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PH 161 - General Physics I

SPRING 2012 Schedule (Subject to Change)


Week Dates Textbook Sections Topics
1 1/24 & 1/26 1.1-1.8
2.1-2.7
Concepts of Motion;
Kinematics in One Dimension
2 1/31 & 2/2 3.1-3.4 Vectros and Coordinate Systems
3 2/7 & 2/9 4.1-4.7 Kinematics in Two Dimensions
4 2/14 & 2/16 5.1-5.7 Force and Motion;
Exam #1 (Chapters 1, 2, 3, 4)
5 2/21 & 2/23 6.1-6.6 Dynamics I - Motion Along a Line
6 2/28 & 3/1 7.1-7.5 Newton's Third Law
7 3/6 & 3/8 8.1-8.7 Dynamics II - Motion in a Plane;
Exam #2 (Chapters 5, 6, 7)
8 3/13 & 3/15   Spring Break
8 3/20 & 3/22 9.1-9.6 Impulse and Momentum/td>
9 3/27 & 3/29 10.1-10.7
11.1-11.9
Work and Energy
10 4/3 & 4/5 12.1-12.11 Rotation of a Rigid Body;
Exam #3 (Chapters 8, 9, 10, 11)
11 4/10 & 4/12 13.1-13.6 Newton's Law of Gravity
12 4/17 & 4/19 16.1-16.6 Macroscopic Description of Matter
13 4/24 & 4/26 17.1-17.8 Work, Heat, and the First Law of Thermodynamics;
Exam #4 (Chapters 12, 13, 16)
14 5/1 & 5/3 18.1-18.6 Second Law of Thermodynamics
16 5/8 Final Exam
(8:00 AM on Tuesday 5/8)

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