PHYS 2211 A–E — Tentative Course Schedule
| Date | Topic | Reading | Notes | ||
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 | ||||