| Date |
Topic |
Reading |
| Wed Jan 27 |
Introduction, class procedures, Intro to fluids |
| Fri Jan 29 |
Density, pressure, Fluids in equilibrium |
Chapter 13 § 1,2, 3 |
| Mon Feb 1 |
Archimedes Principle |
Chapter 13 § 4 |
| Wed Feb 3 |
Fluid dynamics |
Chapter 13 § 5&6 |
| Fri Feb 5 |
Simple Harmonic Motion |
Chapter 14 § 1 |
| Mon Feb 8 |
The pendulum |
Chapter 14 § 2 |
| Wed Feb 10 |
Energy in oscillations |
Chapter 14 § 3 |
| Fri Feb 12 |
Mechanical waves |
Chapter 15 § 1 & 2 |
| Mon Feb 15 |
President's Day holiday |
No class |
| Wed Feb 17 |
Energy transmission by waves |
Chapter 15 § 3 |
| Fri Feb 19 |
Superposition |
Chapter 15 § 4 |
| Mon Feb 22 |
Sound waves |
Chapter 16 § 1 |
| Wed Feb 24 |
Light waves, inverse square law |
Chapter 16 § 2 & 3 |
| Wed Feb 24 |
Last day to drop class |
| Fri Feb 26 |
The Doppler effect |
Chapter 16 § 4 |
| Mon Mar 1 |
First mid-term examination |
Chapters 13, 14 and 15 |
| Wed Mar 3 |
Reflection and refraction |
Chapter 16 § 5 |
| Fri Mar 5 |
Interference |
Chapter 17 § 1 |
| Mon Mar 8 |
The Michelson Morley Experiment |
Chapter 17 § 2 |
| Wed Mar 10 |
Diffraction |
Chapter 17 § 3 |
| Fri Mar 12 |
Intensity in interference- phasors |
Chapter 17 § 4.1-1.2 |
| Mon Mar 15 |
Multiple sources, gratings. X-ray diffraction |
Chapter 17 § 4.3-4.5, § 5 |
| Wed Mar 17 |
Images in plane surfaces |
Chapter 18 § 1 |
| Fri Mar 19 |
Spherical mirrors |
Chapter 18 § 2.1 |
| Mon Mar 22 |
Spherical refracting surfaces, lenses |
Chapter 18 § 2.2, 3 |
| Wed Mar 24 |
Ray tracing |
Chapter 18 § 4 |
| Fri Mar 26 |
Optical instruments, aberrations |
Chapter 18 § 5 & 6 |
| Mon Mar 29-Fri Apr 2 |
Spring Break |
| Mon Apr 5 |
Electromagnetic waves |
Chapter 33 § 1 |
| Wed Apr 7 |
Energy and momentum transport |
Chapter 33 § 2 |
| Fri Apr 9 |
Polarization |
Chapter 33 § 3 |
| Mon Apr 12 |
Mid-term examination |
Chapters 16, 17, 18 and 33 |
| Wed Apr 14 |
Temperature, The ideal gas law |
Chapter 19 § 1 & 2 |
| Fri Apr 16 |
The first law of thermodynamics |
Chapter 19 § 3 |
| Mon Apr 19 |
The P-V diagram |
Chapter 19 § 4 |
| Wed Apr 21 |
Specific heats, adibatic processes |
Chapter 19 § 5 & 6 |
| Fri Apr 23 |
Equipartition |
Chapter 19 § 7 |
| Mon Apr 26 |
Real gases |
Chapter 20 § 1 |
| Wed Apr 28 | Change of phase, thermal expansion |
Chapter 20 § 2 & 3 |
| Fri Apr 30 |
Calorimetry and thermometry |
Chapter 20 § 4 & 5 |
| Mon May 3 |
Conduction |
Chapter 21 § 1 |
| Wed May 5 |
Convection and radiation |
Chapter 21 § 2, 3 & 4 |
| Fri May 7 |
The second law, heat engines |
Chapter 22 § 1 & 2 |
| Mon May 10 |
The Carnot cycle |
Chapter 22 § 3 |
| Wed May 12 |
Entropy |
Chapter 22 § 4 & 5 |
| Fri May 14 |
Absolute zero |
Chapter 22 § 6 |
| Mon May 17 |
Statistical mechanics |
Chapter 22 § 7 |
| Wed May 19 |
Modern Physics |
Chapters 34-37 |
| Mon May 24 at 10:45 |
Final examination |
Chapters 13-22 and 33 |