PHYS 132 - Course Description Details

 

CH: Chapter, Sect: Section

 

Week

Dates

Topics covered

 

1

17 – 21 February

CH 21:  Electric Charge

Laboratory 0: Measuring Instruments (Sect 1,3,5,7,9,11)

 

2

24 – 28 February

CH 22:  Electric Field

Laboratory 0: Measuring Instruments (Sect 2,4,6,8,10,12)

 

3

3 – 7

March

CH 23: Gauss Law

QUIZ 1

(CH 21-22)

Laboratory 1: Ohm’s law (Sect 1,3,5,7,9,11)

 

4

10 – 14 March

CH 24: Electric Potential

QUIZ 2(CH 23)

Laboratory 1: Ohm’s law (Sect 2,4,6,8,10,12)

 

5

17 – 21 March

CH 25: Capacitance

NO QUIZ

(Quiz 3 

CH 24 Next week)

Laboratory 2: Equipotential and Electric Field Lines (Sect 1,3,5,7,9,11)

 

6

24 – 28 March

CH 26: Current and Resistance

QUIZ 3(CH 24)

Laboratory 2: Equipotential and Electric Field Lines (Sect 2,4,6,8,10,12)

 

7

2 – 4 

April

HOLIDAY

 

8

7 – 11

April

CH 27: Circuits

QUIZ 4(CH 25)

Laboratory 3: Parallel and Series Combination of Resistors (Sect 1,3,5,7,9,11)

 

9

14 - 18

April

CH 28: Magnetic Fields

QUIZ 5(CH 26)

Laboratory 3: Parallel and Series Combination of Resistors (Sect 2,4,6,8,10,12)

 

10

21 – 25 April

 

CH 29 :Magnetic Fields due to Currents

QUIZ 6(CH 27)

 

Midterm Exam (CH 21-27)

April 25, 2025 Friday 13:30

Laboratory 4: Construction and analysis of various circuits

(Sect 1,3,9,11)

 
 

11

28 April

2 May

CH 29 :Magnetic Fields due to Currents

 

QUIZ 7(CH 28)

Laboratory 4: Construction and analysis of various circuits

(Sect 2,4,6,8,12)

 

12

5 – 9

May

CH 30: Induction and Inductance

 

QUIZ 8(CH 29)

Laboratory 5: RC Circuits (Sect 1,3,5,7,9,11)

 

13

12 – 16 May

CH 30: Induction and Inductance

CH 31: Electromagnetic Oscillations and Alternating Current

QUIZ 9(CH 30)

 

Make-up Exam(Midterm)

May 16, 2025 Friday 13:30

Laboratory 5: RC Circuits (Sect 2,4,6,8,10,12)

 

14

20 – 23 May

CH 31: Electromagnetic Oscillations and Alternating Current

CH 32: Maxwell’s Equations

CH 33: Electromagnetic Waves

 

QUIZ 10(CH 31)

MAKE UP

Laboratory 4 for Sect 5-7 on May 21 Wednesday

Laboratory 4 for Sect 10 on May 22 Thursday

All sections on May 20 Tuesday and May 23 Friday

 

 

26 May

  –

15 June

Final Examination :  May 28, 2025 Wednesday 10:00

 

 

 

Make-up Examination(Final):  June 16, 2025 Monday 15:00

 

 

 

Resit Examination: To be announced

(For Students Who Have Enrolled In 2015 and Before, and Have a Term-Based Curriculum)