
Set 5 (pdf), Due Tue 10/2 |
6 |
Mon 10/1 - Thur 10/4 |
Photons |
Thornton & Rex 3 |
Set 6 (pdf), Due Tue 10/9 |
7 |
Mon 10/8 - Thur 10/11 |
Atomic Structure |
Thornton & Rex 4 |
Set 7 (pdf), Due Tue 10/16 |
8 |
Mon 10/15 - Thur 10/18 |
Waves |
Thornton & Rex 5 |
Set 8 (pdf), Due Tue 10/23 |
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Thursday, Oct 18 |
Second Midterm Exam |
Covers Weeks 5-8 |
Practice Exam (pdf) |
9 |
Mon 10/22 - Thur 10/25 |
Quantum Theory |
Thornton & Rex 6 |
Set 9 (pdf), Due Tue 10/30 |
10 |
Mon 10/29 - Thur 11/1 |
The Hydrogen Atom |
Thornton & Rex 7 |
Set 10 (pdf), Due Tue 11/6 |
11 |
Mon 11/5 - Thur 11/8 |
Many-Electron Atoms |
Thornton & Rex 8 |
Set 11 (pdf), Due Tue 11/13 |
12 |
Mon 11/12 - Thur 11/15 |
Nuclear Properties |
Thornton & Rex 12 |
Set 12 (pdf), Due Tue 11/27 |
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Thursday, Nov 15 |
Third Midterm Exam |
Covers Weeks 9-12 |
Practice Exam (pdf) |
13 |
Mon 11/19 - Wed 11/21 |
Nuclear Interactions |
Thornton & Rex 13 |
Set 13 (pdf), Due Tue 12/04 |
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Thursday, Nov 22 |
No class (Thanksgiving) |
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14 |
Mon 11/26 - Thur 11/29 |
Elementary Particles |
Thornton & Rex 14 |
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15 |
Mon 12/3 - Thur 12/6 |
Cosmology/Review |
Thornton & Rex 16 |
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16 |
Tuesday, December 11 |
Final Exam, 3:00 - 5:00 pm |
Covers entire course |
Practice Final Exam |
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