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General Physics 204 Syllabus -Spring 2024
Week Lecture Chapter: Sections Topic Practice Problems:
FOC = Focus On Concepts
P = Problems

Week 1

Jan. 16

18: 1-5

Coulomb's Law and

Electric Field

FOC: 1, 4, 8, 9, 12, 17, 18

P: 10, 14, 16, 20, 27, 31, 34, 43, 46, 53, 54, 66, 72

Jan. 19

18: 6-9

 

Week 2

Jan. 23

19: 1-3

Electric Potential, Potential Energy and Capacitors

FOC: 2, 4, ,6 ,9 ,11, 17

P:  8, 10, 14, 16, 19, 20, 23, 24, 25, 29, 34, 41, 46, 54, 62

Jan. 26

19: 4-5

 

Week 3

Mar. 30

20: 1-6

Electric Circuits

FOC: 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 10, 12, 13, 18, 20

P:  1, 4, 7, 18, 23, 30, 35, 46, 56, 64, 70, 84, 85, 99, 104, 114, 116

Feb. 2

20: 7-13

 

Week 4

Feb. 6

21: 1-3

Magnetic Forces and Magnetic Fields

FOC: 2, 3, 6, 8, 13, 16

P:  2, 10, 15, 18, 22, 24, 27, 34, 45, 46, 50, 63, 64, 80

Feb. 9

21: 4-8

 

Week 5

Feb. 13

22: 1-5

Electromagnetic Induction

 

FOC: 2, 7, 8, 9, 10, 18

P: 5, 14, 16, 23, 25, 28, 34, 37, 45, 46, 67, 73, 77, 78

Feb. 16

22: 6-9

 

Week 6

Feb. 20

24: 1-3

Electromagnetic Waves

 

FOC: 1, 2, 3, 6, 10

P:  16, 18, 24, 40, 42, 45, 46, 48, 58, 59

Feb. 23

24: 4-6

Exam 1: Sunday, February 25th 6:10 PM-7:30 PM (Chapter 18, 19, 20, 21, and 22)

Week 7

Feb. 27

25: 1-4

The Reflection of Light: Mirrors

 

FOC: 2, 4, 8, 12, 13, 14, 15

P: 8, 11, 16, 17, 18, 29, 32, 33, 34, 41, 42, 44

Mar. 1

25: 5-8

 

Week 8

Mar. 5

26: 1-8

The refraction of light: Lenses

FOC: 1, 6, 7, 9, 11, 12, 15, 17

P:  8, 13, 16, 20, 22, 28, 33, 43, 46, 60, 62, 63, 68, 72, 80

Mar. 8

26: 9-14

Spring Break

Week 9

Mar. 19

27: 1-5

Interference and the Wave Nature of Light

FOC: 1, 2, 6, 12, 13, 18

P:  3, 5, 8, 10, 14, 16, 17, 19, 24, 30, 32, 39, 48, 49, 64

Mar. 22

27: 6-7

 

Week 10

Mar. 26

28: 1-4

Special Relativity

FOC: 2, 4, 6, 7, 11, 13, 15, 17, 18

P:  4, 6, 9, 10, 13, 15, 20, 27, 30, 32, 38, 47, 49
Mar. 29 28: 5-7
 

Week 11

Apr. 2

29: 1-4

Particles and Waves

 

FOC: 2, 5, 13, 16

P:  6, 7, 8, 11, 18, 28, 30, 33, 38, 41, 44, 46, 47, 48

Apr. 5 29: 5-6
 Exam 2: Sunday April 7th, 6:10 PM-7:30 PM (Chapter 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)

Week 12

Apr. 9

30: 1-3

The Nature of the Atom

 

FOC: 1, 3, 14, 16

P:  7, 8, 12, 13, 16, 18, 22, 40, 41, 52, 55, 58

Apr. 12

30: 4-7

 

Week 13

Apr. 16

31: 1-3

Nuclear Physics and Radioactivity

 

FOC: 1, 2, 6, 7, 9, 13, 18

P: 1, 3, 8, 13, 15, 16, 20, 23, 25, 27, 28, 39, 41, 46, 50, 60

Apr. 19

31: 4-5

 

Week 14

Apr. 23

32:1-3

Nuclear Energy

 

FOC: 4, 6, 9

P: 12, 14, 17, 19, 20, 24, 25, 26, 31, 32, 35, 53

 

Apr. 26

32:4-6

Final Exam: Tuesday May 7th, 4:00pm-6:50pm (Chapter: 18-22, 24-32)