Physics 121 Course Schedule S2, 2018

Key Electricity (E) Assessment % Pre-readings 5 % Homework 10 %

Magnetism (M) Practicals 12 % (inc. Programming in Physics and Labs)
Optics (O) In-class Activities 13 %
Relativity (R) Quizzes 5 % Tests 15 %
Quantum (Q) Final Exam 40 %

Staff M / W 9.00 - 11.00, F 13.00 - 15.00

Scott Parkins | s.parkins@auckland.ac.nz | 303-631. Office hours: 13.00 - 15.00 on Thursdays.
Nathan Musoke, Nikolett Nemet, Taiyo Serge, Negar Zoka.

M / W 11.00 - 13.00, F 15.00 - 17.00

Neil Broderick | n.broderick@auckland.ac.nz | 303-501. Office hours: 10.00 - 12.00 on Thursdays.
Alex Nielsen, Alex Smith, Negar Zoka.

Course Coordinator
Anna Yang | a.yang@auckland.ac.nz | 303-617. Office hours: 14.00 - 15.00 on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

Text Knight, R. (2017). Physics for Scientists and Engineers: A Strategic Approach with Modern Physics (4th
edition). Pearson. [Global edition].

Hard copies of the textbook are available for lending at the university library and for purchase at “ubiq”,
the bookshop on campus. It is also available as an electronic textbook (eText) for purchase online.

Stage 1 Physics Drop-in Tutoring

From 11 am to 3 pm every weekday starting Week 1 at the Faculty Assistance Room (302-170). The
friendly physics tutors will be wearing green sashes and located near the window facing Wellesley St.
To clarify, there is no drop-in tutoring scheduled on public holidays, during mid-semester break, and on
the last day of semester.

Time (24h) M Tu W Th F
11 – 12 Kevin Si. Andrew Sean Andrew Liam#
12 – 13 Kevin Si. Sean Caleb Andrew Liam#
13 – 14 Ross Ross Connor Kevin St.* Xavier#
14 – 15 Ross Lillian Connor Kevin St.* Lerh Feng*
*Physics 107 students are recommended to visit this tutor.
#Physics 140 students are recommended to visit this tutor.
Physics 121 Course Schedule S2, 2018
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
Week Readings
Rāhina Rātū Rāapa Rāpare Rāmere
1 16 July 17 18 19 20

PiP 1 Ch 22 "Electric Charges and

E1 E2 E3 Forces"
2 23 24 25 26 27

Quiz 1 PiP 2
E4 E5 E6 Ch 23 "The Electric Field"
3 30 31 1 August 2 3

Ch 24 "Gauss's Law", Ch 25
E7 E8 E9 "The Electric Potential"
4 6 7 8 9 10

Ch 26 "Potential and Field",

Quiz 2 Ch 27 "Current and
E10 E11 E12 Resistance"
5 13 14 15 16 17

Ch 28 "Fundamentals of
RC Circuits Circuits", Ch 29 "The
E13 Review Test 1, 18.30 - 19.30 M1 Magnetic Field"
6 20 21 22 23 24

Ch 29 "The Magnetic Field",

Quiz 3 PiP 3 Ch 30 "Electromagnetic
M2 M3 M4 Induction"
27 28 29 30 31

3 September 4 5 6 7

7 10 11 12 13 14
Ch 30 "Electromagnetic
Induction", Ch 31
Double-Slit 1/2 "Electromagnetic Fields and
M5 M6 O1 Waves"
8 17 18 19 20 21

Double-Slit 2/2 Quiz 4 Ch 33 "Wave Optics", Ch 34

O2 O3 O4 "Ray Optics"
9 24 25 26 27 28

Ch 35 "Optical Instuments",
O5 R1 R2 Ch 36 "Relativity"
10 1 October 2 3 4 5

Quiz 5 PiP 4
R3 Review Test 2, 18.30 - 19.30 R4 Ch 36 "Relativity"
11 8 9 10 11 12

Ch 38 "Quantisation", Ch 39
"Wave Functions and
Q1 Q2 Q3 Uncertainty"
12 15 16 17 18 19

Ch 40 "1-D Quantum
Quiz 6 Mechanics", Ch 41 "Atomic
Q4 Q5 Q6 Physics"