2025 - 2026 Spring Semester

PHYS 131 - Course Description Details

CH: Chapter, Sect: Sections

Week

Dates

Topics covered      

1

16 - 20 February

CH 1 Measurement  

CH 2 Motion Along a Straight Line

Laboratory 0: Measurements

(Sect-1,3)

2

23 - 27 February

CH 3 Vectors

Laboratory 0: Measurements

(Sect-2,4)

3

2 – 6

March

CH 4 Motion in Two and Three Dimensions

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

4

9 – 13

March

CH 5 Force and Motion I

QUIZ 1(CH 2-3-4)

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

5

16 – 20

March

CH 5 Force and Motion I

CH 6 Force and Motion II

No Laboratory

6

23 – 27

March

CH 6 Force and Motion II

QUIZ 2(CH 5-6)

Laboratory 2: Horizontally Projectile Motion(Sect-1,3)

7

30 March

–

3 April

CH 7  Kinetic Energy and Work

Laboratory 2: Horizontally Projectile Motion

(Sect-2,4)

8

6 – 10

April

CH 8  Potential Energy and Conservation of Energy

QUIZ 3(CH 7-8)

Midterm Exam (CH 1-8)

April 10, 2026 Friday 13:45

Laboratory 3: Atwood’s Machine

(Sect-1,3)

9

13 – 17

April

CH 9 Centre of Mass and Linear Momentum

Laboratory 3: Atwood’s Machine

(Sect-2,4)

10

20 – 24

April

CH 9 Centre of Mass and Linear Momentum

Laboratory 4: Elastic and Inelastic Collisions (Sect-1,3)

11

27 April

–

1 May

CH 10 Rotation

QUIZ 4(CH 9)

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

12

4 – 8

May

CH 10 Rotation

CH 11 Rolling,Torque,and Angular Momentum

Laboratory 5: Rotational Motion  

(Sect-1,3)

13

11 – 15

May

CH 11 Rolling,Torque,and Angular Momentum

QUIZ 5(CH 10-11)

Make-up Exam(Midterm)

May 15, 2026 Friday 13:45

Laboratory 5: Rotational Motion  

(Sect-2,4)

14

18 – 22

May

CH 15 Oscillations

CH 16 Waves

MAKE UP 

(all sections)

1 - 14 June

Final Examination : June 5, 2026 Friday 10:00

Make-up Examination(Final): June 15, 2026 Monday 15:00

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