| 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. | |||||||||