PHYS 201 Syllabus

 
 

 


Class #

Date

Day

Text Sections

Topic

 

1

Aug. 28

T

1.1-1.8

Introduction

 

2

Aug. 30

R

2.1-2.5

One-dimensional kinematics

 

3

Sept. 4

T

2.6-2.7,3.1-3.6

Free fall, Vectors

 

4

Sept. 6

R

4.1-4.5

Two-dimensional motion, projectiles

 

5

Sept. 11

T

5.1-5.4

Newton’s laws

 

6

Sept. 13

R

5.5-5.7

Weight, normal forces

 

7

Sept. 18

T

6.1-6.2

Friction, strings and springs

 

8

Sept. 20

R

6.3-6.5

Equilibrium, circular motion

 

9

Sept. 25

T

Test 1

Chapters 1-6

 

10

Sept. 27

R

7.1-7.4

Work and Energy

 

11

Oct. 2

T

8.1-8.5

Energy conservation

 

12

Oct. 4

R

9.1-9.4

Linear momentum, impulse

 

13

Oct. 11

R

9.5-9.8

Collisions, center of mass

 

14

Oct. 16

T

10.1-10.4

Rotational kinematics

 

15

Oct. 18

R

10.5-10.6,11.1-11.2

Rotational energy, torque

 

16

Oct. 23

T

11.3-11-9

Equilibrium, angular momentum

 

17

Oct. 25

R

Test 2

Chapters 7-11

 

18

Oct. 30

T

12.1-12.6

Gravity

 

19

Nov.1

R

13.1-13.8

Pendulum, driven oscillations, resonance

 

20

Nov. 6

T

14.1-14.4

Waves,  sound

 

21

Nov. 8

R

14.5-14.9, 15.1-15.5

Fluidostatics

 

22

Nov. 13

T

15.6-15.8

Fluid dynamics

 

23

Nov. 15

R

16.1-16.6

Temperature and Heat

 

24

Nov. 20

T

17.1-17.6

Phase changes

 

25

Nov. 27

T

Test 3

Chapters 12-17

 

26

Nov. 29

R

18.1-18.5 

Laws of Thermodynamics

 

27

Dec. 4

T

18.6-18.10

Heat engines, entropy

 

28

Dec. 6

R

 

Make-up day, review