Course Schedule

Here is a rough outline of the expected structure of the course. Since this is a new course expect some variation from what you see here. I hope to post the readings the week before the lectures to allow you to read the text before class.

The labs are more of less fixed due to the logistics of keeping Physics 100 and Physics 200 labs in sync (both courses share the same labs).

Week: Dates Topics Readings Laboratory
1: 8/28-9/1 Measurement, 1-D Kinematics 1:1-7, 2:1-8 Measuring Data
2: 9/4-9/8 Kinematics in 2-D 3:1-10 Motion I
9/11-9/15 Newton's Laws of Motion 4:1-8 Motion II
4: 9/18-9/22 Newton Contd. & Circular Motion 5:1-5 Projectile Motion
5: 9/25-9/29 Gravitation, Orbital Motion 6:1-8 Newton II
6: FB10/4-10/6 Work and Energy 7:1-5 No Lab
7: 10/9-10/13 Energy Conservation, Momentum 8:1-9 Mid-term Exam I
8: 10/16-10/20 Momentum. Collisions, Centre of Mass 9:1-10 Mass on a Spring/Energy
9: 10/23-10/27 Rotational Motion about a Fixed Axis 10:1- Ballistic Pendulum
10: 10/30-11/3 General Rotation 10:9-11, 11:1-8 Rotation
11: 11/6-11/10 Statics and Fluids 12:1-4, 13:1-3 Fluids
12: 11/13-11/17 Fluid Dynamics 13:4-9 Mid-Term Exam II
13: 11/20 TB Vibrations and Waves 14:1-6,8, 15:1-2 No Lab
14: 11/27-12/1 Thermodynamics I 17, 18 Hidden Object
15: 12/4-12/8 Thermodynamics II: The Laws and Heat Engines 19, 20 Thermo Lab
12/12
Final Exam 2-5pm.

NOTES: FB = Fall Break, TB = Thanksgiving Break.

Physics 200