Fall 2008 Syllabus (to be updated)
Elements of Physics 161
Lectures on Tue. and Thu. 5:00-6:20 pm
Physics Lecture Hall
(Readings refer to 7th edition of textbook)
lec date(s) day Topic Reading
1 9/4 Tu Introduction 1
2 9/6 Th 1-D Motion 2
3 9/11 Tu Vectors & 2-D Motion 3
4 9/13 Th Newton's Laws 4.1 - 4.3
5 9/18 Tu Newton's Laws 4.4 - 4.6
6 9/20 Th Work & Energy 5.1 - 5.7
7 9/25 Tu Momentum & Collisions 6.1 - 6.4
8 9/27 Th Circular Motion & Gravity 7.4 - 7.6
9 10/2 Tu Solids 9.1 - 9.3
10 10/4 Th Liquids 9.4 - 9.6
11 10/9 Tu Fluid Dynamics 9.7 - 9.10
12 10/11 Th Temperature 10.1 - 10.3
10/16 Tu EXAM 1: Chap 1-7, lec 1-8, labs. Physics Lect Hall and SEC 117.
13 10/18 Th Ideal Gas 10.4 - 10.5
14 10/23 Tu Heat 11.1 - 11.4
15 10/25 Th Heat Transfer 11.5 - 11.6
16 10/30 Tu Thermodynamics 12.1 - 12.2
17 11/1 Th Thermodynamics 12.3 - 12.5
18 11/6 Tu Waves and Sound 13.7-11 & 14.1-4
19 11/8 Th Standing Waves 14.8 - 14.12
11/13 Tu EXAM 2 : Chap 9-12, lec 9-17, labs. Physics Lect Hall and SEC 117.
20 11/15 Th Electric Fields 15.1 - 15.8
21 11/20 Tu Electric Potential (Thursday classes) 16.1 - 16.5
11/22-11/25 Thanksgiving Break
22 11/27 Tu Electric Current 17.1 - 17.9
23 11/29 Th Radioactivity 29.1 - 29.8
24 12/4 Tu Light 21.12 & 22.1-7
25 12/6 Th Mirrors and Lenses 23.1 - 23.6
26 12/11 Tu Optical Instruments 25.1 - 25.5
12/19 We Final Exam (8:00-11:00 am). Physics Lect Hall and SEC 111.