Rutgers University Department of Physics and Astronomy

Physics 271 - Fall 2009

Syllabus

The reading assignments in the table below are all from our textbook
Fundamentals of Physics by Halliday, Resnick, and Walker.

You are encouraged to complete the reading assignment for each lecture
before the lecture takes place.

WEEK DATES LECTURE TOPICS READING
1  
Wed 9/2
 
Introduction to the course
 
1.1-1.7
2 Tue 9/8
Wed 9/9
One Dimensional Motion
Vectors
2.1-2.10
3.1-3.8
3 Mon 9/14
Wed 9/16
Motion in Two and Three Dimensions
Newton Laws
4.1-4.9
5.1-5.6
4 Mon 9/21
Wed 9/23
Newton Laws
Application of Newton Laws
5.7-5.9
6.1-6.5
5 Mon 9/28
Wed 9/30
Energy
Energy Conservation
7.1-7.9
8.1-8.5
6 Mon 10/5
Wed 10/7
Energy Conservation
Momentum
8.6-8.8
9.1-9.7
7 Mon 10/12
Wed 10/14
Momentum
Rotation
9.8-9.12
10.1-10.10
8 Mon 10/19
Wed 10/21
Review for Exam I
Exam I
 
 
9 Mon 10/26
Wed 10/28
Rolling and Torque
Angular Momentum
11.1-11.6
11.7-11.12
10 Mon 11/2
Wed 11/4
Equilibrium and Elasticity
Gravitation
12.1-12.5, 12.7
13.1-13.6
11 Mon 11/9
Wed 11/11
Review for Exam II
Exam II
 
 
12 Mon 11/16
Wed 11/18
Gravitation
Oscillations
13.7-13.9
15.1-15.8
13 Mon 11/23
Wed 11/25
First Law of Thermodynamics
Holiday
18.1-18.12
 
14 Mon 11/30
Wed 12/2
Kinetic Theory of Gases
Second Law of Thermodynamics
19.1-19.9
20.1-20.7
15 Mon 12/7
Wed 12/9
(extra class period)
Review for the Final Exam
 
 

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