| Tentative Schedule | |||
| Date | Topic/required reading until given date | Pages | HW due |
| 8-Sep | Generalized Coordinates | 353 - 356 | Set 1 |
| 15-Sep | Lagrange Equations | 357 - 366 | Set 2 |
| 22-Sep | Examples; Systems subject to constraints | 366 - 372 | Set 3 |
| 29-Sep | Examples of systems subject to constraints | 372 - 378 | Set 4 |
| 6-Oct | Constants of motion and ignorable coordinates | 378 - 385 | Set 5 |
| 13-Oct | Lagrange equations for vibrating string | 388 - 392 | Set 6 |
| 20-Oct | Hamilton equations, Liouville's theorem | 392 - 396 | Set 7 |
| 27-Oct | Tensor algebra | 402 - 410 | Set 8 |
| 3-Nov | Diagonalization of a symmetric tensor | 410 - 424 | Set 9 |
| 10-Nov | Inertia Tensor | 424 - 431 | Set 10 |
| 17-Nov | Motion of a rigid body / Euler's equations | 444 - 454 | Set 11 |
| 24-Nov | The symmetrical top | 454 - 460 | Set 12 |
| 1-Dec | Postulates of Special Relativity | 502 - 532 | -- |
| 8-Dec | 4-vectors, momentum and energy conservation | 523 - 558 | Set 13 |
| 15-Dec | FINAL EXAM due |