Physics 102H: General Physics II (Honors)

Spring 2025 Course schedule (updated 1/03/2025)

Week	Material covered	Homework assignment	Additional materials
Jan 22-24	Temperature and Kinetic Theory of Gases Intro info (1/23) Termal expansion (1/23) Universal gas law and Maxwell velocity distribution (1/24)
Jan 27- 31	Thermal energy and work Internal energy, heat capacity, latent heat (1/27) The first law of thermodynamics (1/29) Problem solutions (1/30) Heat Engines (1/31)	Homework #1 Due 1/31 Solutions	Documentary on history of temperature Named thermodynamical cycles
Feb 3-7	Laws of Thermodynamics Equipartition of energy (02/03) Heat pumps and refrigirators (02/05) Entropy: thermodynamic definition (02/06) Entropy: statistical definition (02/07)	Homework #2 Due 2/7 Solutions	Good video on heat pumps For fun: entropic time song
Feb 10-14	Heat transfer (02/10) Thermo review (02/13) Midterm test #1 (2/14) Solutions
Feb 17-21	Electric Charges and Fields Electric forces and fields (2/12&17)	Homework #3 Due 2/21 Solutions	Good video on electric field lines
Feb 24-28	Electric field calculations Continuous charge distribution (2/24) Gauss's law (2/26) More E-field and potential calculations (2/27) Capacitors(2/28)	Homework #4 Due 2/28 Solutions
March 3-7	Electric current and Resistance Ohm's law(3/03) Equivalent resistance and capacitance(3/05) Kirchhoff's rules(3/06) Multimeters; conductivity(3/07)	Homework #5 Due 3/7 Solutions
March 10-14	Spring break
March 17-21	DC circuits Circuits with capacitors (3/17) Electricity review (3/20) Midterm test #2 (3/21) Solutions
March 24-28	Magnetic forces and Fields Lorentz force (3/24) Magnetic force on currents (3/26) Ampere's law (3/27) Faraday's law of induction (3/28)	Homework #6 Due 3/28	Proton therapy equipment
March 31-Apr 4	Electromagnetic induction Motional emf and eddie currents (3/31) Mutual and Self-inductance (4/2) RL and RC (4/3) LC oscillations (4/3)	Homework #7 Due 4/4 Solutions	Video: world strongest magnet Video: biking with eddie currents?
Apr 7-11	Electromagnetic oscillations and waves AC circuites (4/7) Maxwell equations and electromagnetic radiation (4/9) Magnetism review (4/10) Midterm test #3 (4/11) Solutions		Maxwell eqns visualization and historical overview
Apr 14-18	Geometrical optics Waves We are in Volume 3 of the textbook! Reflection and refraction (4/14) Image formation with mirrors (4/16) Image formation with lenses (4/17)	Homework #8 Due 4/18 Complex numbers (part 1 only) Solutions
Apr 21-25	Wave optics Two-slit interference (04/23) Thin film interference: air gap (04/25) Thin film interference (04/25)	Homework #9 Due 4/25
Apr 28-May 2	Wave optics	Homework #10 Due 5/2
May 7	Final Exam (9am-12pm)