SPRING 2004
CLASS #: 18954
Tuesdays, 18:00-20:50
Room SC1107
Textbook: PHYSICS 100BL LABORATORY MANUAL by Department of Physics and Astronomy California State University,
Northridge
T. Chen
E-mail: taonian.chen@csun.edu
Office: SC1120C
Office Hours:
Mondays: 8:50-9:50
Tuesdays: 9:15-10:15
Objective: This course covers the first half of the 100 series laboratory practices. It fulfills the laboratory requirement of General Education Section B.1 in the physical science by covering electricity, magnetism, and optics.
Prerequisite: PHYSICS 100B/concurrently-taking 100B preferred.
Course Schedule
Date |
Experiments |
Date |
Experiments |
2/3 |
Introduction/Organization |
3/30 |
O-1 Snell’s law and Applications |
2/10 |
Data Analysis |
4/6 |
Spring Recess |
2/17 |
E-1 Digital Multimeter (no report) |
4/13 |
O-2 Refraction and Thin Lenses |
2/24 |
E-2 simple DC Circuit |
4/20 |
O-3 One Lens and Two Lens Systems |
3/2 |
E-3 Wheatstone Bridge |
4/27 |
O-4 Double Slit: Single Slit Diffraction |
3/9 |
E-4 Slidewire Pontentiometer |
5/4 |
O-5 Polarization of Light |
3/16 |
E-5 RC Circuit Discharge |
5/11 |
O-6 Emission Bright Line Spectra |
3/23 |
E-6 Simple AC Circuit |
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Each report is worth 10 points
2. There will be a quiz for each experiment. Each quiz is worth 10 points.
Absence and non-participation will affect the final grade. The students with full attendance will get 10 points. The students with absence more than twice will automatically fail the course.