| Lecture Date | Subject | Reading Assignment | Recommended Reading | Homework |
| Tuesday, August 18 | Lecture 1: Learning Physics | |||
| Thursday, August 20 | Lecture 2: Introduction to the Study of Motion | Wolfson, Chapter 2 Wolfson, Chapter 3 (excluding Section 3.6) |
Hyperphysics on Motion in One Dimension Hyperphysics on Vectors Hyperphysics on Applications of Velocity and Acceleration |
Homework 1 |
| Tuesday, August 25 | Lecture 3: Motion in 2 and 3 Dimensions | Wolfson, Chapter 4 on Force and Motion Wolfson, Sections 1 & 2 of Chapter 5 |
Hyperphysics on Newton’s Laws | |
| Thursday, August 27 | Lecture 4: Projectile Motion (or shooting stuff) | Wolfson, Section 6 of Chapter 3 on Circular Motion Wolfson, Chapter 5 on Force and Motion |
Hyperphysics on Newton’s Laws | Homework 2 |
| Tuesday, September 1 | Lecture 5: Force and Motion | Wolfson, Section 6 of Chapter 3 on Circular Motion Wolfson, Chapter 5 on Force and Motion |
Hyperphysics on Newton’s Laws | |
| Thursday, September 3 | Lecture 6: Circular Motion | Wolfson, Reread Chapter 5, Using Newton’s Laws | Homework 3 | |
| Tuesday, September 8 | Lecture 7: Friction | |||
| Thursday, September 10 | Lecture 8: Air Resistance and Drag | Wolfson, Chapter 6 on Work, Energy, and Power | Homework 4 | |
| Tuesday, September 15 | Lecture 9: Introduction to the Conservation Laws | |||
| Thursday, September 17 | Lecture 10: Energy and Work | |||
| Tuesday, September 22 | Lecture 11: Review for Midterm Exam 1 | |||
| Thursday, September 24 | Lecture 12: More on Energy, Work, and Power | Wolfson, Chapter 7 on Conservation of Energy Wolfson, Chapter 8 on Gravity |
Homework 5 | |
| Tuesday, September 29 | Lecture 13: Gravity, Planetary Motion, and Satellite Motion | |||
| Thursday, October 1 | Lecture 14: Energy of Orbiting Planets, Moons, and Satellites | Wolfson, Chapter 9 on Systems of Particles | Homework 6 | |
| Tuesday, October 6 | Lecture 15: Elastic and Inelastic Collisions | Wolfson, Chapter 10 on Rotational Motion | ||
| Thursday, October 8 | Lecture 16: More Elastic and Inelastic Collisions | Wolfson, Chapter 10 on Rotational Motion Wolfson, Chapter 11 on Rotational Vectors and Angular Momentum |
Homework 7 | |
| Tuesday, October 14 | Lecture 17: Rigid Bodies | Wolfson, Chapter 11 on Rotational Vectors and Angular Momentum | ||
| Thursday, October 15 | Lecture 18: Moment of Inertia and Angular Momentum | Wolfson, Chapter 12 on Static Equilibrium | Homework 8 | |
| Tuesday, October 20 | Lecture 19: More Rotational Motion and Angular Momentum | Wolfson, Chapter 12 on Static Equilibrium | ||
| Thursday, October 22 | Lecture 20: Static Equilibrium | Wolfson, Chapter 13 on Oscillatory Motion | ||
| Tuesday, October 27 | Lecture 21: Review for Midterm Exam No. 2 | Wolfson, Chapter 13 on Oscillatory Motion | ||
| Thursday, October 29 | Lecture 22: Simple Harmonic Motion | Wolfson, Chapter 14 on Wave Motion | Homework 9 | |
| Tuesday, November 3 | Lecture 23: Simple Harmonic Motion | |||
| Thursday, November 5 | Lecture 24: Damped Harmonic Motion | Wolfson, Chapter 14 on Wave Motion | Homework 10 | |
| Tuesday, November 10 | Lecture 25: Wave Motion | |||
| Thursday, November 12 | Lecture 26: Wave Interference | Homework 11 | ||
| Tuesday, November 17 | Lecture 27: Doppler Shift | |||
| Thursday, November 19 | Lecture 28: Review for Exam No. 3 |