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Syllabus for Physics 311

The table below shows the sequence of topics we will cover in this course. The dates are slightly tentative -- we may occasionally move ahead or fall behind. As you can see, we are skipping some chapters in the text. We may also skip sections within chapters.

Dec 3 Introduction, Assessment I
Dec 4 Vector arithmetic 3-1 to 3-6
Dec 6 Units, Order of magnitude estimates 1-1 to 1-6
Dec 7 Review, Problem Set 1
Dec 10 Position, displacement, velocity, acceleration 2-1 to 2-5
Dec 11 Acceleration, the 1-D kinematic equations 2-5 to 2-7
Dec 13 Free-fall, examples of 1-D motion 2-8
Dec 14 Review, Problem Set 2
Dec 17 Motion in 2-D and 3-D 4-1 to 4-4
Dec 18 Projectile Motion 4-5 to 4-6
Dec 20 Uniform circular motion, relative motion 4-7 to 4-9
Dec 21 Test 1 (and Problem Set 3)
Jan 7 Forces, Newton's First and Second Laws 5-1 to 5-6
Jan 8 Examples of forces, Newton's Third Law 5-6 to 5-8
Jan 10 Forces in action: Atwood's machine 6-1 to 6-2
Jan 11 Review, Problem Set 4
Jan 14 Complications -- friction 6-1 to 6-2
Jan 15 Complications -- drag forces 6-3
Jan 17 Centripetal acceleration and force 6-4
Jan 18 Dot Product, Problem Set 5 3.7
Jan 21 Mid-course review, Kinetic Energy 7-2
Jan 22 Work and the Dot Product 3.7, 7-2 to 7-4
Jan 24 Springs and variable forces 7-5 to 7-6
Jan 25 Review, Problem Set 6 7.7
Last day to withdraw
Jan 28 Potential energy 8-1 to 8-3, and 14.6
Jan 29 Conservative forces and potential energy 8.1 to 8.3, 8.5
Jan 31 Potential energy and equilibria 8-5
Feb 1 Review, Problem Set 7
Feb 4 Test 2
Feb 5 Center of Mass 9-1 to 9-2
Feb 7 Linear momentum, conservation of momentum 9-3 to 9-6
Feb 8 Discuss Test 2, Problem Set 8
Feb 11 Impulse and collisions 10-1 to 10-2
Feb 12 Collisions and momentum in 1-D 10-3 to 10-5
Feb 14 Collisions and Momentum in 2-D 10-6
Feb 15 Review, Problem Set 9
Feb 18 Rockets 9-7, 14-6
Feb 19 Torque and the cross product 3-7, 11-8
Feb 21 Static Equilibrium 13-1 to 13-4
Feb 22 Assessment II, Review
Feb 23 review session 2:00 - 3:00 PM
Feb 24 review session 2:00 - 3:00 PM
Monday, Feb 25 Final Exam 11:30 AM to 1:30 PM, 08-2300


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