PHYS 131 - Course Description Details

 

CH: Chapter, Sect: Sections

 

Week

Dates

Topics covered      

 

1

28 September

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2 October

CH 1 Measurement  

CH 2 Motion Along a Straight Line

Laboratory 0: Measurements

(Sect-1,3,5,7,9,11)

 

2

5 – 9

October

CH 3 Vectors

Laboratory 0: Measurements

(Sect-2,4,6,8,10,12)

 

3

12 – 16 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

19 – 23 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

26 – 30 October

CH 5 Force and Motion I

CH 6 Force and Motion II

 

Laboratory 2: Horizontally Projectile Motion (Sect-1,3,5)

Sec-7 on October 30, 13:20-15:10;

Sec-9 on October 30, 15:20-17:10;

Sec-11 on November 6, 13:20-15:10(Next week)

 

6

2 – 6 November

CH 6 Force and Motion II

QUIZ 3(CH 5)

Laboratory 2: Horizontally Projectile Motion (Sect-2,4,6,8,10,12)

 

7

9 – 13 November

CH 7  Kinetic Energy and Work

QUIZ 4(CH 6)

Laboratory 3: Atwood’s Machine

(Sect-1,3,5,7,9,11)

 

8

16 – 20 November

CH 8  Potential Energy and Conservation of Energy

Midterm Exam (CH 1-6)

November 20, 2026 Friday 13:45

Laboratory 3: Atwood’s Machine

(Sect-2,4,6,8,10,12)

 

9

23 - 27 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

 

30 November

4 December

 

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

7 – 11 December

CH 10 Rotation

QUIZ 7(CH 9)

Laboratory 5: Rotational Motion  

(Sect-1,3,5,7,9,11)

 

12

14 – 18 December

CH 11 Rolling,Torque,and Angular Momentum

QUIZ 8(CH 10)

Make-up Exam(Midterm)

December 18, 2026 Friday 13:45

Laboratory 5: Rotational Motion  

(Sect-2,4,6,8,10,12)

 

13

21 – 25 December

CH 11 Rolling,Torque,and Angular Momentum

CH 15 Oscillations

QUIZ 9(CH 11)

MAKE UP  (all sections)

 

14

28 - 31 December 

CH 15 Oscillations

CH16 Waves

QUIZ 10

(CH 15-16)

MAKE UP  (all sections)

 

 

4 - 17 January

Final Examination : January 6, 2027 Wednesday 10:00

 

 

 

Make-up Examination(Final): January 18, 2027 Monday 15:00