Phys 2B Lecture Syllabus
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Phys 2B Lecture Syllabus
Quiz Date
Week Dates Lecture Topic Chapter
Charge & Electric Forces 16.1-16.3
1 Feb 12
Electric Fields
Feb 14
16.4-16.7
Quiz 1: Chapter 16
Feb 19 Electric Potential 17.1-17.4
2
Capacitors
Feb 21 17.5-17.7
3 Feb 26 Current & Resistance 18.1-18.4 Quiz 2: Chapter 17
Feb 28 Electric Circuits 18.5-18.7
4 Mar 4 Magnetic Fields 19.1-19.4 Quiz 3: Chapter 18
Mar 6 Magnetic Forces 19.5-19.9
5 Mar 11 Electromagnetic Induction 20.1-20.4 Quiz 4: Chapter 19
Mar 13 Applications 20.5-20.8
6 Mar 18 Review for Exam 1 16-20 Quiz 5: Chapter 20
Mar 20 EXAM 1 16-20
7 Mar 25 Spring Break - No classes
Mar 27 Spring Break - No classes
8 Apr 1 Electromagnetic Waves 22.1-22.4
Apr 3 Properties of Electromagnetic Waves 22.5-22.9
9 Apr 8 Reflection & Refraction 23.1-23.5 Quiz 6: Chapter 22
Apr 10 Mirrors 23.6-23.9
10 Apr 15 Lenses 24.1-24.4 Quiz 7: Chapter 23
Apr 17
Microscopes & Telescopes 24.5-24.7
Quiz 8: Chapter 24
11 Apr 22 Interference 25.1-25.5
Apr 24 Diffraction 25.6-25.8
Quiz 9: Chapter 25
Special Relativity 26.1-26.5
12 Apr 29
26.6-26.9
May 1 Relativistic Mechanics
22-25
13 May 6 Review for Exam 1
EXAM 2 22-25
May 8
14 May 13 The Photon 27.1-27.7
Quiz 10: Chapter 26
May 15 28.1-28.4
Wave-Particle Duality
29.1-29.4
15 May 20 Radioactivity & Decay Rates
Quiz 11: Chapter 27/28
29.5-29.8
Nuclear Processes
May 22
May 27 30.1-30.3 Quiz 12: Chapter 29
16 The Standard Model
May 29
Beyond the Standard Model
17 June 3 FINAL EXAM (EXAM 3)
Tuesday, 7:00-9:50 am
26-30