PHYSICS 121 - TENTATIVE OUTLINE FOR FALL 2001:

Note: You may also want to consult the Skeptic's Guide or look things up in the HyperTextBook.

Week	Date	Reading	TOPICS
1.	5 Sept.	Ch. 1-8,	Introductions
		Appx. H	Dimensional Analysis & Mathematical Tools (vectors & calculus)
2.	10 Sept.	Ch. 5	Non-constant forces, numerical solutions, exponential decay
3.	17 Sept.	Ch. 4, 11, 14	Uniform Circular Motion, Gravity, Energy
4.	24 Sept.	Ch. 5, 12	Potential Energy, Conservation of Energy, Friction
5.	1 Oct.	Ch. 6, 7, 11	Systems of Particles, Conservation of Linear Momentum, Collisisons
6.	8 Oct.	Ch. 9, 10	Rotational Dynamics
7.	15 Oct.	Ch. 9, 10, 11	Solid body motion, angular momentum, torque, moments of inertia, rolling motion etc.
8.	22 Oct.	Midterm Examination
		Ch. 10, 14	Precession and Planetary Motion
9.	29 Oct.	Ch. 5, 17	Coriolis Forces, Simple Harmonic Motion
10.	5 Nov.	Ch. 17, 18	Damped & Forced Oscillations, Wave Motion
11.	12 Nov.	Ch. 18, 19	Standing Waves, Harmonic Analysis, Sound Waves, Beats, Doppler Effect, Music
12.	19 Nov.	Ch. 22,	Probability and Kinetic Theory
13.	26 Nov.	Handouts	Probability, Review
	mid Dec.	Final Examination

PHYS 122 - TENTATIVE OUTLINE FOR SPRING 2002:

${\cal H}$ = look it up in the HyperTextBook or the Skeptic's Guide.

Week	Date	Reading	TOPICS
1.	4 Jan.	${\cal H}$, Ch. 21	Statistical Mechanics vs. Thermodynamics
2.	7 Jan.	${\cal H}$	"Count the ways" - defining ENTROPY in Stat. Mech.
		${\cal H}$	"What's hot?" - defining TEMPERATURE in Stat. Mech.
		${\cal H}$	Boltzmann - occupation probabilities
3.	14 Jan.	${\cal H}$, Ch. 22	Pressure & Ideal Gases
		Ch. 23-24	Engines & Refrigerators - practical Thermodynamics
4.	21 Jan.	${\cal H}$, Ch. ?	Action at a Distance - why invent a "field"?
		${\cal H}$, Ch. ?	Symmetric Conservation - Gauss' law for $\vec{g}$ & $\vec{E}$
5.	28 Jan.	Ch. ?	Potential vs. Capacity
		Ch. ?	"C & thee" - capacitance explored
6.	4 Feb.	Ch. ?	"R & I" - resistance vs. current; Kirchhoff's rules
			"RC" - time constant in DC circuits
		Ch. ?	Transport Theory
7.	11 Feb.	Ch. ?	"I cross B" - the Lorentz force and why we invent $\vec{B}$
		Ch. ?	"Do $\vec{B}$, do $\vec{B}$, do!" - moving charges make $\vec{B}$ (Biot & Savart)
			"Link the loop with symmetry" - using Ampère's law
	18 Feb.	Spring Reading Break
8.	25 Feb.		TRIUMF tour
		Midterm Examination
9.	4 Mar	Ch. ?	"Don't change that flux!" - inductance, Faraday & Lenz
			"Inductive logic" - defining, calculating and using L
10.	11 Mar	Ch. ?	LCR circuits & Alternating Current
		Ch. ?	Maxwell's "Displacement Current"
11.	18 Mar	Ch. ?	Maxwell's equations: "Let there be light!"
		${\cal H}$, Ch. ?	Thin film interference
12.	25 Mar	${\cal H}$	N slit interference
			Diffraction
13.	1 Apr	${\cal H}$	Concept Maps
			Review
	mid-Apr	Final Examination