Course Calendar

Topics are subject to change based on course pace and student needs.

All assignments are turned in using Gradescope as a single PDF.

Class Week 1

Week	Day	Topic	Readings to prepare	Important events
CW3	13 Jan	Introduction to the course; reminders about vectors; software setup (Slides)	MLB Ch 3.4	Homework 1 Assigned (Due 24 Jan )
	15 Jan	Newton’s 1st and 2nd Law; Motion in 1 dimension (Slides)	JRT 1.1-1.4; AMS Ch 1-4
	17 Jan	Discussion of Homework 1 (Slides)

Class Week 2

Week	Day	Topic	Readings to prepare	Important events
CW4	20 Jan	MLK Holiday (No Class)		Homework 2 Assigned (Due 31 Jan)
	22 Jan	Newton’s Laws; Motion in 2 and 3 dimensions	JRT 1.4-1.6; AMS Ch 4.2 and 5
	24 Jan	Problem session for homework		Homework 1 Due

Class Week 3

Week	Day	Topic	Readings to prepare	Important events
CW5	27 Jan	Air resistance; writing equations of motion	JRT 2.1-2.4	Homework 3 Assigned (Due 07 Feb)
	29 Jan	Gravitational force; spring force
	31 Jan	Problem session for homework		Homework 2 Due

Class Week 4

Week	Day	Topic	Readings to prepare	Important events
CW6	03 Feb	Work Energy Theorem	JRT 4.1-4.3	Homework 4 Assigned (Due 14 Feb)
	05 Feb	Momentum Conservation, Newton’s 3rd Law, Angular Momentum	JRT 3.1-3.4
	07 Feb	Problem session for homework		Homework 3 Due

Class Week 5

Week	Day	Topic	Readings to prepare	Important events
CW7	10 Feb	Conservative Forces and Potential	JRT 4.1-4.4, 4.6; MLB 6.6-6.8
	12 Feb	Examples and Stability Analysis
	14 Feb			Homework 4 Due

Class Week 6

Week	Day	Topic	Readings to prepare	Important events
CW8	17 Feb	Nonlinear dynamics, phase portraits	Strogatz 2.0-2.3; 5.0-5.2	Midterm Project 1 Assigned (Due 28 Feb)
	19 Feb	Phase portraits, numerical modeling	PDFs posted are consistent with educational fair use; will be removed after course has concluded
	21 Feb

Class Week 7

Week	Day	Topic	Readings to prepare	Important events
CW9	24 Feb	Oscillations; Damping	JRT 5.1-5.2, 5.4; MLB 7.1-7.2; 8.5	Homework 5 Assigned (Due 14 Mar)
	26 Feb
	28 Feb			Midterm Project 1 Due

Class Week 8

Week	Day	Topic	Readings to prepare	Important events
CW10	03 Mar	SPRING BREAK (NO CLASSES)
	05 Mar	SPRING BREAK (NO CLASSES)
	07 Mar	SPRING BREAK (NO CLASSES)

Class Week 9

Week	Day	Topic	Readings to prepare	Important events
CW11	10 Mar	Driven Oscillations; Resonance	JRT 5.5-5.6; MLB 8.6	Homework 6 Assigned (Due 21 Mar)
	12 Mar
	14 Mar			Homework 5 Due

Class Week 10

Week	Day	Topic	Readings to prepare	Important events
CW12	17 Mar	Fourier Series	JRT 5.7; MLB 7.3-7.5	Homework 7 Assigned (Due 28 Mar)
	19 Mar
	21 Mar			Homework 6 Due

Class Week 11

Week	Day	Topic	Readings to prepare	Important events
CW14	24 Mar	Calculus of Variations; Euler-Lagrange Equation	JRT 6.1-6.3; MLB 9.1-9.4
	26 Mar
	28 Mar			Homework 7 Due

Class Week 12

Week	Day	Topic	Readings to prepare	Important events
CW14	31 Mar	Lagrange’s Equations; modeling motion	JRT 7.1-7.2, 7.5; MLB 9.5	Midterm Project 2 Assigned (Due 11 Apr)
	02 Apr
	04 Apr

Class Week 13

Week	Day	Topic	Readings to prepare	Important events
CW15	07 Apr	Lagrange Equation Examples	JRT 7.3-7.7, 7.10	Homework 8 Assigned (Due 18 Apr)
	09 Apr
	11 Apr			Midterm Project 2 Due

Class Week 14

Week	Day	Topic	Readings to prepare	Important events
CW16	14 Apr	NO CLASS (WATCH ECLIPSE)	JRT Ch 7	Homework 9 Assigned (Due 25 Apr)
	16 Apr	Lagrange Equation Examples
	18 Apr			Homework 8 Due

Class Week 15

Week	Day	Topic	Readings to prepare	Important events
CW17	21 Apr	Central Force; the 1D problem	JRT 8.1-8.3	Final Project Assigned (Due 02 May)
	23 Apr
	25 Apr			Homework 9 Due

Class Week 16

Week	Day	Topic	Readings to prepare	Important events
CW18	28 Apr	FINALS WEEK
	30 Apr	FINALS WEEK
	02 May	FINALS WEEK		Final Project Due