| Week | Dates | Topics | Chapters in Book | Homework |
| Assignment | ||||
| 1 | Mon 1/7 - Fri 1/11 | Introduction, Heat | Halliday 19 | Set 1, Due Wed 1/16 |
| 2 | Mon 1/14 - Fri 1/18 | Kinetic Theory | Halliday 20 | Set 2, Due Wed 1/23 |
| Monday, Jan 21 | No class (Martin Luther King Day) | |||
| 3 | Wed 1/23 - Fri 1/25 | Thermodynamics | Halliday 21 | Set 3, Due Wed 1/30 |
| 4 | Mon 1/28 - Fri 2/1 | The Birth of Modern Physics | Thornton & Rex 1 | Set 4, Due Wed 2/6 |
| Thursday, Jan 31 | First Midterm Exam | Covers Weeks 1-4 | ||
| 5 | Mon 2/4 - Fri 2/8 | Special Relativity | Thornton & Rex 2 | Set 5, Due Wed 2/13 |
| 6 | Mon 2/11 - Fri 2/15 | Photons | Thornton & Rex 3 | Set 6, Due Wed 2/20 |
| 7 | Mon 2/18 - Fri 2/22 | Atomic Structure | Thornton & Rex 4 | Set 7, Due Wed 2/27 |
| 8 | Mon 2/25 - Fri 3/1 | Waves | Thornton & Rex 5 | Set 8, Due Wed 3/13 |
| Thursday, Feb 28 | Second Midterm Exam | Covers Weeks 5-8 | ||
| Mon 3/4 - Fri 3/8 | No classes (Spring Break) | |||
| 9 | Mon 3/11 - Fri 3/15 | Quantum Theory | Thornton & Rex 6 | Set 9, Due Wed 3/20 |
| 10 | Mon 3/18 - Fri 3/22 | The Hydrogen Atom | Thornton & Rex 7 | Set 10, Due Wed 3/27 |
| 11 | Mon 3/25 - Fri 3/29 | Many-Electron Atoms | Thornton & Rex 8 | Set 11, Due Wed 4/3 |
| 12 | Mon 4/1 - Fri 4/5 | Nuclear Properties | Thornton & Rex 12 | Set 12, Due Wed 4/10 |
| Thursday, Apr 4 | Third Midterm Exam | Covers Weeks 9-12 | ||
| 13 | Mon 4/8 - Fri 4/12 | Nuclear Interactions | Thornton & Rex 13 | Set 13, Due Wed 4/17 |
| 14 | Mon 4/15 - Fri 4/19 | Elementary Particles | Thornton & Rex 14 | Set 14, Due Wed 4/24 |
| 15 | Mon 4/22 - Fri 4/26 | Cosmology | Thornton & Rex 16 | |
| 16 | Wednesday, May 1 | Final Exam, 10:00 - noon | Covers entire course |