Syllabus
ABCD Voting Card
Equation Sheet

How does influence travel from one thing to another? In Newton’s mechanics of particles and forces, influences travel instantaneously across arbitrarily far distances. Newton himself felt this to be incorrect, but he did not suggest a solution to this problem of “action at a distance.” To solve this problem, we need a richer ontology: The world is made not only of particles, but also of fields. As examples of the field concept, we study the theory and applications of the electric field and the magnetic field. Students will learn how fields are generated, how fields interact with matter and with each other, and how these interactions inform our understanding the world.

We will meet as a class every Monday and Thursday from 10:00am to 11:50am. We will meet for lab every Wednesday morning from 9am to 12:10pm.

The schedule for the course is below. Note that links to problem sets, materials, and projects will become active as the term goes on.

Week of	Topic	Reading	Problem Sets	Labs
Feb 19	Overview/Vibrations and Waves	Ch. 13	Problem Set 1	Class meets during lab time
Feb 26	Sound	Ch. 14	Problem Set 2	SHOs
March 4	Sound (cont.)	Ch. 14	Problem Set 3	Sound
March 11	Electric Fields	Ch. 15.1 – 15.4		Basics of Charge
March 18	Electric Fields (cont.)	Ch. 15.5 – 15.7	Problem Set 4
March 25	Electrical Energy Equipotential Simulator	Ch. 16	Problem Set 5	Electric Fields and Potential
April 1	Midterm Review (Wednesday) and Exam (Thursday)
April 8	Current (No Monday Class)	Ch. 17	Problem Set 6	No Lab
April 15	Current + Circuits	Ch. 17 – 18	Problem Set 7	Circuits, Part I
April 22	Circuits (cont.) + Magnetism	Ch. 18		Circuits, Part II
April 29	Magnetism	Ch. 19	Problem Set 8	No Lab
May 6	Induction	Ch. 20		Motors
May 13	Induction (cont.)	Ch. 20	Problem Set 9	Lab Project
May 20	TBA			Lab Project
May 27	Review: Monday, May 27 Final Exam: Wednesday, May 29

Voting Card Questions (with answers): Chapters 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20