| Week | Dates | Topics | Chapter | Assignment |
| 1 | Mon 1/10 - Thur 1/13 | Introduction, Heat | HRW 19 | Set 1, Due Tue 1/18 |
| Monday, January 17 | No class (Martin Luther King Day) | |||
| 2 | Tue 1/18 - Thur 1/20 | Kinetic Theory | HRW 20 | Set 2, Due Tue 1/25 |
| 3 | Mon 1/24 - Thur 1/27 | Thermodynamics | HRW 21 | Set 3, Due Tue 2/1 |
| 4 | Mon 1/31 - Thu 2/3 | Special Relativity | TR 2 | Set 4, Due Tue 2/8 |
| Thursday, February 3 | First Midterm Exam | Covers Weeks 1-3 | ||
| 5 | Mon 2/7 - Thur 2/10 | Special Relativity | TR 2 | Set 5, Due Tue 2/15 |
| 6 | Mon 2/14 - Thur 2/17 | Birth of Modern Physics, Photons | TR 1,3 | Set 6, Due Tue 2/22 |
| 7 | Mon 2/21 - Thur 2/24 | Atomic Structure | TR 4 | Set 7, Due Tue 3/1 |
| 8 | Mon 2/28 - Thur 3/3 | Waves | TR 5 | Set 8, Due Tue 3/15 |
| Thursday, March 3 | Second Midterm Exam | Covers Weeks 5-8 | ||
| Mon 3/7 - Fri 3/11 | No classes (Spring Break) | |||
| 9 | Mon 3/14 - Thur 3/17 | Quantum Theory | TR 6 | Set 9, Due Tue 3/22 |
| 10 | Mon 3/21 - Thur 3/24 | The Hydrogen Atom | TR 7 | Set 10, Due Tue 3/29 |
| 11 | Mon 3/28 - Thur 3/31 | Many-Electron Atoms | TR 8 | Set 11, Due Tue 4/5 |
| 12 | Mon 4/4 - Thur 4/7 | Nuclear Properties | TR 12 | Set 12, Due Tue 4/12 |
| Thursday, April 7 | Third Midterm Exam | Covers Weeks 9-12 | ||
| 13 | Mon 4/11 - Thur 4/14 | Nuclear Interactions | TR 13 | Set 13, Due Tue 4/19 |
| 14 | Mon 4/18 - Thur 4/21 | Elementary Particles | TR 14 | Set 14, Due Tue 4/26 |
| 15 | Mon 4/25 - Thur 4/28 | Cosmology | TR 16 | |
| 16 | Monday, May 2 | Final Exam, 7:45 - 9:45 am |