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

*Due to requests, the penalty reduction in the score will be just 10% for the work turned in on Fri 4/27.



Last revised: April 25, 2012.