PHYS 77031-77032 Home Page

Instructors:

2011: Professor Kathie E. Newman, 333E NSH, will oversee this course.

June 6 through June 17: Professor Kathie Newman, 333E NSH.

June 20 through July 1: Professor Anthony Hyder, 189 NSH

July 11 through July 22: Professor Morten Eskildsen, 333A NSH

July 25 through August 5: Joel Griffith, 318 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 6
Fluid Statics Chapter 15 HW 15
Tuesday
June 7
Fluid Dynamics Chapter 16 HW 16
Wednesday
June 8
Oscillations Chapter 17 HW 17
Thursday
June 9
Wave Motion Chapter 18 HW 18
Friday
June 10
Sound Waves Chapter 19 HW 19
Monday
June 13
Special Theory of Relativity Chapter 20 HW 20
Tuesday
June 14
Temperature Chapter 21 HW 21
Wednesday
June 15
Molecular Properties of Gases Chapter 22 HW 22
Thursday
June 16
First Law of Thermodynamics Chapter 23 HW 23
Friday
June 17
Entropy and the Second Law of Thermodynamics Chapter 24 HW 24
Monday
June 20

Motion in One Dimension

Force and Newton's Laws

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

HW 2

HW 3

Tuesday
June 21

Motion in Two and Three Dimensions

Applications of Newton's Laws

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

HW 4

HW 5

Wednesday
June 22

Momentum

Systems of Particles

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

HW 6

HW 7

Thursday
June 23

Rotational Kinematics

Rotational Dynamics

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

HW 8

HW 9

Friday
June 24
Angular Momentum
Chapter 10

HW 10

Monday
June 27

Energy 1: Work and Kinetic Energy

Energy 2: Potential Energy

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

HW 11

HW 12

Tuesday
June 28

Energy 3: Conservation of Energy

Gravitation

Chapter 13

Chapter 14

HW 13

HW 14

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

PHYS 77032: Part II

Date
Topic
Reading
Home work
Monday
July 11

Electric Charge and Coulomb's Law

The Electric Field

Chapter 25

Chapter 26

HW 25

HW 26

Tuesday
July 12
Gauss' Law Chapter 27
HW 27
Wednesday
July 13

Electric Potential Energy and Potential

The Electrical Properties of Materials

Chapter 28

Chapter 29

HW 28

HW 29

Thursday
July 14

Capacitance

DC Circuits

Chapter 30

Chapter 31

HW 30

HW 31

Friday
July 15

The Magnetic Field

The Magnetic Field of a Current

Chapter 32

Chapter 33

HW 32

HW 33

Monday
July 18
Faraday's Law of Induction Chapter 34 HW 34
Tuesday
July 19
Magnetic Properties of Materials Chapter 35 HW 35
Wednesday
July 20

Inductance

Alternating Current Circuits

Chapter 36

Chapter 37

HW 36

HW 37

Thursday
July 21
Maxwell's Equations and Electromagnetic Waves Chapter 38 HW 38
Friday
July 22
Light Waves Chapters 39 HW 39
Monday
July 25

Mirrors and Lenses

Interference

Chapter 40

Chapter 41

HW 40

HW 41

Tuesday
July 26

Diffraction

Gratings and Spectra

Chapter 42

Chapter 43

HW 42

HW 43

Wednesday
July 27

Polarization

The Nature of Light

Chapter 44

Chapter 45

HW 44

HW 45

Thursday
July 28

The Nature of Matter

Electrons in Potential Wells

Chapter 46

Chapter 47

HW 46

HW 47

Friday
July 29

Atomic Structure

Electrical Conduction in Solids

Chapter 48

Chapter 49

HW 48

HW 49

Monday
August 1

Nuclear Physics

Energy from the Nucleus

Chapter 50

Chapter 51

HW 50

HW 51

Tuesday
August 2
Particle Physics and Cosmology Chapter 52

HW 52

Wednesday
August 3
FREE    
Thursday
August 4
FREE    
Friday
August 5
EXAM
9:00 AM to 1:00 PM
   

Updated on June 22, 2011 1:02 PM