| Week | Dates | Topics | Chapters in Book | Homework |
| Assignment | ||||
| 1 | Mon 8/25 - Thur 8/28 | Introduction, Heat | Halliday 19 | Set 1, Due Tue 9/2 |
| Monday, Sept 1 | No class (Labor Day) | |||
| 2 | Tue 9/2 - Thur 9/4 | Kinetic Theory | Halliday 20 | Set 2, Due Tue 9/9 |
| 3 | Mon 9/8 - Thur 9/11 | Thermodynamics | Halliday 21 | Set 3, Due Tue 9/16 |
| 4 | Mon 9/15 - Thur 9/18 | The Birth of Modern Physics | Thornton & Rex 1 | Set 4, Due Tue 9/23 |
| Thursday, Sept 18 | First Midterm Exam | Covers Weeks 1-4 | ||
| 5 | Mon 9/22 - Thur 9/25 | Special Relativity | Thornton & Rex 2 | Set 5, Due Tue 9/30 |
| 6 | Mon 9/29 - Thur 10/2 | Photons | Thornton & Rex 3 | Set 6, Due Tue 10/7 |
| 7 | Mon 10/6 - Thur 10/9 | Atomic Structure | Thornton & Rex 4 | Set 7, Due Tue 10/14 |
| 8 | Mon 10/13 - Thur 10/ | Waves | Thornton & Rex 5 | Set 8, Due Tue 10/21 |
| Thursday, Oct 16 | Second Midterm Exam | Covers Weeks 5-8 | ||
| 9 | Mon 10/20 - Thur 10/ | Quantum Theory | Thornton & Rex 6 | Set 9, Due Tue 10/28 |
| 10 | Mon 10/27 - Thur 10/ | The Hydrogen Atom | Thornton & Rex 7 | Set 10, Due Tue 11/4 |
| 11 | Mon 11/3 - Thur 11/6 | Many-Electron Atoms | Thornton & Rex 8 | Set 11, Due Tue 11/11 |
| 12 | Mon 11/10 - Thur 11/ | Nuclear Properties | Thornton & Rex 12 | Set 12, Due Tue 11/18 |
| Thursday, Nov 13 | Third Midterm Exam | Covers Weeks 9-12 | ||
| 13 | Mon 11/17 - Thur 11/ | Nuclear Interactions | Thornton & Rex 13 | Set 13, Due Tue 11/25 |
| 14 | Mon 11/24 - Wed 11/ | Elementary Particles | Thornton & Rex 14 | Set 14, Due Tue 12/2 |
| Thursday, Nov 27 | No class (Thanksgiving) | |||
| 15 | Mon 12/1 - Thur 12/4 | Cosmology | Thornton & Rex 16 | |
| 16 | Friday, December 1 | Final Exam, 12:45 - 2:45 pm | Covers entire cours |