Syllabus for1444-002, Fall 2020

Online Device
Requirements
The link to the zoom class will be sent via email to the addresses listed in MyMav.
Need a microphones & a video camera attached to the computer and verified to work prior to the first class.
Period Chapters
Aug. 26 through Sept. 9, 2020 Chapters 21 and 22: 
Electric charges and electric fields; Gauss' Law
Weeks of Sept. 14 and
Monday, Sept. 21, 2020
Chapters 23 - 24: 
Electric potential; Capacitance, Dielectrics, Electric Energy Storage
Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2020 First Term Exam (Chapters 21 - 26)
Weeks of Sept. 28 and
Oct. 5, 2020
Chapters 25 - 26: 
Electric Current and Resistance; DC Circuits; Magnetism;
Week of Oct. 12, 2020 Chapters 27 and 28: 
DC Circuits; Magnetism; Sources of Magnetic Field; 
Mid-term Conprehensive Exam
Monday, Oct. 19, 2020 - (Chapters 21 - 28)
Wed. Oct. 21 and
Week of Oct. 26, 2020
Chapters 29 and 30:
Electromagnetic Induction and Faraday's Law; AC Circuits
Weeks of Nov. 2, 2020 Chapters 31- 32:
Maxwell's Equations and Electromagnetic Waves;Light:Reflection and Refraction
Week of Nov. 2, 2020 and
Monday, Nov. 9, 2020
Chapters 33 - 36: Lenses and Optical Instruments; Wave Nature of Light:
Interference; Diffraction and Polarization
Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2020 Second Non-comprehensive Term Exam (Chap 31 - 36)
Weeks of Nov. 18 and Nov. 23, 2020
Chapters 37 - 41 : 
Special Relativity; Quantum Mechanics
Weeks of Nov. 30 and Dec. 7, 2020
Chapters 40 - 45 : 
Quantum Mechanics; Selected areas of Modern Physics
11am, Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020 Final Comprehensive Exam (Chap. 21 - 45) 

** The above schedule might change depending on progress in the class.

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