PHYS 214 :: Physics Illinois :: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Schedule

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Week Date Checkpoints Lectures Prelabs / Labs Discussions Homework Exams
1
Monday
8/23/2021
Checkpoint 1 Unit 1:
Waves and Wave Equations
pdf ppt
       
Tuesday
8/24/2021
     

Discussion 1
Discussion 1 solutions

   
Wednesday
8/25/2021
Checkpoint 2 Unit 2:
Interference
pdf ppt
   
Thursday
8/26/2021
       
Friday
8/27/2021
  Examples
pdf ppt
   
2
Monday
8/30/2021
Checkpoint 3 Unit 3:
Diffraction
pdf ppt
       
Tuesday
8/31/2021
    Prelab 1
Lab 1:
Interference and
Diffraction
Discussion 2
Discussion 2 solutions
Homework 1 due
Homework 2 due
 
Wednesday
9/1/2021
Checkpoint 4 Unit 4:
Photons
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Thursday
9/2/2021
       
Friday
9/3/2021
Checkpoint 5 Unit 5:
Probability and Complex Numbers
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3
Monday
9/6/2021
Labor Day Holiday
Tuesday
9/7/2021
    No Lab Discussion 3
Discussion 3 solutions
Homework 3 due
Homework 4 due
 
Wednesday
9/8/2021
Checkpoint 6 Unit 6:
The Wave Function
pdf ppt
   
Thursday
9/9/2021
       
Friday
9/10/2021
  Examples
pdf ppt
   
4
Monday
9/13/2021
Checkpoint 7

Unit 7:
Momentum and Position

 pdf ppt

       
Tuesday
9/14/2021
    Prelab 2
Lab 2:
Photons
Discussion 4
Discussion 4 solutions
Homework 5 due
Homework 6 due
Hour Exam 1
Wednesday
9/15/2021
Checkpoint 8 Unit 8:
Energy eigenstates
(Time independent Schroedinger equation)
pdf ppt
   
Thursday
9/16/2021
       
Friday
9/17/2021
  Examples
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5
Monday
9/20/2021
Checkpoint 9 Unit 9:
Energy levels
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Tuesday
9/21/2021
    No Lab Discussion 5
Discussion 5 solutions
Homework 7 due
Homework 8 due
 
Wednesday
9/22/2021
Checkpoint 10 Unit 10:
Time-Dependent
Quantum States
pdf ppt
   
Thursday
9/23/2021
       
Friday
9/24/2021
  Examples
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6
Monday
9/27/2021
Checkpoint 11 Unit 11:
Coupled wells
pdf ppt
       
Tuesday
9/28/2021
    Prelab 3
Lab 3:
Atomic Spectra
Discussion 6
Discussion 6 solutions
Homework 9 due
Homework 10 due
Hour Exam 2
Wednesday
9/29/2021
Checkpoint 12 Unit 12:
Many electrons and band structure
pdf ppt
     
Thursday
9/30/2021
         
Friday
10/1/2021
  Examples
pdf ppt
     
7
Monday
10/4/2021
  Applications of quantum mechanics
pdf ppt
       
Tuesday
10/5/2021
      Discussion 7
Discussion 7 solutions
   
Wednesday
10/6/2021
  TBA
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Thursday
10/7/2021
       
Friday
10/8/2021
  Final review
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  Homework 11 due
Homework 12 due
Final Exam
8
Monday
10/11/2021