PHYS 214 Fall 2026
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
8/24/2026 |
Prelecture 1 | Checkpoint 1 | Unit 1: Waves and Wave Equations |
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Tuesday
8/25/2026 |
No lab activities this week |
Discussion 1 Discussion 1 solutions |
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Wednesday
8/26/2026 |
Prelecture 2 | Checkpoint 2 | Unit 2: Interference |
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Thursday
8/27/2026 |
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Friday
8/28/2026 |
Recorded problems (no in-person class) | |||||||
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Monday
8/31/2026 |
Prelecture 3 | Checkpoint 3 | Unit 3: Single aperture diffraction |
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Tuesday
9/1/2026 |
Discussion 2 Discussion 2 solutions |
Homework 1 due Homework 2 due |
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Wednesday
9/2/2026 |
Prelecture 4 | Checkpoint 4 | Unit 4: Photons |
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Thursday
9/3/2026 |
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Friday
9/4/2026 |
Recorded problems (no in-person class) | |||||||
| 3 |
Monday
9/7/2026 |
Labor Day no class | No lab activities this week |
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Tuesday
9/8/2026 |
Discussion 3 Discussion 3 solutions |
Homework 3 due | ||||||
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Wednesday
9/9/2026 |
Prelecture 5 | Checkpoint 5 | Unit 5: Probability and complex numbers |
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Thursday
9/10/2026 |
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Friday
9/11/2026 |
Recorded problems (no in-person class) | Exam 1 (11 through 13 September) Unit 1 through Unit 3 Sign-Up for an exam time in PrairieTest. |
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| 4 |
Monday
9/14/2026 |
Prelecture 6 | Checkpoint 6 | Unit 6: Wave functions |
No lab activities this week |
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Tuesday
9/15/2026 |
Discussion 4 Discussion 4 solutions |
Homework 4 due Homework 5 due |
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Wednesday
9/16/2026 |
Prelecture 7 | Checkpoint 7 | Unit 7: Momentum and position |
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Thursday
9/17/2026 |
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Friday
9/18/2026 |
Recorded problems (no in-person class) | |||||||
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Monday
9/21/2026 |
Prelecture 8 | Checkpoint 8 | Unit 8: Spin and polarization |
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Tuesday
9/22/2026 |
Discussion 5 Discussion 5 solutions |
Homework 6 due Homework 7 due |
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Wednesday
9/23/2026 |
Prelecture 9 | Checkpoint 9 | Unit 9: Energy in quantum mechanics |
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Thursday
9/24/2026 |
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Friday
9/25/2026 |
Recorded problems (no in-person class) |
Exam 2 (25 through 27 September) Unit 4 through Unit 7 |
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Monday
9/28/2026 |
Prelecture 10 | Checkpoint 10 | Unit 10: Atomic vibrations |
No lab activities this week |
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Tuesday
9/29/2026 |
Discussion 6 Discussion 6 solutions |
Homework 8 due Homework 9 due |
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Wednesday
9/30/2026 |
Prelecture 11 | Checkpoint 11 | Unit 11: More than one particle |
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Thursday
10/1/2026 |
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Friday
10/2/2026 |
Recorded problems (no in-person class) | |||||||
| 7 |
Monday
10/5/2026 |
Prelecture 12 | Checkpoint 12 | Unit 12: Nuclear physics |
Discussion 7 Discussion 7 solutions |
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Tuesday
10/6/2026 |
Homework 10 due Homework 11 due |
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Wednesday
10/7/2026 |
Prelecture 13 | Checkpoint 13 | Unit 13: Band structure |
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Thursday
10/8/2026 |
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Friday
10/9/2026 |
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| 8 |
Monday
10/12/2026 |
Reread class materials | Checkpoint 14 |
Perspectives on quantum mechanics |
No lab activities this week |
Discussion 8 Discussion 8 solutions |
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Tuesday
10/13/2026 |
Homework 12 due Homework 13 due |
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Wednesday
10/14/2026 |
Review homework assignments | Checkpoint 15 |
Review lecture |
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Thursday
10/15/2026 |
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Friday
10/16/2026 |
Final Exam (16 to 19 October) Sign up for an exam time in PrairieTest. |