Introductory Physics, Part II

Physics 121


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Instructor: Arshad Kudrolli

Office: BP 360 (x7752)
Office hours: Monday, Friday 10-11am.
Lab: N-102 (x7707)
Email: akudrolli@clarku.edu 

Labs:

Laboratory Director for Physics 121:
Professor Charles Agosta
Email: cagosta@black.clarku.edu
Tel: x7736

Textbook: Physics for Scientists and Engineers, Fourth Edition, Raymond Serway, Saunders College Publishing.

Tentative Schedule:

Week No.

Dates

Chapter

HW

Comments

1

Jan: 19, 21

23: Electric Fields

 Chapter 23: 9, 12,17,31,42,43

 

2

24, 26, 28

24: Gauss's Law

 Chapter 23: 51, 60, 64. Chapter 24: 10, 18, 30, 33

 28th : Lab 1

3

31, Feb: 2, 4

24: Gauss's Law and 25: Electric Potential

  Chapter 24: 26, 28, 42, 45, 48, 50, 58

 

4

7, 9, 11

25: Electric Potential

 Chapter 25: 14,18A, 24, 27, 30, 34A, 41

 11th : Lab 2

5

14, 16, 18

 26: Capacitance and Dielectrics

 Chapter 26: 14, 18, 23, 29, 37

 

6

21, 23, 25

  27: Current and resistance

 Chapter 26: 41, 49, 55, 66, 85

21st: 1st one hour exam 25th: Lab 3

7

28, Mar: 1, 3

 

 Chapter 27: 5, 21, 38, 50, 59, 63

 

8

6, 8, 10

Spring Break

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9

13, 15, 17

28: DC Circuits

 Chapter 28: 21, 28, 29, 35, 43, 49, 70, 72

 17th: Lab 4

10

20, 22, 23

APS March Meeting

29: Magnetic Fields

  Chapter 28: 46, 51, 87

20th: Class cancelled

22nd : 2nd one hour exam

11

27, 29, 31

29: Magnetic Fields

 Chapter 29: 8, 14, 31, 37, 58

 31st : Lab 5

12

April: 3, 5, 7

30: Sources of Magnetic Fields

 Chapter 29: 19, 22, 24, 65, 67

 

13

10, 12, 14

31: Sources of Magnetic Fields

 Chapter 30: 5, 8, 17, 25, 29

 14th :Lab 6

14

 17, 19, 21

31: Faraday’s Law

 Chapter 30: 64, 76

Chapter 31: 4,12,18,31,36,38

19th: 3rd one hour exam

15

24, 26, 28

31: Faraday’s Law

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28th : Lab 7 28th: Academic Spree Day

16

May 1

Course summary

 

Last day of class

 

 

 

 

Exam: Friday May 5th: 10:30 – 12:30pm

Help sessions:
Tuesdays, 6:30-8:00pm, BP-357
Also note office hours.

Grading:
Three One Hour Exams: 10% each
Final Exam: 25%
Homework: 20%
Labs: 25%

TA:

Jun Xia
Office: N-260
Office hours: Thursdays, 2-4 pm.
E-mail: jxia@clarku.edu


Image of Electric Arc from The Smithsonian

Last modified: February 4, 2000