Course:PHYS216/Calendar
The calendar gives the topics covered in the course along with an approximate schedule of when we will discuss them. To prepare for each meeting, you should read the sections of your textbook indicated in parenthesis. Homework assignments are due on the dates indicated.
January 2017
| Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 First Meeting Introduction |
5 | 6 Review - frames, coordinates and vectors (1) |
7 |
| 8 | 9 Review - vector algebra (1) and Newton's laws (2) |
10 Tutorials begin | 11 HW 1 Motion in one dimension, potential (2) |
12 | 13 Velocity-dependent forces (2) | 14 |
| 15 | 16 Harmonic oscillator (3) | 17 Tutorial quiz 1
Last day to withdraw (no W) |
18 HW 2 Diatomic molecule (3) |
19 | 20 Simple pendulum, phase space (3) | 21 |
| 22 | 23 Damped oscillators (3) | 24 | 25 HW 3 Driven oscillators (3) |
26 | 27 3-d motion, vector calculus (4) | 28 |
| 29 | 30 Curvilinear coordinates, projectile motion (4) | 31 Tutorial quiz 2 |
February 2017
| Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 HW 4 3d Harmonic oscillator (4) |
2 | 3 3d Anisotropic oscillator, constrained motion (4) | 4 | |||
| 5 | 6 Non-rotating frames (5) | 7 | 8 HW 5 Rotating frames (5) |
9 | 10 The plumb bob (5)
Last day to withdraw (with W) |
11 |
| 12 | 13
Family Day |
14 Tutorial quiz 3 | 15 HW 6 Foucault pendulum (5) |
16 | 17 Newton's law of gravity, Kepler's laws (6) | 18 |
| 19 | 20
Spring break |
21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 |
| 26 | 27 | 28 |
March 2017
| Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1
Midterm exam |
2 | 3 | 4 | |||
| 5 | 6 | 7 Tutorial quiz 4 | 8 HW 7 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
| 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 HW 8 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
| 19 | 20 | 21 Tutorial quiz 5 | 22 HW 9 | 23 | 24 | 25 |
| 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 HW 10 | 30 | 31 |
April 2017
| Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ||||||
| 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6
Classes end |
7 | 8 |
| 9 | 10
Exams begin |
11 | 12 | 13 | 14
Easter |
15 |
| 16 | 17
Easter |
18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 |
| 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 Final exam (15:30 - 18:00) | 28
Exams end |
29 |
| 30 |