Physics 122

Spring 2002 Course Syllabus

Topics Reading Assignment
2/13 (notes) Ch. 18
Electric fields
Coulomb's law
Gauss's Law

2/20 lab Electric field mapping

2/25 (notes) Ch. 20
DC Circuits
Ohm's law

2/17 (notes) Ch. 21 & 22
Magnetic Forces and Fields
Electromagnetic Induction

3/4 lab Resistivity of Play-Doh

3/6 (notes) Ch. 22
Electromagnetic Induction (cont'd)

3/18 lab Magnetic Fields

3/20 (notes) Test (2/15 - 3/18)
Ch. 16
Waves and Sound

3/25 lab The generator and motor

3/27 (notes) Ch. 16 & 17
Waves and Sound
Superposition and Interference

4/1 lab Standing Waves on a String

4/3 (notes) Ch. 17 & 24
Superposition and Interference (cont'd)
Electromagnetic Waves

4/8 lab The Spectrometer

4/10 (notes) Ch. 25 & 26
Reflection, refraction, TIR, dispersion
Mirror and Lens Optics

4/15 lab Reflection and Refraction

4/17 (notes) Test (3/20 - 4/15) Ch. 26
Mirror and Lens Optics

4/22 lab Diffraction and Interference

4/24 (notes) Ch. 30
The Nature of the Atom

4/29 lab Snell's Law and Total Internal Reflection

5/1 (notes) Ch. 31
Nuclear Physics and Radioactivity

5/6 lab Electron Diffraction

5/8 Final Exam




Mike Kolta - Adjunct Physics Instructor

DUTCHESS COMMUNITY COLLEGE

Poughkeepsie, NY 12601