PHYS 325 Spring 2025
PHYS 325 :: Physics Illinois :: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Course Schedule
Lectures will take place on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 13:00 - 14:20 Central US in 151 Loomis.
Discussion sessions will take place on Mondays as assigned in the section information.
Homework sets will become available on Thursdays after class, starting in week 1. They are due on the following Thursday before 11:55pm Central US and they have to be submitted online via gradescope.
For details on semester dates, registration deadlines, etc. please check the Academic Calendar.
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| Week | Date | Lectures | Homework | Discussions | Text suggestions |
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| 1 |
Monday
01/20/2025 |
Martin Luther King Jr. Day -- no classes | |||
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Tuesday
01/21/2025 |
Course policies L1: Newton's laws |
Taylor Ch. 1 | |||
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Thursday
01/23/2025 |
L2: 1-dimensional particle dynamics | HW 1 out Solutions |
Taylor Ch. 1 | ||
| 2 |
Monday
01/27/2025 |
FIRST DISCUSSION | Discussion 1 Solution |
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Tuesday
01/28/2025 |
L3: Position and time dependent forces Simple harmonic oscillator |
Taylor Ch. 2 | |||
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Thursday
01/30/2025 |
L4: drag and velocity dependent forces | HW 1 due HW 2 out Solutions |
Taylor Ch 2 | ||
| 3 |
Monday
02/03/2025 |
Discussion 2 Solution |
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Tuesday
02/04/2025 |
L5: 1D rocket motion |
Taylor Ch 2 |
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Thursday
02/06/2025 |
L6: 2D particle dynamics | HW 2 due HW 3 out Solutions |
K&K Ch. 4 (Taylor Ch 4 & 8) | ||
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Monday
02/10/2025 |
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Tuesday
02/11/2025 |
L7: 2D particle dynamics | K&K Ch. 10 (Taylor Ch 8) |
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Thursday
02/13/2025 |
L8: Conservative forces energy conservation |
HW 3 due HW 4 out Solutions |
Taylor Ch 8 | ||
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Monday
02/17/2025 |
Discussion 4 Solution |
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Tuesday
02/18/2025 |
L9: Central force motion angular momentum conservation |
K&K Ch. 10 (Taylor Ch 8) |
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Thursday
02/20/2025 |
L10: Gravitational force and gravitational potential |
HW 4 due HW 5 out Solutions |
K&K Ch. 10 (Taylor Ch 8) |
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| 6 |
Monday
02/24/2025 |
Discussion 5 Solution |
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Tuesday
02/25/2025 |
L11: Orbital motion I | K&K Ch. 10 (Taylor Ch 8) |
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Thursday
02/27/2025 |
L12: Orbital motion II Kepler's laws |
HW 5 due No new HW |
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| 7 |
Monday
03/03/2025 |
Discussion 6 Solution |
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Tuesday
03/04/2025 |
L13: Simple harmonic oscillators | Taylor Ch. 5 (K&K Ch. 11) | |||
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Thursday
03/06/2025 |
Midterm Exam 1 Practice exam 1 |
No HW due HW 6 out Solutions |
Taylor Ch. 5 (K&K Ch. 11) |
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Monday
03/10/2025 |
Discussion 7 Solution |
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Tuesday
03/11/2025 |
L14: Damped oscillators | Taylor Ch. 5 (K&K Ch. 11) | |||
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Thursday
03/13/2025 |
L15: Forced vibrations | HW 6 due HW 7 out Solutions |
Taylor Ch. 5 (K&K Ch. 11) |
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| 03/15/2025 - 03/23/2025 | Spring Break | ||||
| 9 |
Monday
03/24/2025 |
Discussion 8 Solution |
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Tuesday
03/25/2025 |
L16: Harmonic driving and resonance | ||||
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Thursday
03/27/2025 |
L17: Periodic driving | HW 7 due HW 8 out Solutions |
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| 10 |
Monday
03/31/2025 |
Discussion 9 Solution |
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Tuesday
04/01/2025 |
L18: Impulse response function and Greens function | Taylor Chapter 9 (K&K Ch 9) | |||
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Thursday
04/03/2025 |
L19: Fourier transformation | HW 8 due HW 9 out Solutions |
Taylor Chapter 9 (K&K Ch 9) | ||
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Monday
04/07/2025 |
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Tuesday
04/08/2025 |
L20: Non-inertial reference frames | ||||
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Thursday
04/10/2025 |
L21: Dynamics in non-inertial reference frames | HW 9 due No new HW |
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| 12 |
Monday
04/14/2025 |
Discussion 11 Solution |
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Tuesday
04/15/2025 |
L22: Coriolis forces | Taylor Ch. 6 | |||
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Thursday
04/17/2025 |
Midterm Exam 2 Practice exam 2 |
No HW due HW 10 out Solutions |
Taylor Ch. 6 | ||
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Monday
04/21/2025 |
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Tuesday
04/22/2025 |
L23: Coriolis forces contd. | Taylor Ch. 7 | |||
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Thursday
04/24/2025 |
L24: Calculus of variations | HW 10 due HW 11 out Solutions |
Taylor Ch. 7 | ||
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Monday
04/28/2025 |
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Tuesday
04/29/2025 |
L25: Calculus of variations | Taylor Ch. 7 | |||
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Thursday
05/01/2025 |
L26: Lagrangian mechanics | HW 11 due on 3 May 2025 |
Taylor Ch. 7 | ||
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Monday
05/05/2025 |
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Tuesday
05/06/2025 |
L27: Lagrangian mechanics | Taylor Ch. 7 | |||
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Thursday
05/08/2025 |
Reading Day | ||||
| FINALs' week 05/09/2025 - 05/15/2025 |
Final exam: 9 May 2025from 8:00-11:00am in 151 Loomis Practice final exam |
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