Physics 2020 Fall 2005 Calendar
Reading and problem assignments are due on the date indicated by the row
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Wk	Day	Date	Lec	CH	Read	Main Topic		D	Problem Assignments Due
1	M	22-Aug	1	–		Introduction to Physics 2020
	W	24-Aug	2	16	1-4	Electric charge
	F	26-Aug	3	16	5-6	Colomb's law
2	M	29-Aug	4	16	7-8	Electric Field
	W	31-Aug	5	16	8-9	Field lines
	F	2-Sep	6	17	1-2	Electric potential			CAPA Set 1
3	M	5-Sep			Labor Day
	W	7-Sep	7	17	3-5	Potentials and fields			Long answer problem 1
	F	9-Sep	8	17	6-9	Capacitors & dielectrics			CAPA Set 2
4	M	12-Sep	9	18	1-3	Electric current			Long answer problem 2
	W	14-Sep	10	18	3-4	Resistance and Ohm's law
	F	16-Sep	11	18	5-6	Ohm's law cont'd, power			CAPA Set 3
5	M	19-Sep	12	19	7	Power			Long answer problem 3
	T	20-Sep			In-term Exam 1 — 7:30 PM - 10:00 PM Room G1B30
	W	21-Sep	13	19	1-3	DC circuits
	F	23-Sep	14	19	5-6	Series and parallel circuits & Kirchhoff			CAPA Set 4
6	M	26-Sep	15	19	7	Utilizing Kirchhoff's two rules			Long answer problem 4
	W	28-Sep	16	19	8	Kirchhoff cont'd, RC circuits and, briefly, hazards
	F	30-Sep	17	20	1-3	Magnetic fields and forces			CAPA Set 5
7	M	3-Oct	18	20	4-6	Forces and fields, moving charges			Long answer problem 5
	W	5-Oct	19	20	7	Force cont'd, Solenoids & electromagnets
	F	7-Oct	20	21	1-3	Induced electromotive force			CAPA Set 6
8	M	10-Oct	21	21	4-5	Induced electric fields, generators			Long answer problem 6
	W	12-Oct	22	21	6-8	Roles of induction
	F	14-Oct			Fall Break
9	M	17-Oct	23	21	9-10	Inductance and inductors			CAPA Set 7 & Long Answer 7
	T	18-Oct			In-term Exam 2 — 7:30 PM - 10:00 PM Room G1B30
	W	19-Oct	24	21	11-14	AC circuits
	F	21-Oct	25	22	1-2	Electromagnetic waves			CAPA Set 8
10	M	24-Oct	26	22	3-5	Electromagnetic spectrum, energy			Long answer problem 8
	W	26-Oct	27	22	7	Communications, cell phones
	F	28-Oct	28	23	1-2	Light as rays, mirrors and images			CAPA Set 9
11	M	31-Oct	29	23	3	Spherical mirrors & images			Long answer problem 9
	W	2-Nov	30	23	4-6	Refraction, TIR
	F	4-Nov	31	23	7-8	Lenses and images			CAPA Set 10
12	M	7-Nov	32	24	1-2,4	Light as waves, diffraction			Long answer problem 10
	W	9-Nov	33	24	3-6	Interference & diffraction
	F	11-Nov	34	24	8	Thin films			CAPA Set 11
13	M	14-Nov	35	24	10	Polarization			Long answer problem 11
	T	15-Nov			In-term Exam 3 — 7:30 PM - 10:00 PM Room G1B30
	W	16-Nov	36	25	1	Cameras
	F	18-Nov	37	25	2	Eyes and corrective lenses			CAPA Set 12
14	M	21-Nov	38	25	3	Magnifiers, telescopes			Long answer problem 12
	W	23-Nov	39	25	7-9	Resolution limits
	F	25-Nov			Thanksgiving Break
15	M	28-Nov	40	28	1-2	Wave-particle duality			Long answer problem 13 & CAPA Set 13
	W	30-Nov	41	28	3-4	Heisenberg uncertainty principle
	F	2-Dec	42	28	5-6	Atoms			CAPA Set 14
16	M	5-Dec	43	28	7-8	Periodic table			Long answer problem 14
	W	7-Dec	44	28	11	Lasers
	M	12-Dec		Final Exam — 1:30 PM - 4:00 PM Room G1B30