| Week | Dates | Topics | Chapters in Book | Homework |
| Assignment | ||||
| 1 | Mon 8/27 - Thur 8/30 | Introduction, Heat (pdf) | Halliday 19 | Set 1 (pdf), Due Tue 9/4 |
| Monday, Sept 3 | No class (Labor Day) | |||
| 2 | Tue 9/4 - Thur 9/6 | Kinetic Theory (pdf) | Halliday 20 | Set 2 (pdf), Due Tue 9/11 |
| 3 | Mon 9/10 - Thur 9/13 | ThermoD., part 1 (pdf), part 2 (pdf) | Halliday 21 | Set 3 (pdf), Due Tue 9/18 |
| 4 | Mon 9/17 - Thur 9/20 | The Birth of Modern Physics | Thornton & Rex 1 | Set 4 (pdf), Due Tue 9/25 |
| Thursday, Sept 20 | First Midterm Exam | Covers Weeks 1-4 | Practice Exam (pdf) | |
| 5 | Mon 9/24 - Thur 9/27 | Special Relativity | Thornton & Rex 2 | Set 5 (pdf), Due Tue 10/2 |
| 6 | Mon 10/1 - Thur 10/4 | Photons | Thornton & Rex 3 | Set 6 (pdf), Due Tue 10/9 |
| 7 | Mon 10/8 - Thur 10/11 | Atomic Structure | Thornton & Rex 4 | Set 7 (pdf), Due Tue 10/16 |
| 8 | Mon 10/15 - Thur 10/18 | Waves | Thornton & Rex 5 | Set 8 (pdf), Due Tue 10/23 |
| Thursday, Oct 18 | Second Midterm Exam | Covers Weeks 5-8 | Practice Exam (pdf) | |
| 9 | Mon 10/22 - Thur 10/25 | Quantum Theory | Thornton & Rex 6 | Set 9 (pdf), Due Tue 10/30 |
| 10 | Mon 10/29 - Thur 11/1 | The Hydrogen Atom | Thornton & Rex 7 | Set 10 (pdf), Due Tue 11/6 |
| 11 | Mon 11/5 - Thur 11/8 | Many-Electron Atoms | Thornton & Rex 8 | Set 11 (pdf), Due Tue 11/13 |
| 12 | Mon 11/12 - Thur 11/15 | Nuclear Properties | Thornton & Rex 12 | Set 12 (pdf), Due Tue 11/27 |
| Thursday, Nov 15 | Third Midterm Exam | Covers Weeks 9-12 | Practice Exam (pdf) | |
| 13 | Mon 11/19 - Wed 11/21 | Nuclear Interactions | Thornton & Rex 13 | Set 13 (pdf), Due Tue 12/04 |
| Thursday, Nov 22 | No class (Thanksgiving) | |||
| 14 | Mon 11/26 - Thur 11/29 | Elementary Particles | Thornton & Rex 14 | |
| 15 | Mon 12/3 - Thur 12/6 | Cosmology/Review | Thornton & Rex 16 | |
| 16 | Tuesday, December 11 | Final Exam, 3:00 - 5:00 pm | Covers entire course | Practice Final Exam |