Schedule

Syllabus Modules Schedule Assignments

Students are expected to study the Web-based material and the corresponding material in the textbook during the time interval indicated in the schedule below. 

19-Aug - 26-Aug   Module 1 Newton's laws:  Motion of a single particle
26-Aug - 2-Sep   Module 2 Newton's laws:  Rigid body motion
2-Sep - 9-Sep   Module 3 Impulsive forces, collisions
9-Sep - 16-Sep   Module 4 Lagrange's and Hamilton's equations
16-Sep - 23-Sep   Module 5 Oscillations and waves
23-Sep - 30-Sep   Module 6 Motion in a central potential
30-Sep - 7-Oct   Module 7 Relativistic kinematics
7-Oct - 21-Oct   Module 8 Relativistic dynamics
21-Oct   28-Oct   Module 9 General Physics
28-Oct - 4-Nov   Module 10 Electrostatics
4-Nov - 11-Nov   Module 11 Dielectrics
11-Nov - 18-Nov   Module 12 Magnetostatics
18-Nov - 25-Nov   Module 13 Magnetic Material
    25-Nov   Practice Test Review (Alternate Practice Test)

The Web-based material is divided into 13 modules.  Each modules has a physics theme.  It reviews concepts and formulas associated with this theme and presents 10 solved problems.  Each solution addresses the following points:

Concepts, principles, relations that apply to the problem:

Why do they apply?

How do they apply?

Details of the calculation:

Student unfamiliar with the the concepts and formulas needed to solve a problem should refer to their junior/senior-level undergraduate textbook for a review.

If you are not using Internet Explorer under Windows, many equations probably will not display correctly.  They use the Windows Symbol Font (and the MT Extra Font for hbar).  Click here for fixing this problem Firefox under Windows and Linux. (Courtesy Zachary Barnett)