Fall 2009 Syllabus
				Elements of Physics 161
				Lectures on Tue. and Thu. 5:00-6:20 pm
				Physics Lecture Hall
				(Readings refer to 8th edition of textbook)
lec		date(s)	day	Topic	Reading
1		9/1	Tu	Introduction	1
2		9/3	Th	1-D Motion	2
		9/8	Tu	No Lecture, Monday Classes
3		9/10	Th	Vectors & 2-D Motion	3
4		9/15	Tu	Newton's Laws	4.1 - 4.3
5		9/17	Th	Newton's Laws	4.4 - 4.6
6		9/22	Tu	Work & Energy	5.1 - 5.7
7		9/24	Th	Momentum & Collisions	6.1 - 6.4
8		9/29	Tu	Circular Motion & Gravity	7.4 - 7.6
9		10/1	Th	Solids	9.1 - 9.3
10		10/6	Tu	Liquids	9.4 - 9.6
11		10/8	Th	Fluid Dynamics	9.7 - 9.10
12		10/13	Tu	Temperature	10.1 - 10.3
		10/15	Th	EXAM 1: Chap 1-7, lec 1-8, labs. Physics Lect Hall and SEC 111.
13		10/20	Tu	Ideal Gas	10.4 - 10.5
14		10/22	Th	Heat	11.1 - 11.4
15		10/27	Tu	Heat Transfer	11.5 - 11.6
16		10/29	Th	Thermodynamics	12.1 - 12.2
17		11/3	Tu	Thermodynamics	12.3 - 12.6
18		11/5	Th	Waves and Sound	13.7-11 & 14.1-4
19		11/10	Tu	Standing Waves	14.8 - 14.12
		11/12	Th	EXAM 2 : Chap 9-12, lec 9-17, labs. Physics Lect Hall and SEC 111.
				BEWARE OF TRAFFIC CONGESTION BECAUSE OF RUTGERS FOOTBALL.
20		11/17	Tu	Electric Fields	15.1 - 15.8
21		11/19	Th	Electric Potential	16.1 - 16.5
22		11/24	Tu	Electric Current	17.1 - 17.8
		11/25-27		Thanksgiving Break
23		12/1	Tu	Radioactivity	29.1 - 29.7
24		12/3	Th	Light	21.12 & 22.1-7
25		12/8	Tu	Mirrors and Lenses	23.1 - 23.6
26		12/10	Th	Optical Instruments	25.1 - 25.5
		12/16	Wed	Final Exam (8:00-11:00 am). Physics Lect Hall and SEC 111.