Physics 3344
Classical Mechanics - Spring 2004
Course Information
PHYS 3344 url: www.physics.smu.edu/~coan/3344_04.html
- Lecturer:
Professor Thomas E. Coan
- Lecture: TR 10:00-11:30am, rm 25 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 Text:
Classical Dynamics of Particles and Systems, 5ed.
S.T. Thornton and J.B. Marion
Brooks/Cole Publishing, 2004, ISBN 0-534-40896-6 (hc).
- Exam Dates:
- Exam 1 - 25 Feb., 6:30-9:30 pm in 11 Fondren Science (FS).
- Exam 2 - ?? Mar., 6:30-9:30 pm in 11 FS.
- Exam 3 - ?? Apr., 6:30-9:30 pm in 11 FS.
- Final Exam - (Cumulative) Sat., 1 May 2004, 8:00am - 11:00am, 11 FS.
Quizzes: Given in lecture, roughly 10 minutes long, closed book
and unannounced.
University Holidays: Mon., 19 Jan.;
Sa. - Su., 6-14 Mar., Fri., 19 Apr.