Hofstra University---Spring 2002---Physics 12A
Instructor: Gregory Levine - room 217A CHPHB - phone: 463-5583 - email: phygcl@hofstra.edu
Web: http://exile.hofstra.edu:8080/~gl
Office Hours: Monday: 2-4pm; Wednesday: 11:30am-12:30pm
Text: Physics for Scientists and Engineers, Fifth Edition, Author: Serway and Beichner
| Week of 1/27 | 1. Wave motion and sound waves | 16: 11,29,32,7 17: 19,39 |
(due: 2/5) |
| Week of 2/3 | 2. Superposition and standing waves | 18: 1,7,11,13,19,23,41 | (due: 2/12) |
| Week of 2/10 | 3. Electric fields | 23: 7,12,13,19,33,45,47,53 | (due: 2/21) |
| Week of 2/17 | 4. Gauss’s law | 24: 5,12,21,27,29,31,41 | (due: 2/26) |
| Week of 2/24 | chapter 24 continued | 24: 53 (not collected) | |
| exam I, Thursday (2/28) | chapters: 16,17,18,23,24 | ||
| Week of 3/3 | 5. Electric potential | 25: 3,60,15,17,33,48,50,57 | (due: 3/12) |
| Week of 3/10 | 6. Capacitance & Current and resistance |
26: 3,23,34,46,59 27: 1,17,37,44,63 |
(due: 3/21) |
| Week of 3/17 | 7. Direct current circuits (Th) | 28: 11,19,22,41,43,49 | (due: 4/2) |
| Week of 3/31 | 8. Magnetic fields | 29: 1,7,15,25,32 30: 3,11,17,23 |
(due: 4/9) |
| Week of 4/7 | chapter 30 continued | 30: 32,41 (not collected) | |
| exam II, Thursday (4/11) | chapters: 25,26,27,28,29,30 | ||
| Week of 4/14 | 9. Faraday’s law and inductance | 31: 1,5,17,20,25 32: 9,31 | (due 4/23) |
| Week of 4/21 | 10. AC circuits | 33: 21,24,38,45,47,65 | (due: 4/30) |
| Week of 4/28 | 11. Geometric optics | 35: 18,37 36: 30,33,53 |
(due: 5/7) |
| Week of 5/5 | 12. Interference and diffraction | 37: 3,20,29 38: 5,15,21,29 |
(due: 5/9) |
| 5/16 (Thursday) | final exam 6:15-8:15pm | cumulative |
Grading: problem sets-10%; exams-2 x 25%; final exam-40%
Examinations are closed book and closed notes.
There are no make-up exams. Missed exams will be dropped only with an official, verifiable medical excuse.