Physics 306: Elementary Physics Methods

Revision: November 20, 1995

Schedule: Mon, Wed, Fri, 4:00 - 5:00 PM --- PAI 4.42 --- Unique # 53240

Instructor: M.W. Choptuik --- Office: RLM 9.208A --- Office Hours: Tue, Thu 10:00-11:30
Phone: 471-1541 --- E-mail: matt@infeld.ph.utexas.edu
WWW Home Page: http://godel.ph.utexas.edu/Members/matt/welcome.html

Tutorial Sessions:

Tuesday 3:30-4:30 --- WEL 3.266
Friday 2:30-3:30 --- RLM 7.114

Tests:

Monday, December 4 (Chapters 9, 10, 13)

Syllabus

   Monday               Wednesday              Friday         Homework Due    FTD

                     30 Aug: Chap 1          1 Sep: Chap 1
                         Introduction           Introduction
 4 Sep:               6 Sep: Chap 2          8 Sep: Chap 2     --- H1            601
    LABOR DAY            One-Dim Motion         One-Dim Motion
11 Sep: Chap 2       13 Sep: Chap 3         15 Sep: Chap 3     --- H2            602
    One-Dim Motion       Vectors                Vectors
18 Sep: Chap 3       20 Sep: Chap 3         22 Sep: Chap 4     --- H3            603
    Vectors              Two-Dim Motion         Laws of Motion
25 Sep: Chap 4       27 Sep: Chap 4         29 Sep: Chap 5     --- H4            604
    Laws of Motion       Laws of Motion         Work/Energy  
 2 Oct: HOUR TEST 1   4 Oct: Chap 5          6 Oct: Chap 5     --- H5            605
    Chaps 1,2,3,4        Work/Energy            Work/Energy
 9 Oct: Chap 6       11 Oct: Chap 6         13 Oct: Chap 6     --- H6            606
    Momentum             Collisions             Collisions
16 Oct: Chap 7       18 Oct: Chap 7         20 Oct: Chap 7                          
    Circular Motion      Circular Motion        Circular Motion
23 Oct: Chap 7       25 Oct: Chap 8         27 Oct: Chap 8     --- H7 (Mon 4am)  607
    Circular Motion      Rotations              Rotations
30 Oct: Chap 8        1 Nov: Chap 9          3 Nov: HOUR TEST 2 -- H8 (Mon 4am)  608
    Rotations            Solids/Fluids         Chaps 5,6,7,8
 6 Nov: Chap 9        8 Nov: Chap 9         10 Nov: Chap 10                           
    Solids/Fluids        Solids/Fluids          Thermal Physics
13 Nov: Chap 10      15 Nov: Chap 10        17 Nov: Chap 13    --- H9 (Mon 4am)  609
    Thermal Physics      Thermal Physics        Thermal Physicss
20 Nov: Chap 13      22 Nov: Chap 13        24 Nov:            --- H10 (Mon 4am) 610
    Vibrations/Waves     Vibrations/Waves       THANKSGIVING   
27 Nov: Chap 15      29 Nov: Chap 15         1 Dec: Review 
    Vibrations/Waves     Vibrations/Waves       Chaps 9,10,13
 4 Dec: HOUR TEST 3   6 Dec: Review          8 Dec: Review     --- H11 (Mon 4am) 611
    Chaps 9,10,13                               Class Evaluation
    
      15 DEC:  COMPREHENSIVE FINAL EXAM  7:00-10:00 PM (Chaps 1-10, 13)