PHYS 2211 A–E — Tentative Course Schedule

Date Topic Reading Notes
Jan 8 Mon Introduction & Course Policies Website
10 Wed Motion Diagrams 1.1–5
12 Fri Using Motion Diagrams 1.6–9
15 Mon Holiday
17 Wed 1-D Uniform Motion 2.1–4
19 Fri Acceleration 2.5, 2.8
22 Mon Free Fall & Inclined Planes 2.6–7
24 Wed Vectors, Vector Algebra 3.1–4
26 Fri Forces 4.1–4
29 Mon Newton's Laws 4.5–7 Quiz #1
Ch 1–3
31 Wed Equilibrium 5.1–2
Feb 2 Fri Mass & Weight 5.3
5 Mon Friction 5.4
7 Wed Drag, Using Newton's 2nd Law 5.5–6
9 Fri 2-D Force & Motion 6.1–2
12 Mon Projectile Motion 6.3 Quiz #2
Ch 4–5
14 Wed Relative Motion 6.4
16 Fri No Class Meeting Progress Reports
19 Mon Uniform Circular Motion 7.1–2
21 Wed Dynamics of Circular Motion 7.3
23 Fri Orbits, Non-Uniform Circular Motion 7.4–6
26 Mon Universal Gravitation Force 12.1–4
28 Wed Simple Harmonic Motion Dynamics 14.1–2, 4
Mar 2 Fri Vertical Oscillations, Simple Pendulums 14.5–6 Drop Day
5 Mon Action/Reaction Force Pairs 8.1–2 Quiz #3
Ch 6–7, 12, 14
7 Wed Newton's 3rd Law 8.3
9 Fri Interacting Systems 8.4
12 Mon Momentum & Impulse 9.1–2
14 Wed Momentum Conservation 9.3
16 Fri Inelastic Collisions 9.4–6
19–23 M–F Spring Break
26 Mon Kinetic Energy & Energy Conservation 10.1–3
28 Wed Elastic Potential Energy, Simple Harmonic Motion 10.4–5, 14.3
30 Fri Work & Kinetic Energy 11.1–2
Apr 2 Mon Work & Force 11.3–4 Quiz #4
Ch 8–9
4 Wed Universal Gravitation Potential Energy 12.5–6
6 Fri Elastic Collisions 10.6
9 Mon Energy Diagrams 10.7
11 Wed Work & Potential Energy 11.5–6
13 Fri Work & Nonconservative Forces, Power 11.7–9
16 Mon Rotational Kinematics 13.1–2 Quiz #5
Ch 10–11, 12, 14
18 Wed Rotational Dynamics 13.3–5
20 Fri Static Equilibrium 13.6
23 Mon Rotational Energy, Rolling 13.7–8
25 Wed Angular Momentum 9.7, 13.9–10
27 Fri Concepts Diagnostic
Final Exam Date and Time to be Announced Comprehensive