| Week | Dates | Topics | Chapter | Assignment |
| 1 | Mon 1/12 - Thur 1/15 | Introduction, Heat | HRW 19 | Set 1, Due Tue 1/20 |
| Monday, January 19 | No class (Martin Luther King Day) | |||
| 2 | Tue 1/20 - Thur 1/22 | Kinetic Theory | HRW 20 | Set 2, Due Tue 1/27 |
| 3 | Mon 1/26 - Thur 1/29 | Thermodynamics | HRW 21 | Set 3, Due Tue 2/3 |
| 4 | Mon 2/2 - Thu 2/5 | The Birth of Modern Physics | TR 1 | Set 4, Due Tue 2/10 |
| Thursday, February 5 | First Midterm Exam | Covers Weeks 1-4 | ||
| 5 | Mon 2/9 - Thur 2/12 | Special Relativity | TR 2 | Set 5, Due Tue 2/17 |
| 6 | Mon 2/16 - Thur 2/19 | Photons | TR 3 | Set 6, Due Tue 2/24 |
| 7 | Mon 2/23 - Thur 2/26 | Atomic Structure | TR 4 | Set 7, Due Tue 3/2 |
| 8 | Mon 3/1 - Thur 3/4 | Waves | TR 5 | Set 8, Due Tue 3/16 |
| Thursday, March 4 | Second Midterm Exam | Covers Weeks 5-8 | ||
| Mon 3/8 - Fri 3/12 | No classes (Spring Break) | |||
| 9 | Mon 3/15 - Thur 3/18 | Quantum Theory | TR 6 | Set 9, Due Tue 3/23 |
| 10 | Mon 3/22 - Thur 3/25 | The Hydrogen Atom | TR 7 | Set 10, Due Tue 3/30 |
| 11 | Mon 3/29 - Thur 4/1 | Many-Electron Atoms | TR 8 | Set 11, Due Tue 4/6 |
| 12 | Mon 4/5 - Thur 4/8 | Nuclear Properties | TR 12 | Set 12, Due Tue 4/13 |
| Thursday, April 8 | Third Midterm Exam | Covers Weeks 9-12 | ||
| 13 | Mon 4/12 - Thur 4/15 | Nuclear Interactions | TR 13 | Set 13, Due Tue 4/20 |
| 14 | Mon 4/19 - Thur 4/22 | Elementary Particles | TR 14 | Set 14, Due Tue 4/27 |
| 15 | Mon 4/26 - Thur 4/29 | Cosmology | TR 16 | |
| 16 | Thursday, May 6 | Final Exam, 7:45 - 9:45 am |