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


Last revised: April 18, 2011.