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  • Lecture notes will be posted after each class meeting on UVaCollab. Lecture notes will be different for each instructor.

  • Please check assignment due dates frequently on  MasteringPhysics.

  • See previous syllabus (before October 30 cancellations) here.

    • Lecture
    		 Month
    		Day
    		 Assigned Reading
    		 Topics
    		 Notes
    1
    		 Aug.
    		 28 1.1-1.8, 2.1-2.5 Introduction, One-Dimensional kinematics  (no discussion section this week) 
    2
    		  
    		 30
    		 2.6-2.7,3.1-3.6 Free fall, Vectors (no discussion section this week)
    3
    		  Sept.
    		 4
    		 4.1-4.5 Two-dimensional motion, projectiles Hwk #1 due 11:59pm Monday Sept. 3
    4
    		6
    		 5.1-5.4 Newton’s laws  Hwk #2 due 11:59pm Friday Sept.7
    5  
    		 11
    		 5.5-5.7 Weight, normal forces
    6
    		  
    		 13
    		 6.1-6.2 Friction, strings and springs Hwk #3 due 11:59pm Friday Sept.14

    		 
    		 18 Test 1 Chapters 1-5  (no discussion section quiz this week)
    Special TA office hours this week
    7
    		 
    		 20
    		 6.3-6.5 Equilibrium, circular motion  (no discussion section quiz this week)
    Special TA office hours this week
    8
    		  
    		 25
    		 7.1-7.4 Work and Energy   
    9
    		  
    		 27
    		 8.1-8.5 Energy conservation Hwk #4 due 11:59pm Wednesday Sept.26
    10
    		  Oct.
    		 2
    		 9.1-9.4 Linear momentum, impulse  
    11
    		4
    		 9.5-9.8 Collisions, center of mass  Hwk #5 due 11:59pm Thursday Oct.4

    		 
    		 9
    		 Reading day, no class (no discussion section this week)
    12
    		  
    		 11
    		 10.1-10.4 Rotational kinematics   Hwk #6 due 11:59pm Wednesday Oct.10
    (no discussion section this week)
     
    		16
    		 Test 2 Chapters 6-9 (no discussion section quiz this week)
    Special TA office hours this week
    13
    		  
    		18
    		 10.5-10.6,11.1-11.2 Rotational energy, torque (no discussion section quiz this week)
    Special TA office hours this week
    14
    		  
    		 23
    		 11.3-11-9 Equilibrium, angular momentum
    15
    		  
    		 25
    		 12.1-12.6 Gravity  Hwk #7 due 11:59pm Thursday Oct.25

    		 
    		 30 [Cancelled]  
    16
    		  Nov.
    		 1 13.1-13.8 Gravity. Simple harmonic motion, pendulum   Hwk #8 due 11:59pm Wednesday Oct. 31
    17
    		6
    		 14.1-14.4 Driven oscillations, resonance. Waves.
    18
    		8
    		 14.5-14.9 Sound intensity, Doppler effect,music Hwk #9 due 11:59pm Friday Nov. 9
    19
    		  
    		 13
    		 15.1-15.5 Fluid statics Special TA office hours this week
    (no discussion section quiz this week)

    		 
    		 15
    		 Test 3 Chapters 10-14  Special TA office hours this week
    (no discussion section quiz this week)
    20
    		  
    		 20
    		 15.6-15.8 Fluid statics and dynamics   Hwk #10 due 11:59pm Tuesday Nov. 20
    (no discussion section this week)

    		 
    		 22
    		 Thanksgiving day, no class  (no discussion section this week)
    21
    		  
    		 27
    		 16.1-16.6 Temperature and Heat  
    22
    		29
    		 17.1-17.6 Phase changes Hwk #11 due 11:59pm Wednesday Nov. 28
    23
    		 Dec. 4
    		 18.1-18.5  Laws of Thermodynamics
    24
    		 Dec. 6
    		 18.6-18.10  Heat engines, Entropy Hwk #12 due 11:59pm Wednesday Dec. 5

    		 
     Dec. 11 Tuesday, 9am-12pm
    		Lecture Section 2 Final Exam (Final for 11:00-12:15 section)
      Dec. 12 Wednesday, 2pm-5pm
    		Lecture Section 1 Final Exam (Final for 9:30-10:45 section)
     
    		 Dec.
    		 14
    		 Friday, 2pm-5pm Lecture Section 3 Final Exam (Final for 12:30-1:45 section)