Syllabus for Physics 213

Classes run from Dec 2, 2002, to Feb 21, 2003. I have listed below the main topics of the course, together with the corresponding chapters of our textbook. The dates are a rough guide to the amount of time we'll spend on each topic -- roughly one week per chapter. It is possible that some topics may be compressed or expanded as the course evolves. We may skip sections within chapters, and you may be held responsible for material in reading assignments which was not covered in class.

At the end of each lecture, I will present the reading assignment for the next class. You may be quizzed on the material at the start of the next class period.

Week	Topic	Chapter
Dec 4	Two-slit interference	27.1-2
Dec 6	Diffraction	27.5
Dec 9	Diffraction Gratings and spectra	27.6-7
Dec 11	Electric charge and electric force	18.1-5
Dec 13	Electric Field	18.6-8
Dec 16	Electric Potential	19.1-4
Dec 18	Capacitors	19.5
	Dec 20: Test 1
Jan 6	EMF and Current	20.1-2
Jan 8	Resistivity and Resistance	20.3
Jan 10	Power and AC	20.4-5
Jan 13	Resistors in series and parallel	20.6-8
Jan 15	Kirchoff's Rules	20.10
Jan 17	Capacitors and RC Circuits	20.12-13
Jan 20	Household wiring	20.14
Jan 22	Physics of an Ink Jet Printer
	Jan 24: Test 2
Jan 27	The Magnetic Force on a Charged Particle	21.1-4
Jan 29	Magnetic Force on a Current-carrying Wire	21.5
Jan 31	Magnetic Torque on a Current-carrying Loop	21.6
Feb 3	Creating a Magnetic Field with a Current	21.7-8
Feb 5	Creating a Magnetic Field with a Solenoid	21.7-8
Feb 7	Induction	22.1-4
Feb 10	Induction and Lenz' Law	22.5
Feb 12	Electric Generators	22.7
Feb 14	A Hydroelectric Power Plant in New York
Feb 17	Mutual- and Self-Inductance	22.8
Feb 19	Transformers	22.9
Feb 21	Power grids in the real world
Feb 24	Final Exam -- 8:00 - 10:00 AM, 08-2365

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