This document discusses various topics related to structural dynamics and soil-structure interaction, including: 1) Mode shapes and how they define the collective behavior of masses in a system. 2) Methods for analyzing dynamically loaded structures, including the frequency-domain method and using Ritz vectors. 3) Factors that influence soil-structure interaction like soil material damping, frequency-dependent stiffness and damping, and kinematic and inertial interactions between structures and soil. 4) References commonly used in the field like textbooks by Chopra and lecture materials from various universities.