| Lectures: | MWF, 10:20-11:10am, Room 1308 BPS | Office Hours: | Room 3240 BPS -- Tuesday 3:00-4:00pm, Thursday 2:30-3:30pm, or by appointment. |
| Required Text: | Classical Dynamics, J.B. Marion and S.T. Thornton (5th edition). |
| Homework: | There will be 11 homework assignments due (generally on Wednesdays) at the beginning of class. The lowest homework score will be dropped when calculating your final grade. You are welcome to consult with your peers when doing the homework, but you are responsible for completing the problems yourself. Copying someone else's homework is not educational and not acceptable. Please present your homework solutions in a logical and readable form: it's good practice for you, and a kindness to the grader. |
| Exams: | There will be 3 midterm exams and a final. All exams are closed book. The final exam will be cumulative. |
| Grades: | Homework 25%
Midterm #1 15% Midterm #2 15% Midterm #3 15% Final Exam 30% |
| Course Outline: | We will cover all of the chapters in Marion and Thornton that were not done in the prerequisite course Phy321, except for the one on special relativity. |