PHYS 132 - Course Description Details

 

     CH: Chapter, Sect: Sections

 

Week

Dates

Topics covered

 

1

28 September

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2 October

CH 21:  Electric Charge

Laboratory 0: Measuring Instruments (Sect 1,3)

 

2

5 – 9

October

CH 22:  Electric Field

Laboratory 0: Measuring Instruments (Sect 2,4)

 

3

12 – 16 October

CH 23: Gauss Law

QUIZ 1

(CH 21-22)

Laboratory 1: Ohm’s law (Sect 1,3)

 

4

19 – 23 October

CH 24: Electric Potential

QUIZ 2(CH 23)

Laboratory 1: Ohm’s law (Sect 2,4)

 

5

26 – 30 October

CH 25: Capacitance

No laboratory due to holiday

 

6

2 – 6 November

CH 26: Current and Resistance

QUIZ 3(CH 24)

Laboratory 2: Equipotential and Electric Field Lines (Sect 1,3)

 

7

9 – 13 November

CH 27: Circuits

QUIZ 4(CH 25)

Laboratory 2: Equipotential and Electric Field Lines (Sect 2,4)

 

8

16 – 20 November

 

CH 28: Magnetic Fields

 

QUIZ 5

(CH 26-27)

Laboratory 3: Parallel and Series Combination of Resistors (Sect 1,3)

 

9

23 - 27 November

CH 29 :Magnetic Fields due to Currents 

 

Midterm Exam (CH 21-27)

November 27, 2026 Friday 13:45

Laboratory 3: Parallel and Series Combination of Resistors (Sect 2,4)

 

10

30 November

–

4 December

 

CH 29 :Magnetic Fields due to Currents

CH 30: Induction and Inductance

QUIZ 6(CH 28)

Laboratory 4: Construction and analysis of various circuits

(Sect 1,3)

 
 

11

7 – 11 December

CH 30: Induction and Inductance

 

QUIZ 7(CH 29)

Laboratory 4: Construction and analysis of various circuits

(Sect 2,4)

 

12

14 – 18 December

CH 31: Electromagnetic Oscillations and Alternating Current

QUIZ 8(CH 30)

Make-up Exam(Midterm)

December 18, 2026 Friday 13:45

Laboratory 5: RC Circuits (Sect 1,3)

 

13

21 – 25 December

CH 31: Electromagnetic Oscillations and Alternating Current

QUIZ 9(CH 31)

Laboratory 5: RC Circuits (Sect 2,4)

 

14

28 - 31 December

CH 32: Maxwell’s Equations

CH 33: Electromagnetic Waves

QUIZ 10

(CH 32-33)

 

MAKE UP  (all sections)

 

 

4 - 17 January

Final Examination :  January 8, 2027 Friday 10:00

 

 

 

Make-up Examination(Final):  January 18, 2027 Monday 15:00