| Date | Lecture subject | Required reading |
| January 20 | Introduction, Units, Error Analysis. | 1 |
| January 22 | Motion (velocity and acceleration) in 1D. | 2 |
| January 27 | Vectors. | 3 |
| January 29 | Motion in a plane, Projectile Motion, Circular Motion | .3 |
| February 3 | Newton's First, Second, and Third Laws. | 4 |
| February 5 | Friction. | 5 |
| February 10 | Gravity, Newton's Law of Gravity, Potential Energy. | 6 |
| February 12 | Review Exam # 1 | |
| February 17 | Midterm Exam # 1. | Chapters 1 - 5 |
| February 17 | Planetary Motion, Kepler's Law. | 6 |
| February 19 | Work and Energy (Constant and Variable Force). | 7 |
| February 24 | Kinetic and Potential Energy. | 7 + 8 |
| February 26 | Conservation of Energy, Conservative and Non-Conservative Forces. | 8 |
| March 3 | Center of Mass, Linear Momentum, Conservation of Momentum. | 9 |
| March 5 | Elastic and Inelastic Collisions in 1D. | 9 |
| March 17 | Collisions in 2D. | 9 |
| March 19 | Review Exam # 2 | |
| March 24 | Midterm Exam # 2 | Chapters 6 - 9 |
| March 24 | Rotational Motion. | 10 |
| March 26 | Rotational Kinetic Energy, Inertia, Torque. | 10 |
| March 31 | Torque, Angular Momentum. | 10 + 11 |
| April 2 | Conservation of Angular Momentum. | 11 |
| April 7 | Equilibrium. | 12 |
| April 9 | Equilibrium, Harmonic Motion, Damped Motion. | 12 + 14 |
| April 14 | Harmonic Motion, Damped Motion. | 14 |
| April 16 | Temperature, Heat. | 17 |
| April 21 | Kinetic Theory of Gases, Ideal Gas, Mean Free Path. | 18 |
| April 23 | Review Exam # 3 | |
| April 28 | Midterm Exam # 3 | Chapters 10 - 14 |
| April 28 | First Law of Thermodynamics, Heat Capacity, Equipartition of Energy. | 19 |
| April 30 | Second Law of Thermodynamics. | 20 |
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