| Week | Date | Chapter/Exam | Homework | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aug 28 | Ch. 1, Vector calculus | ||
| Aug 30 | Ch. 2, Velocity, acceleration | |||
| Sep 1 | Ch. 3, Newton's Laws of Motion | |||
| 2 | Sep 4 | Labor Day - No classes | ||
| Sep 6 | Ch. 4, Dynamics of particles | HW1 due | ||
| Sep 8 | Ch. 4, Dynamics of particles | |||
| 3 | Sep 11 | Ch. 6, Energy | HW2 due | |
| Sep 13 | Ch. 7, Motion in a central field | |||
| Sep 15 | Ch. 7, Motion in a central field | |||
| 4 | Sep 18 | Ch. 5, Linear oscillations | HW3 due | |
| Sep 20 | Ch. 8, Nonlinear oscillations | |||
| Sep 22 | Ch. 9, Multipaticle dynamics | |||
| 5 | Sep 25 | Ch. 10-11, Momentum & angular momentum | HW4 due | |
| Sep 27 | Ch. 10, Collisions | |||
| Sep 29 | Ch. 10, Collisions | |||
| 6 | Oct 2 | Midterm I | HW5 due | |
| Oct 4 | Ch. 13, Calculus of Variations | |||
| Oct 6 | Ch. 13, Calculus of Variations | |||
| 7 | Oct 9 | Ch. 12, Lagrange's equations | HW6 due | |
| Oct 11 | Ch. 12, Lagrange's equations | |||
| Oct 13 | Ch. 12, Lagrange's equations | |||
| 8 | Oct 16 | Ch. 12, Lagrange's equations | HW7 due | |
| Oct 18 | Ch. 15, Coupled oscillators | |||
| Oct 20 | Ch. 15, Coupled oscillators | |||
| 9 | Oct 23 | Ch. 17, Mechanics in noninertial frames | HW8 due | |
| Oct 25 | Ch. 17, Mechanics in noninertial frames | |||
| Oct 27 | Ch. 17, Mechanics in noninertial frames | |||
| 10 | Oct 30 | Midterm II | HW9 due | |
| Nov 1 | Ch. 18, Tensor calculus | |||
| Nov 3 | Ch. 18, Inertia tensor | |||
| 11 | Nov 6 | Ch. 19, Motion of rigid bodies | HW10 due | |
| Nov 8 | Ch. 19, Motion of rigid bodies | |||
| Nov 10 | Ch. 19, Motion of rigid bodies | |||
| 12 | Nov 13 | Ch. 14, Hamiltoniam Mechanics | HW11 due | |
| Nov 15 | Ch. 14, Hamiltoniam Mechanics | |||
| Nov 17 | Ch. 14, Hamiltoniam Mechanics | |||
| 13 | Nov 20 | Thanksgiving recess | ||
| Nov 22 | Thanksgiving recess | |||
| Nov 24 | Thanksgiving recess | |||
| 14 | Nov 27 | Nonlinear mechanics & chaos | HW12 due | |
| Nov 29 | Nonlinear mechanics & chaos | |||
| Dec 1 | Nonlinear mechanics & chaos | |||
| 15 | Dec 4 | Midterm III | HW13 due | |
| Dec 6 | Review | |||
| Dec 8 | Review | |||
| 16 | TBA | FINAL EXAM |