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. | Aug 19–23 | Introduction; Units, physical quantities and vectors | Chp 1: §1–10 | |
| Fri Aug 23 @ 5:00 pm |  Deadline to add or drop a course | |||
| 2. | Aug 26–30 | Motion along a straight line | Chp 2: §1–6 | |
| 3. | Sep 2–6 | Motion in 2 and 3 dimensions | Chp 3: §1–5 | |
| 4. | Sep 9–13 | Newton's laws of motion | Chp 4: §1–6 | |
| 5. | Sep 16–20 | Applying Newton's laws | Chp 5: §1–4 5 | |
| Mon Sep 16 7:30–9:30 pm | COMMON EXAM I | Chapters 1–3 | ||
| 6. | Sep 23–27 | Work and kinetic energy | Chp 6: §1–4 | |
| 7. | Sep 30–Oct 4 | Potential energy and energy conservation | Chp 7: §1–5 | |
| 8. | Oct 7–11 | Momentum, impulse and collisions | Chp 8: §1–5 6 | |
| 9. | Oct 14–18 | Rotation of rigid bodies | Chp 9: §1–5 6 | |
| Mon Oct 14 7:30–9:30 pm | COMMON EXAM II | Chapters 4–7 | ||
| 10. | Oct 21–25 | Dynamics of rotational motion | Chp 10: §1–6 7 | |
| 11. | Oct 28–Nov 1 | Equilibrium | Chp 11: §1–3 4,5 | |
| 12. | Nov 4–8 | Gravitation | Chp 13: §1–5 6–8 | |
| 13. | Nov 11–15 | Periodic motion | Chp 14: §1–6 7,8 | |
| Wed Nov 13 @ 5:00 pm | Deadline to Q-drop with no penalty | |||
| Mon Nov 11 7:30–9:30 pm | COMMON EXAM III | Chapters 8–11 | ||
| 14. | Nov 18–22 | Contingency and/or review | ||
| 15. | Nov 25–26 | Mechanical waves (optional) | (none) | |
| Mon Nov 25 7:30–9:30 pm | COMMON COMPREHENSIVE EXAM | Chapters 1–11, 13, 14 | ||
