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PHYS 214 Spring 2025 Syllabus and Weekly Schedule
Week Date Prelecture reading Checkpoints Lectures Prelabs / Labs Discussions Homework Exams
1
Monday
1/20/2025
Martin Luther King Jr Day, no class
Tuesday
1/21/2025
      No lab activities
 this week

Discussion 1
Discussion 1 solutions

   
Wednesday
1/22/2025
Prelecture 1 Checkpoint 1 Unit 1:
Waves and Wave Equations
pdf
   
Thursday
1/23/2025
         
Friday
1/24/2025
Prelecture 2 Checkpoint 2 Unit 2:
Interference
pdf+Recorded problems
   
2
Monday
1/27/2025
Prelecture 3 Checkpoint 3 Unit 3:
Diffraction
pdf
Prelab 1
Lab 1:
 Interference and
 Diffraction
Discussion 2
Discussion 2 solutions
   
Tuesday
1/28/2025
      Homework 1 due
Homework 2 due
 
Wednesday
1/29/2025
Prelecture 4 Checkpoint 4 Unit 4:
Photons
pdf
   
Thursday
1/30/2025
         
Friday
1/31/2025
    Recorded problems (no in-person class)    
3
Monday
2/3/2025
Prelecture 5 Checkpoint 5 Unit 5:
Probability and Complex Numbers
pdf
No lab activities
 this week
Discussion 3
Discussion 3 solutions
   
Tuesday
2/4/2025
      Homework 3 due
Homework 4 due
 
Wednesday
2/5/2025
Prelecture 6 Checkpoint 6 Unit 6:
The Wave Function
pdf
  Hour Exam 1
Thursday
2/6/2025
        Hour Exam 1
Friday
2/7/2025
    Recorded problems (no in-person class)   Hour Exam 1
4
Monday
2/10/2025
Prelecture 7 Checkpoint 7

Unit 7:
Momentum and Position

 pdf

Prelab 2
Lab 2:
 Photons
Discussion 4
Discussion 4 solutions
   
Tuesday
2/11/2025
      Homework 5 due
Homework 6 due
 
Wednesday
2/12/2025
Prelecture 8 Checkpoint 8 Unit 8:
Energy eigenstates
(Time independent Schroedinger equation)
pdf
   
Thursday
2/13/2025
         
Friday
2/14/2025
    Recorded problems (no in-person class)    
5
Monday
2/17/2025
Prelecture 9 Checkpoint 9 Unit 9:
Harmonic oscillator
pdf
No lab activities
 this week
Discussion 5
Discussion 5 solutions
   
Tuesday
2/18/2025
      Homework 7 due
Homework 8 due
 
Wednesday
2/19/2025
Prelecture 10 Checkpoint 10 Unit 10:
Multiple electrons
pdf
  Hour Exam 2
Thursday
2/20/2025
        Hour Exam 2
Friday
2/21/2025
    Recorded problems (no in-person class)   Hour Exam 2
6
Monday
2/24/2025
Prelecture 11 Checkpoint 11 Unit 11:
Band structure
pdf
Prelab 3
Lab 3:
Atomic Spectra
Discussion 6
Discussion 6 solutions
   
Tuesday
2/25/2025
      Homework 9 due
Homework 10 due
 
Wednesday
2/26/2025
Prelecture 12 Checkpoint 12 Unit 12:
Polarization and spin
pdf
   
Thursday
2/27/2025
         
Friday
2/28/2025
    Recorded problems (no in-person class)    
7
Monday
3/3/2025
   

Quantum matter: molecules, superconductors
OR
Quantum matter: solidity, dead stars, superconductors
OR
Entanglement, qubits, and local reality
pdf

No lab activities
 this week
Discussion 7
Discussion 7 solutions
   
Tuesday
3/4/2025
         
Wednesday
3/5/2025
    Final review
pdf
   
Thursday
3/6/2025
      Homework 11 due
Homework 12 due
Final Exam
3/6-9
Friday
3/7/2025
    NO LECTURE
  Final Exam
3/6-9
8
Monday
3/10/2025