PHYS 77031-77032 Home Page

Instructors:

2009: Professor Kathie E. Newman, 333E NSH, will oversee this course.

June 1 through June 12: Professor Kathie Newman, 333E NSH.

June 15 through June 26: Professor Anthony Hyder, 189 NSH

July 6 through July 17: Professor Morten Eskildsen, 333A NSH

July 20 through July 31: Professor Jonathan Sapirstein, 319 NSH

Course Descriptions

Course Information

General Comments

Past Qualifier Problems

Part I Info

Equation Sheet

Problem Summary

Part II Info

Equation Sheet

Problem Summary

 

 

PHYS 77031: Part I

Date
Topic
Reading
Homework
Monday
June 1
Fluid Statics Chapter 15 HW 15
Tuesday
June 2
Fluid Dynamics Chapter 16 HW 16
Wednesday
June 3
Oscillations Chapter 17 HW 17
Thursday
June 4
Wave Motion Chapter 18 HW 18
Friday
June 5
Sound Waves Chapter 19 HW 19
Monday
June 8
Special Theory of Relativity Chapter 20 HW 20
Tuesday
June 9
Temperature Chapter 21 HW 21
Wednesday
June 10
Molecular Properties of Gases Chapter 22 HW 22
Thursday
June 11
First Law of Thermodynamics Chapter 23 HW 23
Friday
June 12
Entropy and the Second Law of Thermodynamics Chapter 24 HW 24
Monday
June 15

Motion in One Dimension

Force and Newton's Laws

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

HW 2

HW 3

Tuesday
June 16

Motion in Two and Three Dimensions

Applications of Newton's Laws

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

HW 4

HW 5

Wednesday
June 17

Momentum

Systems of Particles

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

HW 6

HW 7

Thursday
June 18

Rotational Kinematics

Rotational Dynamics

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

HW 8

HW 9

Friday
June 19
Angular Momentum
Chapter 10

HW 10

Monday
June 22

Energy 1: Work and Kinetic Energy

Energy 2: Potential Energy

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

HW 11

HW 12

Tuesday
June 23

Energy 3: Conservation of Energy

Gravitation

Chapter 13

Chapter 14

HW 13

HW 14

Wednesday
June 24
FREE    
Thursday
June 25
FREE    
Friday
June 26
EXAM
9:00 AM to 1:00 PM
   

PHYS 77032: Part II

Date
Topic
Reading
Home work
Monday
July 6

Electric Charge and Coulomb's Law

The Electric Field

Chapter 25

Chapter 26

HW 25

HW 26

Tuesday
July 7
Gauss' Law Chapter 27
HW 27
Wednesday
July 8

Electric Potential Energy and Potential

The Electrical Properties of Materials

Chapter 28

Chapter 29

HW 28

HW 29

Thursday
July 9

Capacitance

DC Circuits

Chapter 30

Chapter 31

HW 30

HW 31

Friday
July 10

The Magnetic Field

The Magnetic Field of a Current

Chapter 32

Chapter 33

HW 32

HW 33

Monday
July 13
Faraday's Law of Induction Chapter 34 HW 34
Tuesday
July 14
Magnetic Properties of Materials Chapter 35 HW 35
Wednesday
July 15

Inductance

Alternating Current Circuits

Chapter 36

Chapter 37

HW 36

HW 37

Thursday
July 16
Maxwell's Equations and Electromagnetic Waves Chapter 38 HW 38
Friday
July 17
Light Waves Chapters 39 HW 39
Monday
July 20

Mirrors and Lenses

Interference

Chapter 40

Chapter 41

HW 40

HW 41

Tuesday
July 21

Diffraction

Gratings and Spectra

Chapter 42

Chapter 43

HW 42

HW 43

Wednesday
July 22

Polarization

The Nature of Light

Chapter 44

Chapter 45

HW 44

HW 45

Thursday
July 23

The Nature of Matter

Electrons in Potential Wells

Chapter 46

Chapter 47

HW 46

HW 47

Friday
July 24

Atomic Structure

Electrical Conduction in Solids

Chapter 48

Chapter 49

HW 48

HW 49

Monday
July 27

Nuclear Physics

Energy from the Nucleus

Chapter 50

Chapter 51

HW 50

HW 51

Tuesday
July 28
Particle Physics and Cosmology Chapter 52

HW 52

Wednesday
July 29
FREE    
Thursday
July 30
FREE    
Friday
July 31
EXAM
9:00 AM to 1:00 PM
   

Updated on March 25, 2009 12:56 PM