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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