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 |
01/03 |
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End of Winter Holidays |
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W |
01/04 |
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Introduction |
Introduction |
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F |
01/06 |
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Friday Recitations |
| Week 2 |
M |
01/09 |
2 |
Motion: Displacement, Speed & Velocity |
Velocity |
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W |
01/11 |
2 |
Motion: Acceleration |
Acceleration |
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F |
01/13 |
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Friday Recitations |
| Week 3 |
M |
01/16 |
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Martin Luther King Day |
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W |
01/18 |
2 |
Forces & Newton's Laws |
Newton's Laws |
Assignment 1 |
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F |
01/20 |
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Friday Recitations |
| Week 4 |
M |
01/23 |
2 |
Newton's Laws & Equations of Motion |
Equations of Motion |
Assignment 2 |
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W |
01/25 |
3 |
Normal Forces & Friction |
Normal Forces |
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F |
01/27 |
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Friday Recitations |
| Week 5 |
M |
01/30 |
4 |
2D Motion & Friction |
Friction |
Assignment 3 |
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W |
02/01 |
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Mini-Exam #1: Chapters 1-4 |
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F |
02/03 |
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Friday Recitations |
| Week 6 |
M |
02/06 |
5 |
Circular Motion: Centripetal Force |
Circular Motion |
Assignment 4 |
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W |
02/08 |
6 |
Circular Motion & Gravitation |
Gravitation |
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F |
02/10 |
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Friday Recitations |
| Week 7 |
M |
02/13 |
6 |
Work, Kinetic & Potential Energy |
Mechanical Energy |
Assignment 5 |
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W |
02/15 |
6 |
Kinetic & Potential Energy, Springs |
Potential Energy |
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F |
02/17 |
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Friday Recitations |
| Week 8 |
M |
02/20 |
7 |
Momentum & Impulse |
Momentum |
Assignment 6 |
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W |
02/22 |
7 |
Conservation of Momentum: Collisions |
Collisions |
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F |
02/24 |
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Friday Recitations |
| Week 9 |
M |
02/27 |
7/8 |
Collisions & Center of Mass |
Center of Mass |
Assignment 7 |
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W |
02/29 |
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Mini-Exam #2: Chapters 5-7 |
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F |
03/02 |
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Friday Recitations |
| Week 10 |
M |
03/05 |
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W |
03/07 |
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SPRING BREAK |
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F |
03/09 |
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| Week 11 |
M |
03/12 |
8 |
Rotational Motion |
Rotational Motion |
Assignment 8 |
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W |
03/14 |
8 |
Torque & Moment of Inertia |
Torque |
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F |
03/16 |
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Friday Recitations |
| Week 12 |
M |
03/19 |
9 |
Moment(s) of Inertia & Rotational Energy |
Rotational Energy |
Assignment 9 |
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W |
03/21 |
9 |
Angular Momentum |
Angular Momentum |
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F |
03/23 |
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Friday Recitations |
| Week 13 |
M |
03/26 |
10 |
Fluids: Pressure and Density |
Density & Pressure |
Assignment 10 |
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W |
03/28 |
10 |
Density and Buoyancy |
Density & Buoyancy |
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F |
03/30 |
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Friday Recitations |
| Week 14 |
M |
04/02 |
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Mini-Exam #3: Chapters 8-10 |
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W |
04/04 |
12 |
Transverse & Longitudinal Waves |
Waves I |
Assignment 11 |
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F |
04/06 |
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Friday Recitations |
| Week 15 |
M |
04/09 |
12 |
Interference & Doppler Effect |
Waves II |
Assignment 12 |
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W |
04/11 |
13 |
Sound Waves |
Waves III |
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F |
04/13 |
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Friday Recitations |
| Week 16 |
M |
04/16 |
1-13 |
Semester Review |
Review |
Assignment 13 |
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W |
04/18 |
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F |
04/20 |
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Friday Recitations |
| Last Week |
T |
04/24/2012 |
Good Luck |
FINAL EXAM, 7:30 - 09:30 AM, UPL 101 |
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