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

Schedule

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Week Date Prelecture reading Checkpoints Lectures Prelabs / Labs Discussions Homework Quizzes/Exams
1
Monday
8/22/2022
Prelecture 1 Checkpoint 1 Unit 1:
Waves and Wave Equations
pdf
       
Tuesday
8/23/2022
      No lab activities
this week

Discussion 1
Discussion 1 solutions

   
Wednesday
8/24/2022
Prelecture 2 Checkpoint 2 Unit 2:
Interference
pdf
   
Thursday
8/25/2022
         
Friday
8/26/2022
    Examples
pdf
   
2
Monday
8/29/2022
Prelecture 3 Checkpoint 3 Unit 3:
Diffraction
pdf
       
Tuesday
8/30/2022
      Prelab 1
Lab 1:
Interference and
Diffraction
Discussion 2
Discussion 2 solutions
Homework 1 due
Homework 2 due
 
Wednesday
8/31/2022
Prelecture 4 Checkpoint 4 Unit 4:
Photons
pdf
   
Thursday
9/1/2022
         
Friday
9/2/2022
Prelecture 5 Checkpoint 5 Unit 5:
Probability and Complex Numbers
pdf
   
3
Monday
9/5/2022
Labor Day Holiday            
Tuesday
9/6/2022
      No lab activities
this week
Discussion 3
Discussion 3 solutions
Homework 3 due
Homework 4 due
 
Wednesday
9/7/2022
Prelecture 6 Checkpoint 6 Unit 6:
The Wave Function
pdf
   
Thursday
9/8/2022
         
Friday
9/9/2022
    Examples
pdf
   
4
Monday
9/12/2022
Prelecture 7 Checkpoint 7

Unit 7:
Momentum and Position

 pdf

       
Tuesday
9/13/2022
      Prelab 2
Lab 2:
Photons
Discussion 4
Discussion 4 solutions
Homework 5 due
Homework 6 due
Biweekly quiz 1
Wednesday
9/14/2022
Prelecture 8 Checkpoint 8 Unit 8:
Energy eigenstates
(Time independent Schroedinger equation)
pdf
   
Thursday
9/15/2022
         
Friday
9/16/2022
    Examples
pdf
   
5
Monday
9/19/2022
Prelecture 9 Checkpoint 9 Unit 9:
Harmonic oscillator
pdf
       
Tuesday
9/20/2022
      No lab activities
this week
Discussion 5
Discussion 5 solutions
Homework 7 due
Homework 8 due
 
Wednesday
9/21/2022
Prelecture 10 Checkpoint 10 Unit 10:
Multiple electrons
pdf
   
Thursday
9/22/2022
         
Friday
9/23/2022
    Examples
pdf
   
6
Monday
9/26/2022
Prelecture 11 Checkpoint 11 Unit 11:
Band structure
pdf
       
Tuesday
9/27/2022
      Prelab 3
Lab 3:
Atomic Spectra
Discussion 6
Discussion 6 solutions
Homework 9 due
Homework 10 due
Biweekly quiz 2
Wednesday
9/28/2022
Prelecture 12 Checkpoint 12 Unit 12:
Polarization and spin
pdf
   
Thursday
9/29/2022
         
Friday
9/30/2022
    Examples
pdf
   
7
Monday
10/3/2022
    Applications of quantum mechanics
pdf
       
Tuesday
10/4/2022
        Discussion 7
Discussion 7 solutions
   
Wednesday
10/5/2022
    Quantum entanglement
pdf
   
Thursday
10/6/2022
         
Friday
10/7/2022
    Final review
pdf
  Homework 11 due
Homework 12 due
Final Exam
8
Monday
10/10/2022