PHYS 131 - Course Description Details

 

CH: Chapter, Sect: Sections

 

Week

Dates

Topics covered      

 

1

17 – 21 February

CH 1 Measurement  

CH 2 Motion Along a Straight Line

Laboratory 0: Measurements

(Sect-1,3)

 

2

24 – 28 February

CH 3 Vectors

Laboratory 0: Measurements

(Sect-2,4)

 

3

3 – 7

March

CH 4 Motion in Two and Three Dimensions

QUIZ 1(CH 1-2)

Laboratory 1: Motion with constant velocity (Sect-1,3)

 

4

10 – 14 March

CH 5 Force and Motion I

QUIZ 2(CH 3-4)

Laboratory 1: Motion with constant velocity (Sect-2,4)

 

5

17 – 21 March

CH 5 Force and Motion I

CH 6 Force and Motion II

NO QUIZ

(Quiz 3 

CH 5 Next week)

Laboratory 2: Horizontally Projectile Motion

(Sect-1,3)

 

6

24 – 28 March

CH 6 Force and Motion II

QUIZ 3(CH 5)

Laboratory 2: Horizontally Projectile Motion

(Sect-2,4)

 

7

2 – 4 

April

HOLIDAY

8

7 – 11

April

CH 7  Kinetic Energy and Work

QUIZ 4(CH 6)

 

Midterm Exam (CH 1-7)

April 11, 2025 Friday 13:30

Laboratory 3: Atwood’s Machine (Sect-1,3)

 

9

14 - 18

April

CH 8  Potential Energy and Conservation of Energy

QUIZ 5(CH 7)

Laboratory 3: Atwood’s Machine (Sect-2,4)

 

10

 

21 – 25 April

 

CH 9 Centre of Mass and Linear Momentum

 

QUIZ 6(CH 8)

Laboratory 4: Elastic and Inelastic Collisions

(Sect-1,3)

 
 

11

28 April

2 May

CH 9 Centre of Mass and Linear Momentum

CH 10 Rotation

QUIZ 7(CH 9)

Laboratory 4: Elastic and Inelastic Collisions (Sect-2)

 

12

5 – 9

May

CH 10 Rotation

CH11 Rolling,Torque,and Angular Momentum

QUIZ 8(CH 10)

Laboratory 5: Rotational Motion

(Sect-1,3)

 

13

12 – 16 May

CH11 Rolling,Torque,and Angular Momentum

QUIZ 9(CH 11)

 

Make-up Exam(Midterm)

May 16, 2025 Friday 13:30

Laboratory 5: Rotational Motion  

(Sect-2,4)

 

 

 

14

20 – 23 May

CH 15 Oscillations

CH16 Waves

QUIZ 10

(CH 15-16)

 

Laboratory 4 for Sect 4 on May 22 Thursday

MAKE UP  (all sections on May 23 Friday)

 

 

26 May

  –

15 June

Final Examination : May 30, 2025 Friday 10:00

 

 

 

Make-up Examination(Final): June 16, 2025 Monday 15:00

 

 

 

Resit Examination: To be announced

(For Students Who Have Enrolled In 2015 and Before, and Have a Term-Based Curriculum)