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