Physics 3344

Classical Mechanics - Fall 2001

Course Information

PHYS 3344 url:    www.physics.smu.edu/~coan/3344_01.html

• Lecturer: Professor Thomas E. Coan
• Lecture: TR 9:30-10:50am, rm 110 Fondren Science.
• Office hours: Monday 1:30-3:30pm in 4B Fondren Science and by appointment.
• Contact:
  • Call me at 768-2497, or
  • Leave a note in the Physics Department Office - 106 Fondren Science, or
  • send me e-mail: <coan@mail.physics.smu.edu>
• Course overview and grading policy
• Syllabus
• Fermi problems
• Term paper info
• Homework solutions

• Required Texts (also required for PHYS 3345):
  Classical Dynamics of Particles and Fields, 4ed.
  J.B. Marion and S.T. Thornton
  Saunders College Publishing, 1995, ISBN 0-03-097302-3 (hc).
  
  Basic Training in Mathematics
  R. Shankar
  Plenum Publishing, 1995, ISBN 0-306-45036-4 (pb).

• Exam Dates:
  • Exam 1 - 4 Oct., 6:30-9:30 pm in 11 Fondren Science (FS).
    
  • Exam 2 - 1 Nov., 6:30-9:30 pm in 11 FS.
    
  • Exam 3 - when the mood strikes, 6:30-9:30 pm in 11 FS.
    
  • Final Exam - (Cumulative) Fri. 14, Dec 2001, 3:00pm - 6:00pm 110 FS.
• Quizzes: Given in lecture, roughly 10 minutes long, closed book and unannounced.
• University Holidays: Mon., 3 Sep.; Mon.-Tue., 15-16 Oct.; Thur.-Fri., 22-23 Nov.