Course Outline
Physics 212 Winter 2003

 INSTRUCTOR

LECTURE

OFFICE

OFFICE HOURS

 D. McIntyre

MWF 2pm Weniger 151

Weniger 463

M 10-11, W 9-10, F 10-11

Midterms:W 7:30-8:50 pm Venues TBA
Recitations (PH 222): TTh Weniger 201, 377

Labs: TWThF Weniger 238
TA Office: Weniger 145

 WEEK

 DATE

 READING

 TOPIC

 LAB

 1

Jan 6
Jan 8
Jan 10

Ch. 15, 1-4
Ch. 15, 5-6
Ch. 15, 7-8

Fluids

NO LAB

 2

Jan 13
Jan 15
Jan 17

Ch. 16, 1-4
Ch. 16, 5-7
Ch. 17, 1-5

Wave Motion

Sound Waves

Archimedes'
Principle

 3

Jan 20
Jan 22
Jan 24

Holiday
Ch. 18, 1-5
Ch. 18, 7-8

MLK
Standing Waves

Standing Waves
in Air and
Strings

 4

Jan 27
Jan 29
Jan 29
Jan 31

Review Ch. 15-18
Ch. 19, 1-3
MT 1 7:30 pm
Ch. 19, 4-5


Temperature
Chapters 15-18, Venues TBA

NO LAB

 5

Feb 3
Feb 5
Feb 7

Ch. 20, 1-3
Ch. 20, 4-6
Ch. 21, 1-4

Heat & First Law of Thermodynamics

Kinetic Theory of Gases

Ideal Gas Law

 6

Feb 10
Feb 12
Feb 14

Ch. 22, 1-3
Ch. 22, 5-8
Ch. 23, 1-3

Heat Engines, Entropy, & Second Law

Electric Fields

Specific Heat
& Heat Transfer

 7

Feb 17
Feb 19
Feb 19
Feb 21

Review Ch. 19-22
Ch. 23, 4-5
MT 2 7:30 pm
Ch. 23, 6-7



Chapters 19-22, Venues TBA

Acceleration and
Deflection of
Electrons

 8

Feb 24
Feb 26
Feb 28

Ch. 25, 1-3
Ch. 25, 4-6
Ch. 26, 1-3

Electric Potential

Capacitance & Dielectrics

Electric Fields &
Potential

 9

Mar 3
Mar 5
Mar 7

Ch. 26, 4-7
Ch. 27, 1-3
Ch. 27, 4-6


Current & Resistance

Make-up Labs

 10

Mar 10
Mar 12
Mar 14

Ch. 28, 1-3
Ch. 28, 4-6
Review Ch. 23-28

DC Circuits

DC Circuits

 11

Mar 21

FINAL 7:30 am

Chapters 15-28, Venues TBA