Physics 132 -- Spring 2000

This is an introductory (calculus based) course in Electricity and Magnetism, and Optics. There will also be a short discussion of Modern Physics towards the end of the course.

We will be using `University Physics - Vol. 2' by Sanny and Moebs (Wm. C. Brown Publishers) as our text.

Please remember that learning Physics can be fun as well as rewarding when you think about concepts and understand them for yourself. Hope you would make every effort to use various forms of help available during the semester, including our resource center and scheduled office hours. You can also consider making an appointment to see me, if you need to discuss course related matters. I do value your input and comments.

Exams and related topics: There will be 3 closed-book exams, in addition to the final. The lab grade will be worth 25% of the final grade. The breakdown of the rest is as follows; Final (20%), Exams 1,2,3 (15% each), quizzes and homework (10%).

Note 1: Homework refers to problems (not questions) at the end of each chapter in your text book. Homework is due every Wednesday at 10 am, unless otherwise notified.

Note 2: No make-up exams will be given before the spring break.

Note 3: The grader of your homework is Mr. Kunzhong Lu. Office: P218 (Gant Bldg.), Phone: x-4922, E-mail: lukunzh@phys.uconn.edu. He promises to be in his office on Fridays from 2 to 3 pm, if you want to discuss your homework grade.

Office Hours: 9-11 am Tuesdays or by appointment. My office is located in the Gant Science Bldg. Rm. P313. Phone: x-0442.

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Week	Date	Lectures	Text	Quiz / Homework	Labs
1	Wed Jan 26	Lecture 1: Static Electricity	chap 22		No Lab
1	Fri Jan 28	Lecture 2: Coulomb's Law	chap 22	hw problem set 1 chapter 22: 3,6,9,12,17	No Lab
2	Mon Jan 31	Lecture 3: Electrostatic Fields and Forces I	chap 23, 24		Ohm's Law
	Wed Feb 2	Lecture 4: Electrostatic Fields and Forces II		hw1 due hw1 solutions
	Fri Feb 4	Lecture 5: Gauss's Law I		hw problem set 2 chapter 23: 4,14,20,34,48
3	Mon Feb 7	Lecture 6: Gauss's Law II	chap 24, 25		Fields and Equipotentials
	Wed Feb 9	Lecture 7: Electrostatic Potential I		quiz 1 hw2 due hw2 solutions
	Fri Feb 11	Lecture 8: Electrostatic Potential II		hw problem set 3 chapter 24: 6,8,24 chapter 25: 4,11,19,57
4	Mon Feb 14	Lecture 9: Equipotentials	chap 25		Meters and Resistance
	Mon Feb 14	EXAM 1 (postponed)
	Wed Feb 16	Lecture 10: Direct Currents	chap 26	hw3 due hw3 solutions pg1 hw3 solutions pg2
	Fri Feb 18	Lecture 11: Review	chap 26	hw problem set 4 chapter 26: 5,18,35,46,55 Optional Problems
5	Mon Feb 21	Lecture 12: DC Circuits I	chap 27		Bridge Circuits
	Mon Feb 21	EXAM 1 (8:00 pm in PB 38) Possibly Useful Information Results etc.
	Wed Feb 23	Lecture 13: DC Circuits II	chap 27	hw4 due hw4 solutions pg1 hw4 solutions pg2
	Fri Feb 25	Lecture 14: DC Circuits III	chap 27	hw problem set 5 chapter 27: 6,9,18,31 chapter 28: 2,21,28,31 Optional Problems
6	Mon Feb 28	Lecture 15: Magnetic Fields I	chap 28, 29		Capacitors in DC Circuits
	Wed Mar 1	Lecture 16: Magnetic Fields II		quiz 2 hw5 due hw5 solutions
	Fri Mar 3	Lecture 17: Magnetic Fields III		hw problem set 6 chapter 29: 3,6,17,23,36 chapter 30: 7,9,29,38 Optional Problems
7	Mon Mar 6	Lecture 18: Faraday's Law I	chap 30		Oscilloscope
	Wed Mar 8	Lecture 19: Faraday's Law II		hw6 due hw6 solutions
	Fri Mar 10	Lecture 20: Review		hw problem set 7 chapter 32: 3,10,22,23,43 Optional Problems
8	Mon Mar 13	Lecture 21: Capacitance and Inductance	chap 32		AC Circuits I
	Mon Mar 13	EXAM 2A (7:30 pm in PB 38) Possibly Useful Information Results etc.
	Wed Mar 15	Lecture 22: Capacitors and Inductors I	chap 32, 33
	Fri Mar 17	Lecture 23: Capacitors and Inductors II	chap 32, 33	hw7 due hw7 solutions hw problem set 8 chapter 32: 52,68 chapter 33: 1,7,12,18,27 Optional Problems
9	Mon Mar 20	Spring Break
	Wed Mar 22
	Fri Mar 24
10	Mon Mar 27	Lecture 24: RC, RL and LC Circuits	chap 33, 34		AC Circuits II
	Wed Mar 29	Lecture 25: AC Circuits I	chap 33, 34
	Wed Mar 29	EXAM 2B (8:00 pm in PB 38) Possibly Useful Information Results etc.
	Fri Mar 31	Lecture 26: AC Circuits II	chap 34	hw8 due hw8 solutions hw problem set 9 chapter 34: 2,7,15,21,26,31,38 Optional Problems
11	Mon Apr 3	Lecture 27: Maxwell's Equations	chap 31, 35		Refraction
	Wed Apr 5	Lecture 28: Nature of Light		hw9 due hw9 solutions
	Fri Apr 7	Lecture 29: Electromagnetic Spectrum		hw problem set 10 chapter 31: 1,11,18 chapter 35: 3,6,11,16,22 Optional Problems
12	Mon Apr 10	Lecture 30: Formation of Images	chap 36, 37		Mirrors and Lenses
	Wed Apr 12	Lecture 31: Curved Mirrors and Lenses I		quiz 3 hw10 due hw10 solutions
	Fri Apr 14	Lecture 32: Curved Mirrors and lenses II		hw problem set 11 chapter 35: 31,34,42,43,54 chapter 36: 3,5,10 Optional Problems
13	Mon Apr 17	Lecture 33: Review			Spectrometer
	Mon Apr 17	EXAM 3 (8:00 pm in PB 38) Possibly Useful Information Results etc.
	Wed Apr 19	Lecture 34: Interfernece and Diffraction I	chap 38
	Fri Apr 21	Lecture 35: Interference and Diffraction II	chap 38	hw11 due hw11 solutions hw problem set 12 chapter 36: 15,21,35,36,46 chapter 37: 6,14,17 Optional Problems
14	Mon Apr 24	Lecture 36: Summary (Optics)	chap 39		Interference of Waves
	Wed Apr 26	Lecture 37: Modern Physics		hw12 due hw12 solutions
	Fri Apr 28	Lecture 38: Modern Physics		hw problem set 13 chapter 37: 18,34,45 chapter 38: 4,12,45,57 chapter 39: 6,19 Optional Problems
15	Mon May 1	Lecture 39: Modern Physics	chap 39		Lab Final
	Wed May 3	Lecture 40: Modern Physics		quiz 4
	Fri May 5	Lecture 41: Review Problems		hw13 due hw13 solutions no homework
16	Mon May 8	Lecture 42: Review Problems			No Lab
17	Tue May 16	FINAL EXAM (from 8:00 to 10:00 am in PB 38) Relevant Information