Physics 102H: General Physics II (Honors)

Spring 2024 Course schedule (updated 1/10/2024)

Week	Material covered	Homework assignment	Additional materials
Jan 24-Jan26	Intro info (1/24) Termal expansion, universal gas law (1/25) Kinetic Theory of Gases (1/26)		Documentary on history of temperature
Jan 29- Feb 2	Thermal velocity distribution (1/29) Thermodynamic diagrams (1/29) Internal energy, heat capacity, latent heat (1/31) The first law of thermodynamics (2/1) Heat engines (2/2)	Homework #1 Due 2/2 Solutions	Named thermodynamical cycles
Feb 5-9	Equiparticion of energy (2/5) Heat pumps and refrigerators (2/7) Entropy: macroscopic definition (2/8) Entropy: microscopic definition (2/9) Solutions of entropy problems from class	Homework #2 Due 2/9 Solutions	Good video on heat pumps For fun: entropic time song
Feb 12-16	Heat transfer (2/12) Excel file Thermodynamic review (2/15) Midterm test #1 (2/16) Solutions
Feb 19-23	Electric Charges and Fields Electric forces and fields (2/14,2/19) E-field of multiple charges, dipoles and electric potential (2/21) Continuous charge distribution (2/22) Continuous charge distribution - cont (2/23)	Homework #3 Due 2/23 Solutions	Good video on electric field lines
Feb 26-March 1	Gauss's law (2/26 and 2/28) Electric potential(2/29) Capacitors(3/1)	Homework #4 Due 3/1 Solutions
March 4-8	Electric circuits Capacitors cont.(3/4) Ohms law (3/6) Circuits (3/7) Kirchhoff's rules (3/8)	Homework #5 Due 3/8 Solutions
March 11-15	Spring break
March 18-22	RC circuits (3/18) Magnetic field intro (3/20) Midterm test #2 (3/22) Solutions
March 25-29	Magnetic forces and Fields Magnetic force on moving charges (3/25) Magnetic field and electric currents (3/27) Common sources of magnetic field (3/28) Electromagnetic induction (3/29)	Homework #6 Due 3/29 Solutions
Apr 1-5	Electromagnetic induction Motional emf and eddie currents (4/1) Self-inductance, RL chain (4/3) RL and RC chains (4/4)	Homework #7 Due 4/5 Solutions	Video: world strongest magnet Video: biking with eddie currents?
Apr 8-12	AC circuits (4/8): video and pdf Maxwell equations and electromagnetic radiation (4/10) Midterm test #3 (4/12) Solutions		Maxwell eqns visualization and historical overview
Apr 15-19	Geometrical optics We are in Volume 3 of the textbook! Reflection and refraction Image formation with mirrors Image formation with lenses Examples of image formation System of lenses	Homework #8 Due 4/19 Solutions Complex numbers (part 1 only)	Nice visualization of the image reconstruction Optional: derivation of reflection and transmission coefficients (Fresnel equations)
Apr 22-26	Wave optics Two-slit interference Thin film interference More interference examples	Homework #9 Due 4/26 Solutions
Apr 29-May 3	Wave and quantum optics Polarization Vision and colors	Only expertTA assignment Due 5/3
May 9	Final Exam (9am-12pm) Last year's final