Week | Dates | Topics | Chapters in Book | Homework |
Assignment | ||||
1 | Wed 8/31 - Thur 9/1 | Introduction, Heat | FGT 17 | Set 1 |
Monday, Sept 5 | No class (Labor Day) | |||
2 | Tue 9/6 - Thur 9/8 | Kinetic Theory | FGT 18 | Set 2 |
3 | Mon 9/12 - Thur 9/15 | Thermodynamics | FGT 19, 20 | Set 3 |
4 | Mon 9/19 - Thur 9/22 | Intro to Modern Physics | Thornton & Rex 1 | Set 4 |
Thursday, Sept 22 | First Midterm Exam | Covers Weeks 1-4 | ||
5 | Mon 9/26 - Thur 9/29 | Special Relativity | Thornton & Rex 2 | Set 5 |
6 | Mon 10/3 - Thur 10/6 | Photons | Thornton & Rex 3 | Set 6 |
7 | Mon 10/10 - Thur 10/13 | Atomic Structure | Thornton & Rex 4 | Set 7 |
8 | Mon 10/17 - Thur 10/20 | Waves | Thornton & Rex 5 | Set 8 |
Thursday, Oct 20 | Second Midterm Exam | Covers Weeks 5-8 | ||
9 | Mon 10/24 - Thur 10/27 | Quantum Theory | Thornton & Rex 6 | Set 9 |
10 | Mon 10/31 - Thur 11/3 | The Hydrogen Atom | Thornton & Rex 7 | Set 10 |
11 | Mon 11/7 - Thur 11/10 | Many-Electron Atoms | Thornton & Rex 8 | Set 11 |
12 | Mon 11/14 - Thur 11/17 | Nuclear Properties | Thornton & Rex 12 | Set 12 |
Thursday, Nov 17 | Third Midterm Exam | Covers Weeks 9-12 | ||
13 | Mon 11/21 - Wed 11/23 | Nuclear Interactions | Thornton & Rex 13 | Set 13 |
Thursday, Nov 24 | No class (Thanksgiving) | |||
14 | Mon 11/28 - Thur 12/1 | Elementary Particles | Thornton & Rex 14 | Set 14 |
15 | Mon 12/5 - Thur 12/8 | Cosmology | Thornton & Rex 16 | Formula Sheet |
16 | Monday, December 12 | Final Exam, 3:00 - 5:00 pm | Covers entire course | |