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Topics (follow links to related materials):

Physics I

• Unit 1: Vectors, one-dimensional kinematics, two-dimensional kinematics, Newton's Laws, dynamics I.
• Unit 2: Dynamics II, circular motion, work and mechanical energy.
• Unit 3: Linear momentum and impulse, torque and rotation, torque and angular momentum, force and torque equilibrium (statics), elasticity, fluid mechanics.

Physics II

• Unit 1: Thermal properties of matter, heat and calorimetry, thermodynamics, electric field and force and potential.
• Unit 2: DC circuits, resistor and capacitor networks; magnetic field, Lorentz force, magnetic properties of current; induction and inductance; Maxwell's equations.
• Unit 3: Oscillations, traveling sound waves, standing waves, beats; dipole radiation, E.M. waves; mirrors and lenses; interference and diffraction; wave-particle duality.