Week Dates Topics Chapter Homework
1 Mon 1/11 - Fri 1/15 Newtonian Mechanics 2 Set 1 Due Wed 1/20
  Monday, Jan 18 No class (Martin Luther King Day)    
2 Wed 1/20 - Fri 1/22 Matrices and Vector Calculus 1 Set 2, Due Wed 1/27
3 Mon 1/25 - Fri 1/29 Dynamics of a System of Particles 9 Set 3, Due Wed 2/3
4 Mon 2/1 - Fri 2/5 Collisions and Scattering 9 Set 4, Due Wed 2/17
5 Mon 2/8 - Fri 2/12 Review, Solid Angles 1, 2 and 9 Practice Midterm 1
  Wednesday, Feb 10 First Midterm Exam Covers Weeks 1-4  
6 Mon 2/15 - Fri 2/19 Oscillations 3 Set 5, Due Wed 2/24
7 Mon 2/22 - Fri 2/26 Resonance 3 Set 6, Due Wed 3/3
8 Mon 3/1 - Fri 3/5 Non-Linear Oscillations 4 Set 7, Due Wed 3/24
  Mon 3/8 - Fri 3/12 No classes (Spring Break)    
9 Mon 3/15 - Fri 3/19 Review 3 and 4 Practice Midterm 2
  Friday, Mar 19 Second Midterm Exam Covers Weeks 5-8  
10 Mon 3/22 - Fri 3/25 Gravitation 5 Set 8, Due Wed 3/31
11 Mon 3/29 - Fri 4/2 Central-Force Motion 8 Set 9, Due Wed 4/7
12 Mon 4/5 - Fri 4/9 Orbital Dynamics 8 Set 10, Due Wed 4/21
13 Mon 4/12 - Fri 4/16 Review   Practice Midterm 3
  Friday, Apr 16 Third Midterm Exam Covers Weeks 9-12  
14 Mon 4/19 - Fri 4/23 Lagrangians and Hamiltonians 7 Set 11, Due Wed 4/28
15 Mon 4/26 - Fri 4/30 Review Problems, Solutions to Practice Finals    
  Tuesday, May 4 Final Exam, 3:00 - 5:00 pm in BPS 1410 Covers Entire Course Practice Final (× 2)  


Last revised: April 28, 2010.