| Fall 2011 Syllabus (WILL CHANGE FOR 2012) | |||||||||||
| Elements of Physics 161 | |||||||||||
| Lectures on Tue. and Thu. 5:00-6:20 pm | |||||||||||
| Physics Lecture Hall | |||||||||||
| (Readings refer to 9th edition of textbook) | |||||||||||
| lec | date(s) | day | Topic | Reading | |||||||
| 1 | 9/1 | Th | Introduction | 1 | |||||||
| BEWARE OF TRAFFIC CONGESTION BECAUSE OF RUTGERS FOOTBALL. | |||||||||||
| 2 | 9/6 | Tu | 1-D Motion | 2 | |||||||
| 3 | 9/13 | Tu | Vectors & 2-D Motion | 3 | |||||||
| 4 | 9/15 | Th | Newton's Laws | 4.1 - 4.3 | |||||||
| 5 | 9/20 | Tu | Newton's Laws | 4.4 - 4.6 | |||||||
| 6 | 9/22 | Th | Work & Energy | 5.1 - 5.5 | |||||||
| 7 | 9/27 | Tu | Work & Energy, Momentum | 5.6-7, 6.1 | |||||||
| 8 | 9/29 | Th | Momentum & Collisions | 6.2 - 6.4 | |||||||
| 9 | 10/4 | Tu | Circular Motion & Gravity | 7.4 - 7.6 | |||||||
| 10 | 10/6 | Th | Solids and Liquids | 9.1 - 9.6 | |||||||
| 10/11 | Tu | EXAM 1: Chap 1-6, lec 1-8, labs. Physics Lect Hall and SEC-207,217,218. | |||||||||
| 11 | 10/13 | Th | Fluid Dynamics | 9.7 - 9.10 | |||||||
| 12 | 10/18 | Tu | Temperature | 10.1 - 10.3 | |||||||
| 13 | 10/20 | Th | Ideal Gas | 10.4 - 10.5 | |||||||
| 14 | 10/25 | Tu | Heat and Heat Transfer | 11.1 - 11.6 | |||||||
| 15 | 10/27 | Th | Thermodynamics | 12.1 - 12.2 | |||||||
| 16 | 11/1 | Tu | Thermodynamics | 12.3 - 12.6 | |||||||
| 17 | 11/3 | Th | Waves and Sound | 13.1-6 | |||||||
| 18 | 11/8 | Tu | Waves and Sound | 13.7-11 & 14.1-4 | |||||||
| 19 | 11/10 | Th | Standing Waves | 14.8 - 14.12 | |||||||
| 11/15 | Tu | EXAM 2 : Chap 7-12, lec 9-17, labs. Physics Lect Hall and SEC-207,217,218. | |||||||||
| 20 | 11/17 | Th | Electric Fields | 15.1 - 15.8 | |||||||
| 21 | 11/22 | Tu | Electric Potential | 16.1 - 16.7 | |||||||
| 11/23-25 | Thanksgiving Break | ||||||||||
| 22 | 11/29 | Tu | Electric Current | 17.1 - 17.8 | |||||||
| 23 | 12/1 | Th | Radioactivity | 29.1 - 29.7 | |||||||
| 24 | 12/6 | Tu | Light | 21.12 & 22.1-7 | |||||||
| 25 | 12/8 | Th | Mirrors and Lenses | 23.1 - 23.6 | |||||||
| 26 | 12/13 | Tu | Optical Instruments | 25.1 - 25.5 | |||||||
| 12/21 | Wed | Final Exam (12:00am-3:00 pm). Physics Lect Hall and SEC 209, 210. | |||||||||