| Week | Dates | Chapters | Topics |
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| 1 | Aug 22-24 | 22 | Introduction |
| 2 | Aug 27-31 | 22 | Electric Fields |
| 3 | Sep 4-7 | 23 | Gauss' Law |
| 4 | Sep 10-14 | 24 | Electric Potential |
| Sep 19 | Wed | Exam I, 5:00 - 6:15 pm | |
| 5 | Sep 17-21 | 25 | Capacitors & Dielectrics |
| 6 | Sep 24-28 | 26 | Currents & Resistance |
| 7 | Oct 1-5 | 26,27 | DC Circuits & Conduction |
| 8 | Oct 8-12 | 28 | Magnetic Fields |
| 9 | Oct 15-17 | 28 | More Magnetic Fields |
| Oct 17 | Wed | Exam II, 5:00 - 6:15 pm | |
| Oct 19 | Fall Recess | ||
| 10 | Oct 22-26 | 29 | Currents and B fields |
| 11 | Oct 29-Nov 2 | 30 | Inductance |
| 12 | Nov 5-9 | 31 | AC Circuits |
| Nov 14 | Wed | Exam III, 5:00 - 6:15 pm | |
| 13 | Nov 12-16 | 32 | Maxwell's Equations |
| Nov 19-21 | 15 | Mechanical waves "review" | |
| Nov 22-25 | Thanksgiving Recess | ||
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Attendance is required at all lectures and discussion sections. The related lab class (Phy 209) starts Sep 10. You may contact Dr. Curtright by email: curtright@physics.miami.edu; by phone: 305-284-2324 ext 4 (or 8-7138 if you are on campus); or by visiting his office: 325 J. L. Knight Physics Bldg.
Grading Policy: Course grades are computed on a total of 500 points. That total is based on six 100-point-grades as follows: three progress exams (100 points each), homework-quiz total (100 points), and the final (100+100=200 points). The lowest of these six grades is dropped automatically. Attendance will be taken occasionally and may affect your final grade. An unexcused absence from a test or quiz earns a grade of zero. When a student has a valid excuse for missing a test, the missing test grade is replaced with the average of that student's other grades. The Honor Code will be enforced and violations will not be tolerated.