2025 - 2026 Fall Semester PHYS 131 - Course Description Details |
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CH: Chapter, Sect: Sections |
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Week |
Dates |
Topics covered |
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1 |
29 September - 3 October |
CH 1 Measurement CH 2 Motion Along a Straight Line |
Laboratory 0: Measurements (Sect-1,3,5,7,9,11) |
2 |
6 – 10 October |
CH 3 Vectors |
Laboratory 0: Measurements (Sect-2,4,6,8,10,12) |
3 |
13 – 17 October |
CH 4 Motion in Two and Three Dimensions QUIZ 1(CH 1-2) |
Laboratory 1: Motion with constant velocity (Sect-1,3,5,7,9,11) |
4 |
20 – 24 October |
CH 5 Force and Motion I QUIZ 2(CH 3-4) |
Laboratory 1: Motion with constant velocity (Sect-2,4,6,8,10,12) |
5 |
27 – 31 October |
CH 5 Force and Motion I CH 6 Force and Motion II |
Laboratory 2: Horizontally Projectile Motion(Sect-3,9,11) Sect-1,5 on October 31, 11:20 - 13:10 and 13:20 - 15:10 Sect-7 on November 7, 13:20 - 15:10(Next week) |
6 |
3 – 7 November |
CH 6 Force and Motion II QUIZ 3(CH 5) |
Laboratory 2: Horizontally Projectile Motion (Sect-2,4,6,8,10,12) |
7 |
10 – 14 November |
CH 7 Kinetic Energy and Work
QUIZ 4(CH 6) |
Laboratory 3: Atwood’s Machine (Sect-1,3,5,7,9,11) |
8 |
17 – 21 November |
CH 8 Potential Energy and Conservation of Energy Midterm Exam (CH 1-7) November 21, 2025 Friday 13:30 |
Laboratory 3: Atwood’s Machine (Sect-2,4,6,8,10,12) |
9 |
24 - 28 November |
CH 9 Centre of Mass and Linear Momentum
QUIZ 5(CH 7) |
Laboratory 4: Elastic and Inelastic Collisions (Sect-1,3,5,7,9,11) |
10 |
1 – 5 December
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CH 9 Centre of Mass and Linear Momentum CH 10 Rotation QUIZ 6(CH 8) |
Laboratory 4: Elastic and Inelastic Collisions (Sect-2,4,6,8,10,12) |
11 |
8 – 12 December |
CH 10 Rotation QUIZ 7(CH 9) |
Laboratory 5: Rotational Motion (Sect-1,3,5,7,9,11) |
12 |
15 – 19 December |
CH11 Rolling,Torque,and Angular Momentum QUIZ 8(CH 10) |
Laboratory 5: Rotational Motion (Sect-2,4,6,8,10,12) |
13 |
22 – 26 December |
CH11 Rolling,Torque,and Angular Momentum CH 15 Oscillations QUIZ 9(CH 11) Make-up Exam(Midterm) December 26, 2025 Friday 13:30 |
MAKE UP (all sections) |
14 |
29 December – 2 January |
CH 15 Oscillations CH16 Waves QUIZ 10 (CH 15-16)
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MAKE UP (all sections) |
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5 - 18 January |
Final Examination : January 7, 2026 Wednesday 10:00 |
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Make-up Examination(Final): January 19, 2026 Monday 15:00 |
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Resit Examination: (For Students Who Have Enrolled In 2015 and Before, and Have a Term-Based Curriculum) |