PHY 131 LECTURE SCHEDULE - 2:40 MWF - INSTRUCTOR G.B. ADAMS
            
            Lecture Day  Date     Topics
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              1.     M   8/26     Coulomb's Law
              2.     W   8/28     The Electric Field
              3.     F   8/30     Continuous Charge Distributions
                     M   9/2      LABOR DAY HOLIDAY
              4.     W   9/4      Motion in an Electric Field
              5.     F   9/6      Electric Dipole in an Electric Field
              6.     M   9/9      Gauss' Law; Spherical Symmetry
              7.     W   9/11     Other Symmetries; Conductors
              8.     F   9/13     Surface Charges on Conductors
              9.     M   9/16     Electric Potential Energy
                     W   9/18     EXAMINATION #1 (lectures 1-8)
                                  Returned in Recitation beginning 9/23
             10.     F   9/20     Electric Potential
             11.     M   9/23     Fields from Potentials
             12.     W   9/25     Conductors and Potentials
             13.     F   9/27     Capacitance; Energy of Capacitors
             14.     M   9/30     Combinations of Capacitors
             15.     W   10/2     Dielectrics
             16.     F   10/4     Induced Charge in a Dielectric
             17.     M   10/7     Current and Resistance
                     W   10/9     EXAMINATION #2 (lectures 9-16)
                                  Returned in Recitation beginning 10/14 
             18.     F   10/11    Electric Power; EMF
             19.     M   10/14    Kirchoff's Rules for Circuits
             20.     W   10/16    Magnetic Force on a Moving Charge
             21.     F   10/18    Magnetic Force on Currents and Dipoles
             22.     M   10/21    The Biot-Savart Law
             23.     W   10/23    Ampere's Law
             24.     F   10/25    Solenoids and Toroids
             25.     M   10/28    Faraday's Law - Qualitative
                     W   10/30    EXAMINATION #3 (lectures 17-24)
                                  Returned in Recitation beginning 11/4
             26.     F   11/1     Faraday's Law; Magnetism and Relativity
             27.     M   11/4     Motional EMF; Eddy Currents
             28.     W   11/6     Generators and Motors
             29.     F   11/8     Inductance
                     M   11/11    VETERANS' DAY HOLIDAY
             30.     W   11/13    Mutual Inductance; Evaluations 
             31.     F   11/15    Ampere-Maxwell Law; Displacement Current
             32.     M   11/18    Differential Equations; RC Circuits
                     W   11/20    EXAMINATION #4 (lectures 25-31)
                                  Returned in Recitation beginning 11/19
             33.     F   11/22    LR Circuits; LC Circuits 
             34.     M   11/25    LRC Circuits; Transformers
             35.     W   11/27    Single Elements in AC Circuits
                     F   11/29    THANKSGIVING FRIDAY
             36.     M   12/2     Power in AC Circuits; Resonance
             37.     W   12/4     Properties of Electromagnetic Waves
             38.     F   12/6     Intensity of EM Waves; Polarization 
                     M   12/9     EXAMINATION #5 (lectures 32-38)
                                  You may retrieve your graded TEST 5
                                  from your recitation instructor during
                                  his office hours.
            
       FINAL EXAM (40 Multiple Choice Questions) Tue 12/17  10:00-11:50