Syllabus for PHYS1444-001, Summer 2020

Period Chapters
Week of June 8, 2020 Chapters 21 - 26: 
Electric charges and electric fields; Gauss' Law; Electric Potential; Capacitance, Dielectrics, Electric Energy Storage; Electric Current and Resistance; DC Circuits; Magnetism;
Monday, June 15, 2020 First Term Exam (Chapters 21 - 26)
Week of June 17, Monday June 22, 2020 Chapters 26 - 30 : 
Electric Current and Resistance; DC Circuits; Magnetism; Sources of Magnetic Field; Electromagnetic Induction and Faraday's Law; AC Circuits
Tuesday, June 23, 2020
Mid-term Conprehensive Exam (Chapters 21 - 30)
Wed. June 24 and Thu. June 25, 2020 Chapters 31- 32:
Maxwell's Equations and Electromagnetic Waves;Light:Reflection and Refraction
Mon. June 29 and Tues. June 30, 2020
Chapters 33 - 36: Lenses and Optical Instruments; Wave Nature of Light: Interference; Diffraction and Polarization
Wednesday, July 1, 2020 Second Non-comprehensive Term Exam (Chap 31 - 36)
Thursday, July 2, and Week of July 6, 2020
Chapters 37 - 45: 
Special Relativity; Quantum Mechanics; Selected areas of Modern Physics
Review for the finals
Thurssday, July 9, 2020 Final Comprehensive Exam (Chap. 21 - 45) 

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

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