Schedule

Modules:

Study the linked on-line material before the end of the scheduled day. Make sure that you can work the problems that are worked out in the online material. Then make sure that you can work similar problems that are worked in the textbook and the workbook. Explore some of the links in bold text that are embedded in the on-line material. Complete the optional exercises for extra credit.

Scheduled day	On-line material	Textbook Chapter
January 10	Pressure and buoyancy	14.1 - 14.4 Vol. 1
January 12	Ideal fluids	14.5 - 13.6
January 17	Viscous fluids	14.7
January 19	Kinetic theory and the ideal gas law	1.1 - 1.3, 2.2 Vol.2
January 24	Heat and heat flow	1.6
January 26	Thermal properties of matter	1.4 - 1.5
January 31	The first and second law of thermodynamics	3.1 - 3.6
February 2	Heat engines and refrigerators	4.1 - 4.5
February 7	Entropy	4.6 - 4.7
February 9	Review
February 14	Electric forces and fields	5.1 - 5.7
February 16	Gauss' law, polarization	6.1 - 6.4
February 21	Electric potential	7.1 - 7.6
February 23	Electrostatic devices	8.1 - 8.4
February 28	Steady electric currents	9.1 - 9.5
March 2	Kirchhoff's rules	10.1 - 10.4
March 7	The magnetic force	11.1 - 11.5
March 9	Magnetic field	12.1-12.6
March 21	Magnetic materials	12.7
March 23	Review
March 28	Faraday's law, motional emf	13.1 - 13.5
April 4	Devices	13.6 - 13.7
April 6	Electromagnetic waves	16.1 - 16.5
April 11	Diffraction and interference	3.1 - 3.3 Vol. 3
April 13	Thin film interference	3.5
April 18	Geometrical optics	1.1 - 1.7
April 20	Mirrors	2.1 - 2.2
April 25	Lenses	2.3 - 2.8
April 27	Review

Homework assignments:

Assignments cover the material presented in the online material. They may refer you back to a module, to some activity you were asked to complete in a laboratory, or to the workbook.
Assignments are submitted online on Canvas. Assignments are scored by the computer and you will receive your assignment grade immediately. You can submit the assignments up to three times if you need to improve your score. The highest score counts.
Assignments are due at 11:59 PM on the indicated date. No late assignments will be accepted.

Assignment:	Due Date:
A1	January 11
A2	January 16
A3	January 18
A4	January 22
A5	January 25
A6	January 29
A7	February 1
A8	February 8
A9	February 15
A10	February 19
A11	February 22
A12	February 26

Assignment:	Due Date:
A13	March 1
A14	March 5
A15	March 8
A16	March 22
A17	March 29
A18	April 5
A19	April 9
A20	April 12
A21	April 16
A22	April 19
A23	April 23
A24	April 26

Lab:	Due Date:
1	January 16
2	January 22
3	January 29
4	February 19
5	February 26
6	March 5
7	March 22
8	April 5
9	April 12
10	April 19

Extra credit assignments:

Extra credit assignments must be handed in on time. You can earn up to 5 points extra credit by completing an assignment. Extra credit points are added to your total score from tests, homework assignments and laboratories. Extra credit assignments are due at 11:59 PM on the indicated date. No late assignments will be accepted.

Assignment:	Due Date:
EC 1	January 18
EC 2	January 25
EC 3	February 8
EC 4	February 19
EC 5	February 22

Assignment:	Due Date:
EC 6	March 5
EC 7	March 21
EC 8	April 9
EC 9	April 16
EC 10	April 27

Tests:

Test are proctored, computer based exams. They are only available during scheduled times, and only on the computers in a room in Nielsen Physics. Students with a scheduling conflict must contact the instructor. An alternate exam time can be arranged..

Test 1	February 12/13	formulas	Study Guide
Test 2	March 26/27	formulas	Study Guide
Test 3	May 1/2	formulas	Study Guide

Grades

You can examine the entries made for you in the instructor's grade book on Canvas.
Percentage grades translate to letter grades as shown in the table below. Please notify the instructor if you think a grade has not been recorded correctly.

90% and above	A
87% - 89%	A-
83% - 86%	B+
80% - 82%	B
77% - 79%	B-
73% - 76%	C+
70% - 72%	C
67% - 69%	C-
63% - 66%	D+
60% - 62%	D
57% - 59%	D-
below 57%	F