Syllabus

Last Updated: April 12, 2007

Instructor :

 Dr. Douglas E. Fields

Office Location :

 Room 1148, Physics and Astronomy Building (Northwest Wing)

Office Phone :

 277-1466

Office Hours :

 Monday, Tuesday  3:00 - 5:00pm

Email :

 fields@unm.edu

Class Web Page :

 http://panda.unm.edu/courses/fields/phys161/Phys161_SP07.html

Class Times :

 Monday, Wednesday, Friday  10:00 – 10:50am

Class Location :

 Regener Hall, Room 103

Grader :

 Thomas Jones (ph161grader@yahoo.com)

Special Instructor :

 John Ogren (jogren@unm.edu)

John’s Office Hours :

 TBA

Problems Class Times :

 Mon.  11:00 – 11:50 (Fields); Tue. 3:30 - 4:20, Wed. 1:00 - 1:50, Thu. 2:00 - 2:50 (Ogren)

Text Book :           

Young and Friedman University Physics 11th Edition, Pierson, Addison, Wesley

Grading :

CPS = 10%;     Homework = 30%;     Exams (4) = 40%,     Final = 20%

Extra Credit :

0.2pts per Problem Session in which you participate, up to a total of 3pts


Schedule of Classes:

Week/

Lecture

Date

Chapter

Mastering

Physics

Due Before Class

Written Homework Due Before Class

Comments

1/1

Mon. Jan. 15

No classes, MLK day

 

 

 

1/2

Wed. Jan. 17

Introduction

 

 

Class policies, CPS, and Physics 160 Review

1/3

Fri. Jan. 19

21

#1

 

Electric Charge, Insulators and Conductors, Coulomb’s Law

2/4

Mon. Jan. 22

21

#2

#1

Electric Fields I

2/5

Wed. Jan. 24

21

#3

 

Electric Fields II

2/6

Fri. Jan. 26

22

#4

 

Gauss’s Law I

3/7

Mon. Jan. 29

22

#5

#2

Gauss’s Law II

3/8

Wed. Jan. 31

22

#6

 

Gauss’s Law III

4/10

Fri. Feb. 2

23

#7

 

Electric Potential I

4/11

Mon. Feb. 5

23

#8

#3

Electric Potential II

4/12

Wed. Feb. 7

23

#9

 

Electric Potential III

3/9

Fri. Feb. 9

21-23

#10

 

Exam 1

5/13

Mon. Feb. 12

24

#11

#4

Capacitance I

5/14

Wed. Feb. 14

24

#12

 

Snow Day

5/15

Fri. Feb. 16

24

 

 

Capacitance II

6/16

Mon. Feb. 19

25

#13

#5

Capacitance III

6/17

Wed. Feb. 21

25

#14

 

Current and Resistance I

6/18

Fri. Feb. 23

25

#15

 

Current and Resistance II

7/19

Mon. Feb. 26

26

#16

#6

DC Circuits

7/20

Wed. Feb. 28

26

#17

 

DC Circuits

7/21

Fri. Mar. 2

26

#18

 

DC Circuits

8/22

Mon. Mar. 5

23-26

#19

#7

Exam 2

8/23

Wed. Mar. 7

27

#20

 

Magnetic Fields

8/24

Fri. Mar. 9

27

#21

 

Magnetic Fields

Mar. 11 - Mar. 18

Spring Break

9/25

Mon. Mar. 19

28

#22

#8

Magnetic Fields from Currents

9/26

Wed. Mar. 21

28

#23

 

Magnetic Fields from Currents

9/27

Fri. Mar. 23

28

#24

 

Magnetic Fields from Currents

10/28

Mon. Mar. 26

29

#25

#9

Induction

10/29

Wed. Mar. 28

29

#26

 

Induction

10/30

Fri. Mar. 30

29

#27

 

Induction

11/31

Mon. Apr. 2

30

#28

#10

Inductance

11/32

Wed. Apr. 4

30

#29

 

Inductance

11/33

Fri. Apr. 6

30

#30

 

Inductance