Physics 242E, Spring, 1998          

                                  General Physics III

Section    Instructor                Office   Lecture             Final Exam
2 (71819)  Norum (ben@Virginia.edu)    136    8:00-9:15       Sat., May 2, 9 am
4 (70580)  Norum (ben@Virginia.edu)    136    9:30-10:45      Fri., May 1, 2 pm

Lecture         Date             Subject               Chapter
-------      -------      --------------------         -------
  1          Jan. 15      Light                           36
  2               20        "
  3               22      Geometrical Optics              37
  4               27           "        "
  5               29      Interference                    38
  6          Feb.  3           "
  7                5      Diffraction                     39
  8               10           "
  9               12      Relativistic Kinematics         40
 10               17            "          "
 11               19      Relativistic Dynamics           40
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NOTE CHANGE:

 12               24      Relativistic Dynamics           40
 13               26      MIDTERM TEST # 1 covering through lecture 8

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 14          Mar.  3      Quantum Physics                 41
 15                5         "       "

                          SPRING BREAK, Mar. 7-15

 16               17      Quantization                    42
 17               19           "
 18               24      Quantum Statistics              Handouts
 19               26      Quantum Systems                 43
 20               31      MIDTERM TEST # 2 covering through lecture 17
 21          Apr.  2      Quantum Systems                 43
 22                7      Quantum Engineering             44
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REVISED AS OF APRIL 8

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 23                9      Quantum Systems                 43
 24               14         "       "                    43
 25               16      Quantum Engineering             44
 26               21      Nuclear Physics                 45
 27               23      Particle Physics                46
 28               28      Cosmology

Text: Physics for Scientists and Engineers, Vol II (2nd Ed.) by Fishbane,
      Gasiorowicz, and Thornton

Grade Weighting:
Midterm Exams             30%
Problems Session          30%
Final Exam                30%
In Class Quizzes          10%