| Week | Monday | Wednesday | Friday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Week 1 August 22-26 Lecture notes 1 |
No class |
Topics: Introduction, Coulomb's law superposition
Read: Ch. 1.1-1.3, math review |
Topics: Coulomb and Gauss's laws, superposition, notation, charge density E field
Read: 2.1.3-.4 |
| Week 2 August 29- September 2 Lecture notes 2 |
Topics: Gauss' law, Fields, Flux, divergence, curl Read: 2.2 Reading Quiz Homework 0 due start of class Clicker Questions Class activities - a Class activities - b |
Topics:Potentials, Poisson's equ., Boundary conditions Read: 2.3 Reading Quiz Clicker Questions Class activities |
Topics: Work and energy Read: 2.4 Reading Quiz Homework 1 due start of class Clicker Questions More clicker questions Class activities |
| Week 3 September 5-9 Lecture notes 3 |
Labor Day |
Topics:Conductors Read: 2.5.1-.3 Reading Quiz Clicker Questions Conductors | Topics: Capacitance Read: 2.5.4 Homework 2 due start of class Clicker Questions Class activities Quiz |
| Week 4 September 12-16 Lecture notes 4 |
Topics: Laplace's Eq., Uniqueness Theorem, conductors Read: 3.1 Reading Quiz Clicker Questions |
Topics: Image method, separation of variables Read: 3.2-.3 Reading Quiz Clicker Questions Class activities - north south |
Topics:Multipoles Read: 3.4 Reading Quiz Homework 3 due start of class Class activities - north south Class activities - conducting sphere |
| Week 5 September 19-23 Lecture notes 5 |
Topics: Electric fields in matter, polarization, dielectrics Read: 4.1 Reading Quiz Clicker Questions Perfect vs Physical Dipole Class activities - conducting sphere |
Topics: Bound charge Read:4.2 Reading Quiz Class activities |
Topics: Dielectrics Read: 4.3-.4 Homework 4 due start of class Clicker Questions Class activities Quiz |
| Week 6 September 26-30 |
Topics: Linear Dielectrics Read: 4.4 Reading Quiz Clicker Questions Class activities - Multipole Expansion |
Topics: Magnetostatics, Lorentz force and Biot-Savart Law Read: 5.1 Reading Quiz Clicker Questions Class activities - spherical dielectric |
Topics:Biot-Savart Law Read: 5.2 Homework 5 due start of class |
| Week 7 October 3-7 |
Topics: Magnetic Field Read: 5.3 Clicker Questions - Lorentz Force Clicker Questions - Current Density Class activities - Dielectric sphere |
Topics: Magnetic vector potential Read: 5.4 Reading Quiz Class activities |
Topics: Prelim 1 review Read/Review: 1-3 Clicker Questions |
| Week 8 October 10-14 Lecture notes 8 |
Fall break |
Topics: Vector potential Read: 5.4 Reading Quiz Clicker Questions Biot-Savart Clicker Questions BV-Problems Class activities |
Topics: Magnetization Read: 6.1 Homework 7 due start of class Reading Quiz Clicker Questions Biot-Savart Clicker Questions Div+Curl-Ampere Class activities |
| Week 9 October 17-21 |
Topics: Ohm's law, electromotive force, inductance Read: 6.2 Clicker Questions Class activities |
Topics: Read: 6.3 Reading Quiz Class activities |
Topics: Read: 6.4 Reading Quiz Homework 8 due start of class Class activities |
| Week 10 October 24-28 |
Topics: Maxwell's equations, magnetic energy Read: 7.1 Reading Quiz Clicker Questions Fields and Bound Currents Clicker Questions Auxiliary-Field-H+LinearMed |
Topics: Ohm's Law, EMF Read: 7.2 Class activities |
Topics: Faraday's Law, Inductance Read: 7.3 Homework 9 due start of class Quiz |
| Week 11 October 31-4 |
Topics: Maxwell's equations, energy and momentum Read: 8.1 Clicker Questions Class activities |
Topics: Read: 8.2 | Topics: Read: 8.3 Homework 10 due start of class Class activities |
| Week 12 November 7-11 Lecture notes 12 |
Topics: Waves, reflection and transmission Read: 9.1 Class activities |
Topics: Read: 9.2 Clicker Questions Class activities |
Topics: Prelim II review Read/Review: 4-8 Formula sheet Exam 2 and solutions Clicker Questions Class activities |
| Week 13 November 14-18 |
Topics: Waveguides Read: 9.2 Clicker Questions Class activities |
Topics: Read: 9.3 Reading Quiz | Topics: Read: 9.4 Homework 11 due start of class Class activities |
| Week 14 November 21-23 |
Topics: Waves in matter Read: 10.1 Class activities |
Thanksgiving |
Thanksgiving |
| Week 15 November 28-December 2 |
Topics: Guided waves Read: 9.5 Class activities |
Topics: Read: 10.1 Class activities |
Topics: Read: 10.2 Homework 13 due start of class Class activities |
