| Week | Dates | Topics | Chapter | Homework |
| 1 | Wed 8/29 - Fri 8/31 | Introduction | 1.1-3 | Set 1, Due Wed 9/5 |
| Monday, Sep 3 | No class (Labor Day) | |||
| 2 | Wed 9/5 - Fri 9/7 | Introduction | 1.3-6 | Set 2, Due Wed 9/12 |
| 3 | Mon 9/10 - Fri 9/14 | Variational Principle & Lagrange Eqs | 2.1-7 | Set 3, Due Wed 9/19 |
| 4 | Mon 9/17 - Wed 9/19 | Central-Force Problem | 3.1-4 | Set 4, Due Wed 9/26 |
| Friday, Sep 21 | First Midterm Exam | Covers Weeks 1-3 | ||
| 5 | Mon 9/24 - Fri 9/28 | Central-Force Problem | 3.5-11 | Set 5, Due Wed 10/3 |
| 6 | Mon 10/1 - Fri 10/5 | Rigid-Body Kinematics | 4.1-4, 4.6-10 | Set 6, Due Wed 10/10 |
| 7 | Mon 10/8 - Fri 10/12 | Rigid-Body Motion | 5.1-4 | Set 7, Due Wed 10/17* |
| 8 | Mon 10/15 - Wed 10/17 | Rigid-Body Motion | 5.5-7 | Set 8, Due Wed 10/24 |
| Friday, Oct 19 | Second Midterm Exam | Covers Weeks 4-7 | ||
| 9 | Mon 10/22 - Fri 10/26 | Small Oscillations | 6.1-5 | Set 9, Due Wed 10/31 |
| 10 | Mon 10/29 - Fri 11/2 | Hamilton Eqs | 8.1-6 | Set 10, Due Wed 11/7 |
| 11 | Mon 11/5 - Fri 11/9 | Canonical Transformations | 9.1-3, 9.5-6 | Set 11, Due Wed 11/14 |
| 12 | Mon 11/12 - Wed 11/14 | Hamilton-Jacobi Theory | 10.1-6 | Set 12, Due Wed 11/21 |
| Friday, Nov 16 | Third Midterm Exam | Covers Weeks 8-11 | ||
| 13 | Mon 11/19 - Wed 11/21 | Parametric & Nonlinear Dynamics | 11.1-5, 11.7-8 | Set 13, Due Wed 11/28 |
| Friday, Nov 23 | No class (Thanksgiving Holiday) | |||
| 14 | Mon 11/26 - Fri 11/30 | Continuous Systems | 13.1-4 | Set 14, Due Fri 12/7 |
| 15 | Mon 12/3 - Fri 12/7 | Continuous Systems | 13.4, 13.7 | |
| Wed, Dec 12 | Final Exam, 10:00 - 1:00 pm, Natural Resources Bldg, Rm. 221, 480 Wilson Rd., across the crossroad from BPS |
Covers Entire Course |
*Given that Euler angles were not yet discussed in the lecture, you can turn in problem 5 of set 7 on 10/17 or on 10/24, or on both days.
Last revised: December 7, 2012.