Weekly schedule
Below is roughly the schedule of the material in PHYS 206. Your instructor may go a little faster or slower depending on, among other things, your feedback. The sections listed are the only ones from which material will be tested on the exams; if a section isn't listed, material from that section will not be on exams but may still appear in homework, recitations, prelectures and concept quizzes. All sections of PHYS 206 will have common exams with each one covering chapters in the textbook as listed below.
| Week | Date | Topic | Sections in text | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Jan 13–17 | Introduction; Units, physical quantities and vectors | Chp 1: §1–10 | |
| Fri Jan 17 @ 5:00 pm |  Deadline to add or drop a course | |||
| 2. | Jan 20–24 | Motion along a straight line | Chp 2: §1–6 | |
| 3. | Jan 27–31 | Motion in 2 and 3 dimensions | Chp 3: §1–5 | |
| 4. | Feb 3–7 | Newton's laws of motion | Chp 4: §1–6 | |
| 5. | Feb 10–14 | Applying Newton's laws | Chp 5: §1–4 5 | |
| Mon Feb 10 7:30–9:30 pm | COMMON EXAM I | Chapters 1–3 | ||
| 6. | Feb 17–21 | Work and kinetic energy | Chp 6: §1–4 | |
| 7. | Feb 24–28 | Potential energy and energy conservation | Chp 7: §1–5 | |
| 8. | Mar 3–7 | Momentum, impulse and collisions | Chp 8: §1–5 6 | |
| Mar 10–14 | Spring "Break" | |||
| 9. | Mar 17–21 | Rotation of rigid bodies | Chp 9: §1–5 6 | |
| 10. | Mar 24–28 | Dynamics of rotational motion | Chp 10: §1–6 7 | |
| Mon Mar 24 7:30–9:30 pm | COMMON EXAM II | Chapters 4–7 | ||
| 11. | Mar 31–Apr 4 | Equilibrium | Chp 11: §1–3 4,5 | |
| 12. | Apr 7–11 | Gravitation | Chp 13: §1–5 6–8 | |
| 13. | Apr 14–18 | Periodic motion | Chp 14: §1–6 7,8 | |
| Mon Apr 14 @ 5:00 pm | Deadline to Q-drop with no penalty | |||
| Mon Apr 14 7:30–9:30 pm | COMMON EXAM III | Chapters 8–11 | ||
| 14. | Apr 21–25 | Contingency and/or review | ||
| Fri Apr 25 5:00–7:00 pm | COMMON COMPREHENSIVE EXAM | Chapters 1–11, 13, 14 | ||
