Syllabus - Harvard University Laboratory for Particle Physics and ...

Course Outline
This is a rough course outline so that you will know what we will be covering in the
course. Actual mileage may differ.
Week Lectures Topic Homework
1 2/2 Course Logistics, Coloumb’s Law
2 2/7, 2/9 Electric Field, Flux, Gauss’ Law #1 due 2/10
3 2/14, 2/16 Electric Potential #2 due 2/17
4 2/21, 2/23 Capacitance, Dipoles, Dielectrics
5 2/28, 3/2 Midterm 1, Current, Resistance #3 due 3/3
6 3/7, 3/9 DC Circuits, Magnetic Fields #4 due 3/10
7 3/14, 3/16 Sources of Magnetic Fields #5 due 3/17
8 3/21, 3/23 Faraday’s Law, Inductance #6 due 3/24
Spring Break
9 4/4, 4/6 Midterm 2, LC, RLC and AC Circuits,
10 4/11, 4/13 AC Circuits, Electromagnetic Radiation #7 due 4/14
11 4/18, 4/20 EM Radiation, Optics #8 due 4/21
12 4/25, 4/27 Lenses, Mirrors, Images, Interference #9 due 4/28
13 5/2, 5/4 Diffraction, Polarization #10 due 5/5
14 5/9, 5/11 Towards Quantum Mechanics
Legalese
In a course of this size it is very difficult to maintain fairness to all students without a
clear and firm set of policies which are uniformly adhered to. This syllabus is your
primary source of information concerning the policies we will maintain. Naturally, where
there are applicable University policies (for instance, regarding religious holidays and
family or medical emergencies) those will govern our decisions.
Fair Warning
The Administrative Board is responsible for dealing with all issues of academic
dishonesty, etc. I do not have any say in this. It saddens me that experience has shown
that I need to make this very clear at the outset.
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