This document provides an overview of the 2.001 Mechanics and Materials I course, which covers statics, displacements and deformations, and constitutive laws. It outlines the plan for the first lecture, including reviewing vectors, forces, moments, and equilibrium. It also provides instructions on how to solve problems using good sketches, symbolic solutions, and checking answers. Key concepts introduced are that forces and moments are vectors, and the equations of static equilibrium that must be satisfied.