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WEEK #	LEC #	TOPICS


1	1	Introduction, Simple Harmonic Oscillators


2	2	More Simple and Damped Harmonic Oscillators


	3	Harmonically Driven Oscillators and Resonance


3	4	Transient Behavior and Beats


	5	Coupled Oscillators


4	E1	Exam #1


	6	Driven Coupled Oscillators


5	7	Wave Equation, Boundary Conditions, Pulses


	8	Simple Waves


6	9	Harmonic Components of Arbitrary Waves: Fourier Series


	10	Fourier Examples


7	11	Dispersion


	E2	Exam #2


9	12	Maxwell’s Equations, EM Plane Waves


	13	Polarization, Energy and Poynting Vector


10	14	Polarization, Radiation from Accelerated Charge, Scattering


	15	Boundary Conditions at Perfect Conductors, Reflections, Transmission Lines


11	16	Waveguides, Resonant Cavities


	17	Index of Refraction, Boundary Conditions for Dielectrics


12	E3	Exam #3


13	18	Interference


	19	Thin Films, Multiple Beam Interference, Phased Array Antennas


14	20	Introduction to Diffraction


	21	Diffraction, Diffraction Gratings


15	22	Gravitational Waves


	23	Doppler Effect


16	E4	Exam #4

Note: No classes during Week 8 due to Spring Break.