The first day you will be given a syllabus with a schedule included. Here I would like to give you an outline for the course. Before, however, I want to point out a couple of things you should review from chapter one. Examples will be given in class. Now the outline.
Kinematics defines position, velocity, and acceleration.
Dynamics defines mass and force and uses Newton s three laws of motion. Then we go on to solve problems using conservation laws for energy, momentum, and angular momentum. We are all familiar with vibratory motion. The central model is the mass on a spring system. We will study mathematically the mass-spring and use it as a basis for understanding waves.