PHYS 214 Summer 2025
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 | Exams |
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| 1 | Monday 6/16/2025 |
Prelecture 1 | Checkpoint 1 | Unit 1: Waves and Wave Equations |
Discussion 1 Solution |
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Tuesday 6/17/2025 |
Prelecture 2 | Checkpoint 2 | Unit 2: Interference |
No Lab | ||||
Wednesday 6/18/2025 |
Prelecture 3 | Checkpoint 3 | Unit 3: Diffraction |
Discussion 2 Solution |
Homework 1 due Homework 2 due |
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Thursday 6/19/2025 |
Juneteenth Holiday | |||||||
Friday 6/20/2025 |
No Classes | |||||||
| 2 | Monday 6/23/2025 |
Prelecture 4 | Checkpoint 4 | Unit 4: Photons |
No Discussion |
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Tuesday 6/24/2025 |
Prelecture 5 | Checkpoint 5 | Unit 5: Probability and Complex Numbers |
Prelab 1 Lab 1: Interference and Diffraction |
Homework 3 due Homework 4 due |
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Wednesday 6/25/2025 |
Prelecture 6 | Checkpoint 6 | Unit 6: The Wave Function |
Discussion 3 Solution |
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Thursday 6/26/2025 |
Hour exam review |
No Lab | HOUR EXAM | |||||
Friday 6/27/2025 |
No Classes | |||||||
| 3 | Monday 6/30/2025 |
Prelecture 7 | Checkpoint 7 | Unit 7: Momentum and Position |
Discussion 4 Solution |
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Tuesday 7/1/2025 |
Prelecture 8 | Checkpoint 8 | Unit 8: Energy eigenstates (Time independent Schroedinger equation) |
Prelab 2 Lab 2: Photons |
Homework 5 due Homework 6 due |
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Wednesday 7/2/2025 |
Prelecture 9 | Checkpoint 9 | Unit 9: Harmonic oscillator |
Discussion 5 Solution |
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Thursday 7/3/2025 |
Prelecture 10 | Checkpoint 10 | Unit 10: Multiple electrons |
No Lab | Homework 7 due Homework 8 due |
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Friday 7/4/2025 |
Independence Day Holiday - No Classes | |||||||
| 4 | Monday 7/7/2025 |
Prelecture 11 | Checkpoint 11 | Unit 11: Band structure |
Discussion 6 Solution |
Homework 9 due Homework 10 due |
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Tuesday 7/8/2025 |
Prelecture 12 | Checkpoint 12 | Unit 12: Polarization and spin |
Prelab 3 Lab 3: Atomic Spectra |
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Wednesday 7/9/2025 |
Final exam review |
Discussion 7 Solution |
Homework 11 due Homework 12 due |
FINAL EXAM | ||||
Thursday 7/10/2025 |
FINAL EXAM | |||||||