Spring 2027

Dynamics

Dynamics course covering kinematics, force-mass-acceleration, work-energy, impulse-momentum, and moments of inertia.

offering recorded3 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Antonio HernandezHarsh Sharma

Summary

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Past student reviews · Sonny Nimityongskul

One student described the final exam as hard and noted that dedicated time was required to manage the course alongside other commitments.

What you’ll be able to do

  • Derive kinematic relationships among position, velocity and acceleration for systems of particles and rigid bodies

  • Apply and solve Newton-Euler equations to analyze the motion of systems of particles and rigid bodies

  • Apply and solve work-energy equations to analyze the motion of systems of particles and rigid bodies

  • Apply and solve momentum equations to analyze the motion of systems of particles and rigid bodies

Source: UW Guide

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Prerequisites

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E M A 201 or member of Engineering Guest Students

    • EMA 201
    • member of Engineering Guest Students
    take one
EMA 202 used by

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  • Any of
    • EMA 201
    • member of Engineering Guest Students

Professors

Spring 2027

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2026: 2.99 GPA, 38.4% A/AB (n=151 letter grades).

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

AARON NIMITYONGSKUL is recorded teaching in Fall 2014, Spring 2015, Fall 2016, Fall 2017, Fall 2019, Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Fall 2022, Fall 2023. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

ANTONIO HERNANDEZ is recorded teaching in Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

DANIEL KAMMER is recorded teaching in Fall 2007, Spring 2008, Fall 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2014. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

ERIC KAZYAK is recorded teaching in Spring 2023, Fall 2024, Fall 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

HARSH SHARMA is recorded teaching in Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

PETER ADAMCZYK is recorded teaching in Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

ROBERT WITT is recorded teaching in Fall 2008, Spring 2009, Fall 2010, Spring 2011, Fall 2018. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

SUZANNAH SANDRIK is recorded teaching in Spring 2007, Fall 2011, Spring 2012, Fall 2012, Fall 2015. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

THOMAS ALAN CARSTENS is recorded teaching in Spring 2013. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Calendar & sections

Spring 2027

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SectionModeEnrolled / capacityWaitlist
LEC 001Classroom Instruction0 / 2500
DIS 301Classroom Instruction0 / 400
DIS 302Classroom Instruction0 / 400
DIS 303Classroom Instruction0 / 400
DIS 304Classroom Instruction0 / 400
DIS 305Classroom Instruction0 / 400
DIS 306Classroom Instruction0 / 400
LEC 002Classroom Instruction0 / 2500

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Student experience

the class

Past student reviews · Eric Kazyak

Students found Eric Kazyak's teaching style enjoyable, noting that his focus on derivations helped them better understand the material.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.35 GPA, 59.4% A/AB (n=281 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.07 GPA, 40.8% A/AB (n=292 letter grades); Spring 2026: 2.99 GPA, 39.3% A/AB (n=321 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Past student reviews · Sonny Nimityongskul

One student described the final exam as hard and noted that dedicated time was required to manage the course alongside other commitments.

Past student reviews · Eric Kazyak

A student appreciated the fairness of the exams and felt well-prepared by the instructor, while also praising the support provided by their TA.

Topics

  • Kinematics and force-mass-acceleration relations
  • Work, energy, impulse, and momentum
  • Moments of inertia and mass

Skills

  • Deriving kinematic relationships for particles and rigid bodies
  • Solving Newton-Euler equations for motion analysis
  • Applying work-energy equations to analyze motion
  • Solving momentum equations for particle and rigid body systems

Grades

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Spring 2027 · Projected

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Approximate 80% prediction interval

About this estimate

The course’s semester-average GPA, not an individual student’s grade. The center uses 5 same-season terms, weighted toward recent results.

The range uses the finite-sample 80th-percentile rank of absolute errors from earlier same-season forecasts. Each forecast uses only records from earlier terms. At least four forecasts are required; bounds are rounded outward and limited to 0–4. This is an empirical estimate: changing instructors or grading policies can reduce its coverage.

8 earlier forecasts · 0.18 GPA average error.

Grades over time

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Where this course fits relative to

Latest available grades · Spring 2026 · all course levels

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About this comparison

1280 courses over the same term, each with at least 30 recorded letter grades. Cross-listed courses count once. GPA is not a measure of difficulty or teaching quality. The typical course is the median by recorded grade count; tied values are not counted as lower. Grade counts describe course scale, not unique students or typical section size.

Descriptions compare GPA with this group’s average: at least 0.20 higher or lower; otherwise close to average. Section size uses median recorded enrollment: small up to 30, mid-sized 31–99, large 100+. Lectures and discussion/lab sections are described separately.

Sources & history

UW–Madison

Catalog & offerings

Descriptions, prerequisites, and recorded course offerings.

Catalog observation history

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Selected offering source records
EMA 202 · Spring 2027

Dynamics

Recorded 2026-10-14
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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Model outputs & technical records
Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B
LLM outputs across runs
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Full model traces

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Model & dataset provenance 
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