Physics 421 - Classical Mechanics
Fall
2026
01AB
TU 4:00PM 4:50PM
UMass Amherst
20017
Hasbrouck Laboratory room 137
Advanced course in undergraduate classical mechanics covering Newtonian dynamics and analytic methods. Topics include: conservation laws, oscillatory phenomena including damping and resonance, central force problems and planetary orbits, rigid body mechanics, an introduction to the calculus of variation and the principle of least action, generalized coordinates, with Lagrangian and Hamiltonian dynamics.
PHYSICS 287
Multiple required components--lab and/or discussion section. To register, submit requests for all components simultaneously.