PHYS 214 :: Physics Illinois :: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Schedule

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PHYS 214 Fall 2025 Syllabus and Weekly Schedule
Week Date Prelecture reading Checkpoints Lectures Prelabs / Labs Discussions Homework Exams
1 Monday
8/25/2025		 Prelecture 1 Checkpoint 1 Unit 1:
Waves and Wave Equations
pdf		        
Tuesday
8/26/2025		       No lab activities
this week		 Discussion 1
Discussion 1 solutions		    
Wednesday
8/27/2025		 Prelecture 2 Checkpoint 2 Unit 2:
Interference
pdf		    
Thursday
8/28/2025		          
Friday
8/29/2025		     Recorded problems (no in-person class)    
2 Monday
9/1/2025		     Labor Day no class No lab activities
this week		      
Tuesday
9/2/2025		       Discussion 2
Discussion 2 solutions		 Homework 1 due
Homework 2 due		  
Wednesday
9/3/2025		 Prelecture 3 Checkpoint 3 Unit 3:
Single aperture diffraction
pdf		    
Thursday
9/4/2025		          
Friday
9/5/2025		 Recorded problems (no in-person class)    
3 Monday
9/8/2025		 Prelecture 4 Checkpoint 4 Unit 4:
Photons
pdf		 Prelab 1
Lab 1:
Interference and
Diffraction		      
Tuesday
9/9/2025		       Discussion 3
Discussion 3 solutions		 Homework 3 due
  
Wednesday
9/10/2025		 Prelecture 5 Checkpoint 5 Unit 5:
Probability and complex numbers
pdf		  
Thursday
9/11/2025		        
Friday
9/12/2025		     Recorded problems (no in-person class)   Exam 1 (12 through 14 September)
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4 Monday
9/15/2025		 Prelecture 6 Checkpoint 6 Unit 6:
Wave functions
pdf		 No lab activities
this week		      
Tuesday
9/16/2025		       Discussion 4
Discussion 4 solutions		 Homework 4 due
Homework 5 due		  
Wednesday
9/17/2025		 Prelecture 7 Checkpoint 7 Unit 7:
Momentum and position
pdf		    
Thursday
9/18/2025		          
Friday
9/19/2025		     Recorded problems (no in-person class)    
5 Monday
9/22/2025		 Prelecture 8 Checkpoint 8 Unit 8:
Spin and polarization
pdf		 Prelab 2
Lab 2:
Photons		      
Tuesday
9/23/2025		       Discussion 5
Discussion 5 solutions		 Homework 6 due
Homework 7 due		  
Wednesday
9/24/2025		 Prelecture 9 Checkpoint 9 Unit 9:
Energy in quantum mechanics
pdf		  
Thursday
9/25/2025		        
Friday
9/26/2025		     Recorded problems (no in-person class)   Exam 2 (26 through 28 September)
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6 Monday
9/29/2025		 Prelecture 10 Checkpoint 10 Unit 10:
Atomic vibrations
pdf		 No lab activities
this week		      
Tuesday
9/30/2025		       Discussion 6
Discussion 6 solutions		 Homework 8 due
Homework 9 due		  
Wednesday
10/1/2025		 Prelecture 11 Checkpoint 11 Unit 11:
More than one particle
pdf		    
Thursday
10/2/2025		          
Friday
10/3/2025		     Recorded problems (no in-person class)    
7 Monday
10/6/2025		 Prelecture 12 Checkpoint 12 Unit 12: Nuclear physics
pdf		 Prelab 3
Lab 3:
Atomic Spectra		 Discussion 7
Discussion 7 solutions		    
Tuesday
10/7/2025		       Homework 10 due
Homework 11 due		  
Wednesday
10/8/2025		 Prelecture 13 Checkpoint 13 Unit 13: Band structure
pdf		    
Thursday
10/9/2025		        
Friday
10/10/2025		        
8 Monday
10/13/2025		 Reread class materials Checkpoint 14 Perspectives on quantum mechanics No lab activities
this week		 Discussion 8
Discussion 8 solutions		    
Tuesday
10/14/2025		       Homework 12 due
Homework 13 due		  
Wednesday
10/15/2025		 Review homework assignments Checkpoint 15 Review lecture    
Thursday
10/16/2025		          
Friday
10/17/2025		       Final Exam (16 to 19 October)
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