| Week | Dates | Topics | Chapter | Assignment |
| 1 | Mon 1/6 - Thur 1/9 | Introduction, Heat | HRW 19 | Set 1, Due Tue 1/14 |
| 2 | Mon 1/13 - Thur 1/16 | Kinetic Theory | HRW 20 | Set 2, Due Tue 1/21 |
| Monday, January 20 | No class (Martin Luther King Day) | |||
| 3 | Tue 1/21 - Thur 1/23 | Thermodynamics | HRW 21 | Set 3, Due Tue 1/28 |
| 4 | Mon 1/27 - Thu 1/30 | The Birth of Modern Physics | TR 1 | Set 4, Due Tue 2/4 |
| Thursday, January 30 | First Midterm Exam | Covers Weeks 1-4 | ||
| 5 | Mon 2/3 - Thur 2/6 | Special Relativity | TR 2 | Set 5, Due Tue 2/11 |
| 6 | Mon 2/10 - Thur 2/13 | Photons | TR 3 | Set 6, Due Tue 2/18 |
| 7 | Mon 2/17 - Thur 2/20 | Atomic Structure | TR 4 | Set 7, Due Tue 2/25 |
| 8 | Mon 2/24 - Thur 2/27 | Waves | TR 5 | Set 8, Due Tue 3/11 |
| Thursday, February 27 | Second Midterm Exam | Covers Weeks 5-8 | ||
| Mon 3/3 - Fri 3/7 | No classes (Spring Break) | |||
| 9 | Mon 3/10 - Thur 3/13 | Quantum Theory | TR 6 | Set 9, Due Tue 3/18 |
| 10 | Mon 3/17 - Thur 3/20 | The Hydrogen Atom | TR 7 | Set 10, Due Tue 3/25 |
| 11 | Mon 3/24 - Thur 3/27 | Many-Electron Atoms | TR 8 | Set 11, Due Tue 4/1 |
| 12 | Mon 3/31 - Thur 4/3 | Nuclear Properties | TR 12 | Set 12, Due Tue 4/8 |
| Thursday, April 3 | Third Midterm Exam | Covers Weeks 9-12 | ||
| 13 | Mon 4/7 - Thur 4/10 | Nuclear Interactions | TR 13 | Set 13, Due Tue 4/15 |
| 14 | Mon 4/14 - Thur 4/17 | Elementary Particles | TR 14 | Set 14, Due Tue 4/22 |
| 15 | Mon 4/21 - Thur 4/24 | Cosmology | TR 16 | |
| 16 | Friday, May 2 | Final Exam, 7:45 - 9:45 am |