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Overview:
This course is the third part of the Introductory Physics program aimed at Physics Majors at UMBC, and the stepping-stone to almost all the upper-level Physics courses. In the first half of the course the simple harmonic oscillator is introduced. The mathematical formulism of free, damped and forced oscillators are discussed in a number of (mainly mechanical) settings, along with coupled oscillators, the normal modes of such a system and superposition. Transverse and longitudinal waves are then introduced, initially for mechanical systems (including sound) but then for electromagnetic waves. The final third of the course involves geometrical and physical optics, diffraction, interference and polarization.
[See Full Syllabus.]
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Important Dates: 2009
Note: The dates of Quizzes will not be
posted here, but they will be posted in advance on the
lecture summary
page.
| Jan 26 |
First Class |
| Mar 11 |
MidTerm-1 |
Apr 15
(TBC)
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MidTerm-2 |
| May 11 |
Last Class |
| May 18 |
Final Exams
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