Physics 261 Fall, 2025 Syllabus
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Date   Item # Topic Reading
20-Aug   Lab   No Lab This Week!  
21-Aug   Lecture 1 Intro, course requirements. Charge, voltage, current Review your PHSX 242 text on these topics.
22-Aug   Homework 1 Solutions HW 1
26-Aug   Lecture 2 Resistance, Ohm's Law, Power Ch. 2
27-Aug   Lab 1 The Art of Electrical Measurements resistor codes + Ch.15
28-Aug   Lecture 3 Circuit diagrams, Kirchoff's laws  
29-Aug   Homework 2 Solutions HW 2
2-Sep   Lecture 4 Series & parallel Ch. 3
3-Sep   Lab 2 Ohm's and Kirchoff's Laws Ch. 3
4-Sep   Lecture 5 Voltage division, current division Ch. 4
5-Sep   Homework 3 Solutions HW 3
9-Sep   Lecture 6 Node voltage analysis  
10-Sep   Lab 3 Voltage and Current Division Ch. 18
11-Sep   Lecture 7 Thevenin & Norton equivalents Ch. 6
12-Sep   Homework 4 Solutions HW 4
16-Sep   Lecture 8 The Wheatstone Bridge  
17-Sep   Lab 4 Thevenin & Norton equivalents  
18-Sep   Lecture 9 Review  
19-Sep   Homework 5 Solutions HW 5
23-Sep   Lecture 10 Exam 1  
24-Sep   Lab 5    
25-Sep   Lecture 11    
26-Sep   Homework 6 Solutions HW 6
30-Sep   Lecture 12    
1-Oct   Lab 6    
2-Oct   Lecture 13    
3-Oct   Homework 7 Solutions HW 7
7-Oct   Lecture 14    
8-Oct   Lab 7    
9-Oct   Lecture 15    
10-Oct   Homework 8 Solutions HW 8
14-Oct   Lecture 16    
15-Oct   Lab 8    
16-Oct   Lecture 17    
17-Oct   Homework 9 Solutions HW 9
21-Oct   Lecture 18    
22-Oct   Lab 9    
23-Oct   Lecture 19    
24-Oct   Homework 10 Solutions HW 10
28-Oct   Lecture 20    
29-Oct   Lab 10    
30-Oct   Lecture 21    
31-Oct   Homework 11 Solutions HW 11
4-Nov   Lecture 22    
5-Nov   Lab 11    
6-Nov   Lecture 23    
7-Nov   Homework 12 Solutions HW 12
11-Nov   Lecture 24    
12-Nov   Lab 12    
13-Nov   Lecture 25    
14-Nov   Homework 13 Solutions HW 13
18-Nov   Lecture 26    
19-Nov   Lab 13    
20-Nov   Lecture 27    
21-Nov   Homework 14 Solutions HW 14
Nov 24-28 MSU Fall Break      
2-Dec   Lecture 15    
3-Dec   Lab 14    
4-Dec   Lecture 16    
5-Dec   Homework 15 Solutions HW 15
13-Dec   10:00-12:00 Roberts 121   Final Exam (cumulative)  
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