PHYS 150 :: Physics Illinois :: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

 

Schedule

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Week Date Lectures/Exams Textbook Quizzes Homework
1 Tues
Aug 29

Lecture 1: Energy & Power

Ch. 1 No Quiz

HW #1 (Due 9/5 @ 8am)

HW #1 Guide

Checkpoint #1 Solutions

Thurs
Aug 31

Lecture 2: Energy & Power

2 Tues
Sep 5

Lecture 3: Atoms & Heat

Ch. 2 Quiz #1

HW #2 (Due 9/12 @ 8am)

HW #2 Guide

Checkpoint #2 Solutions

Thurs
Sep 7

Lecture 4: Atoms & Heat

3 Tues
Sep 12

Lecture 5: Gravity, Force and Space

Ch. 3 Quiz #2

HW #3 (Due 9/19 @ 8am)

Checkpoint #3 Solutions

Thurs
Sep 14

Lecture 6: Gravity, Force and Space

4 Tues
Sep 19

Lecture 7: Nuclei and Radioactivity

Ch. 4 Quiz #3

HW #4 (Due 9/26 @ 8am)

HW #4 Guide

Checkpoint #4 Solutions

Thurs
Sep 21

Lecture 8: Nuclei and Radioactivity

5 Tues
Sep 26

Lecture 9: Nuclear Reactors & Weapons

Ch. 5 Quiz #4

HW #5 (Due 10/3 @ 8am)

HW #5 Guide

Checkpoint #5 Solutions

Thurs
Sep 28

Lecture 10: Nuclear Reactors & Weapons

6 Tues
Oct 3

Lecture 11: Nuclear Reactors & Weapons

No Quiz

No Homework

Practice Exam  (Solutions)

Equation Sheet

Thurs
Oct 5

EXAM 1 (Solutions)

 
7 Tues
Oct 10

Lecture 12: Electricity and Magnetism

Ch. 6 Quiz #5

HW #6 (Due 10/17 @ 8am)

HW #6 Guide

Checkpoint #6 Solutions

Thurs
Oct 12

Lecture 13: Electricity and Magnetism

8 Tues
Oct 17

Lecture 14: Waves

Ch. 7 Quiz #6

HW #7 (Due 10/24 @ 8am)

HW #7 Guide

Checkpoint #7 Solutions

Thurs
Oct 19

Lecture 15: Waves

9 Tues
Oct 24

Lecture 16: Light

Ch. 8 Quiz #7

HW #8 (Due 10/31 @ 8am)

HW #8 Guide

Checkpoint #8 Solutions

Thurs
Oct 26

Lecture 17: Light

10 Tues
Oct 31

Lecture 18: Invisible Light

Ch. 9 Quiz #8

HW #9 (Due 11/7 @ 8am)

HW #9 Guide

Checkpoint #9 Solutions

Thurs
Nov 2

Lecture 19: Invisible Light

11 Tues
Nov 7

Lecture 20: Climate Change

Ch. 10 Quiz #9

HW #10 (Due 11/14 @ 8am)

 

Checkpoint #10 Solutions

Thurs
Nov 9

Lecture 21: Climate Change

12 Tues
Nov 14

Lecture 22: Alternative Energy

McKay
Ch. 6 +
synopsis
No Quiz

Practice Exam  (Solutions)

Equation Sheet

Thurs
Nov 16

EXAM 2 (Solutions)

   

Thanksgiving Break

     
13 Tues
Nov 28

Lecture 23: Quantum Physics

Ch. 11 Quiz #10

HW #11 (Due 12/5 @ 8am)

Checkpoint #11 Solutions

Thurs
Nov 30

Lecture 24: Quantum Physics

14 Tues
Dec 5

Lecture 25: Alternative Energy

Quiz #11

HW #12 (Due 12/12 @ 8am)

HW #12 Guide

Checkpoint #12 Solutions

Thurs
Dec 7

Lecture 26: Quantum Physics and Relativity

Ch. 12
15 Tues
Dec 12

Lecture 27: The Universe

Ch. 13 No Quiz No Homework
Wed
Dec 13

Review Session: 3 pm, 222 Loomis

Thurs
Dec 14

Reading Day

Fri
Dec 15

FINAL EXAM: 1:30-4:30 pm, 151 Loomis