Course Materials and Schedule (preliminary and subject to change)
Textbook: College Physics - Reasoning and Relationships, Volume 1, Nicholas J. Giordano
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Lecture Date |
Chapter # |
Tentative Topics |
Lecture Notes |
Homework Assignments due |
| Week 1 |
T |
01/04 |
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Beginning of Classes |
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W |
01/05 |
1 |
Introduction |
Introduction |
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F |
01/07 |
- |
- |
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| Week 2 |
M |
01/10 |
2 |
Motion: Displacement, Speed & Velocity |
Velocity |
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W |
01/12 |
2 |
Motion: Acceleration |
Acceleration |
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F |
01/14 |
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- |
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| Week 3 |
M |
01/17 |
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Martin Luther King Day |
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W |
01/19 |
2 |
Forces & Newton's Laws |
Newton's Laws |
Assignment 1 |
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F |
01/21 |
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- |
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| Week 4 |
M |
01/24 |
2 |
Newton's Laws & Equations of Motion |
Equations of Motion |
Assignment 2 |
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W |
01/26 |
3 |
Normal Forces & Friction |
Friction |
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F |
01/28 |
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- |
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| Week 5 |
M |
01/31 |
4 |
2D Motion & Tension |
Tension |
Assignment 3 |
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W |
02/02 |
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Mini-Exam #1: Chapters 1-4 |
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F |
02/04 |
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| Week 6 |
M |
02/07 |
5 |
Circular Motion: Centripetal Force |
Circular Motion |
Assignment 4 |
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W |
02/09 |
6 |
Gravitation, Work & Energy |
Work |
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F |
02/11 |
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| Week 7 |
M |
02/14 |
6 |
Kinetic & Potential Energy |
Mechanical Energy |
Assignment 5 |
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W |
02/16 |
6 |
Kinetic & Potential Energy, Springs |
Potential Energy |
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F |
02/18 |
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| Week 8 |
M |
02/21 |
7 |
Momentum & Impulse |
Momentum |
Assignment 6 |
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W |
02/23 |
7 |
Collisions |
Collisions |
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F |
02/25 |
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| Week 9 |
M |
02/28 |
7/8 |
Center of Mass & Rotational Motion |
Rotational Motion |
Assignment 7 |
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W |
03/02 |
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Mini-Exam #2: Chapters 5-8 |
Announcements |
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F |
03/04 |
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| Week 10 |
M |
03/07 |
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W |
03/09 |
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SPRING BREAK |
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F |
03/11 |
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| Week 11 |
M |
03/14 |
8 |
Torque & Moment of Inertia |
Moment of Inertia |
Assignment 8 |
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W |
03/16 |
9 |
Angular Momentum & Rotational Energy |
Angular Momentum |
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F |
03/18 |
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| Week 12 |
M |
03/21 |
10 |
Fluids: Pressure & Density |
Pressure & Density |
Assignment 9 |
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W |
03/23 |
10 |
Fluids: Buoyancy |
Buoyancy |
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F |
03/25 |
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| Week 13 |
M |
03/28 |
12 |
Waves: Introduction |
Waves I |
Assignment 10 |
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W |
03/30 |
12/13 |
Waves: Interference & Standing Waves |
Waves II |
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F |
04/01 |
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| Week 14 |
M |
04/04 |
13 |
Sound Waves |
Sound |
Assignment 11 |
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W |
04/06 |
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Mini-Exam #3: Chapters 9-10 & 12-13 |
Announcements |
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F |
04/08 |
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| Week 15 |
M |
04/11 |
14 |
Temperature & Heat |
Temperature |
Assignment 12 |
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W |
04/13 |
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F |
04/15 |
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| Week 16 |
M |
04/18 |
14 |
Specific Heat & Latent Heat |
Specific Heat |
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W |
04/20 |
1-14 |
Semester Review |
Review |
Assignment 13 |
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F |
04/22 |
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| Last Week |
T |
04/26/2011 |
Good Luck |
FINAL EXAM: UPL 101, 12:30 PM - 02:30 PM |
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