Calendar PHYS 1750 Introduction to Physics

Course Calendar: Fall 2006
Lecture numbers in white are links to the lecture outlines.
Text sections are listed for each lecture.

Monday Tuesday WednesdayThursday
21 Ag L.01
1:1-8
Introduction

22 Ag L.02
2:1-3
Displacement
Velocity
Acceleration
23 Ag L.03
2:4-7
Constant
xxacceleration
Free fall
24 Ag L.04
3:1-3
Vectors

28 Ag L.05
3:4-5
Projectiles
Relative motion
29 Ag L.06
4:1-4
Force
Newton's laws
30 Ag L.07
4:5-7
Applications
Friction
31 Ag L.08
5:1-4
Equilibrium
Labor Day
05 Sp L.09
5:5-8
Statics Applications
Elasticity
Last Add/Drop Day
06 Sp
Review Ch 1-5
07 Sp
Exam 1

Bring a #2 pencil
11 Sp L.10
6:1-4
Work
Kinetic energy
Potential
12 Sp L.11
6:5-8
Conservation
xxof energy
Power
13 Sp L.12
7:1-3
Momentum
Conservation
14 Sp L.13
7:4-5
Collisions
18 Sp L.14
8:1-3
Uniform Rotation

19 Sp L.15
8:5-6
Gravity
xx and orbits
20 Sp L.16
9:1-3
Rotational Dynamics
21 Sp L.17
9:4-5
Rotation KE
Angular momentum
25 Sp L.18
10:1-4
Fluids
Density/pressure
Hydro Equilibrium
26 Sp L.19
10:5-7
Various Principles
27 Sp
Review Ch 6-10
28 Sp
Exam 2

Bring a #2 pencil
02 Oc L.20
11:1-3
Fluid dynamics

03 Oc L.21
12:1-4
Temperature,
Ideal gasses,
Kinetic theory
04 Oc L.22
12:5-6, 13:1-4
Specific heat,
Latent heat
Heat transfer
05 Oc L.23
14:1-3,6
First and
Second law of
Thermodynamics
09 Oc L.24
15:1-3,5-6
Simple harmonic
motion
10 Oc L.25
15:4,9
The pendulum
11 Oc L.26
15:10-11
Wave motion
Wave equation

12 Oc L.27
15:10-11
Waves on a string
Standing waves
16 Oc Holiday 17 Oc Holiday


18 Oc L.28
16:bytes
Sound
19 Oc L.29
17:1-7
Electric force
Electric field
Field in Conductor
23 Oc
Review Ch 11-18
24 Oc
Exam 3

Bring a #2 pencil
25 Oc L.30
18:1-3
Electric Potential


26 Oc L.31
19:1-4
Current
Resistance
Power
27 Oc
Last day to
withdraw


30 Oc L.32
21:1-5
Magnetism
Magnetic Field

31 Oc L.33
21:6-9
Magnetic Forces
xxon currents
Vote!
01 Nv L.34
22:1-5
Faraday
Inductance

02 Nv L.35
23:1-2
Maxwell's Equations


06 Nv L.36
23:3-4
Electromagnetic
xxwaves

07 Nv L.37
24:1-4
Reflection
Refraction
08 Nv L.38
24:5
Dispersion

09 Nv L.39
24:6,7,9
Imaging and the eye

Veteran's Day
13 Nv
Review Ch 18-24


14 Nv
Exam 4

Bring a #2 pencil
15 Nv L.39
25:1-4,7
Interference, Young
The diffraction grating
Thin films
16 Nv L.40
26:1-6
Principles of
xxrelativity
Relativistic motion
20 Nv L.41
27:1-8
Quantum mechanics
Particle-waves
21 Nv L.42
28:1-4
Structure of atoms
22 Nv
Holiday


27 Nv L.43
28:5-9
Atomic spectra
28 Nv L.44
29:1-6
Nuclear Physics:
Binding energy and
Radioactivity
29 Nv L.45
30:1-3
Imaging
Fusion
Fission
30 Nv L.46
30:4-7
Nuclear weapons
Radiology
04 Dc L.47
31:1-6
Elementary
xxparticles and
xxforces
05 Dc L.48
32:1-4
Cosmology

06 Dc
Review Ch 26-32


07 Dc
Exam 5

Bring a #2 pencil

FINAL EXAM: 12:30-14:30 Wednesday 13 December

Last day to Add/Drop: Tuesday 05 September
Last day to withdraw: Friday 27 October