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Posting schedule

You can generally expect course materials to be made available to you according to the following schedule:

Prelectures, Checkpoints, and Homework open on smart.physics.illinois.edu one week before they are due.

Lecture notes handouts are posted at least 24 hours in advance of lecture to facilitate note-taking during lecture.

Lecture slides are posted up to 24 hours after lecture and include annotations and answers to poll questions.

Lab materials and Discussion slides are posted on Monday during the week of the respective class meeting.

Discussion questions are posted Friday before the week of the respective lab.

Discussion solutions are typically posted Monday following the week of the respective class meeting.


Summary of recurring schedule

Monday:

Wednesday:

Friday:

Labs

Discussion

Tests


Week 1
Date Prelecture Checkpoint Lecture Lab Discussion Homework Exam
Monday
1/19/2026

Martin Luther King Jr Day, No Class

Tuesday
1/20/2026
      Week 1 PreLab
No Lab
Discussion 1:
Handout 1Solutions 1

   
Wednesday
1/21/2026
Prelecture 1 Checkpoint 1 Lecture 1: 
Electric Charge  
pdf ppt (notes)

 
 
Thursday
1/22/2026
         
Friday
1/23/2026
           
Week 2
Date Prelecture Checkpoint Lecture Lab Discussion Homework Exam
Monday
1/26/2026
Prelecture 2 Checkpoint 2 Lecture 2:  
Coulomb’s Law & Free-body Diagrams
pdf ppt (notes)
Week 2 PreLab
No Lab
     
Tuesday
1/27/2026
      Discussion 2:
Week 2 Skill Check
Handout 2Solutions 2

   
Wednesday
1/28/2026
No prelecture Checkpoint 3 Lecture 3:  
Coulomb’s Law & Free-body Diagrams:  Examples
pdf ppt (notes)
   
Thursday
1/29/2026
         
Friday
1/30/2026
        Homework 1  
Week 3
Date Prelecture Checkpoint Lecture Lab Discussion Homework Exam
Monday
2/2/2026
Prelecture 4 Checkpoint 4 Lecture 4:  
Electric Field Definition
pdf ppt (notes)
       
Tuesday
2/3/2026
     
Week 3 PreLab
Lab 1
Discussion 3:
Week 3 Skill Check
Handout 3Solutions 3

   
Wednesday
2/4/2026
Prelecture 5 Checkpoint 5 Lecture 5:  
Electric Field & Gauss’ Law 
pdf ppt (notes)
   
Thursday
2/5/2026
         
Friday
2/6/2026
         
Week 4
Date Prelecture Checkpoint Lecture Lab Discussion Homework Exam
Monday
2/9/2026
Prelecture 6 Checkpoint 6 Lecture 6:  
Work from Coulomb Force & Potential Energy
pdf ppt (notes)

Week 4 PreLab
No Lab

     
Tuesday
2/10/2026
     

Discussion 4:
Week 4 Skill Check
Handout 4Solutions 4

   
Wednesday
2/11/2026
Prelecture 7 Checkpoint 7 Lecture 7:  
Electric Potential
pdf ppt (notes)
   
Thursday
2/12/2026
        Test 1
Reservations open Jan. 29
Friday
2/13/2026
        Homework 3
Saturday
2/14/2026
         
Week 5
Date Prelecture Checkpoint Lecture Lab Discussion Homework Exam
Monday
2/16/2026
No prelecture Checkpoint 8

Lecure 8: 
Electric Potential (cont.)
pdf ppt (notes)

       
Tuesday
2/17/2026
      Week 5 PreLab
Lab 2

 

Discussion 5:
Week 5 Skill Check
Handout 5Solutions 5

   
Wednesday
2/18/2026
Prelecture 9 Checkpoint 9

Lecture 9:  
Capacitance & Capacitors
pdf ppt (notes)

   
Thursday
2/19/2026
         
Friday
2/20/2026
        Homework 4  
Week 6
Date Prelecture Checkpoint Lecture Lab Discussion Homework Exam
Monday
2/23/2026
Prelecture 10 Checkpoint 10 Lecture 10:  
Resistors & Batteries
pdf ppt (notes)
       
Tuesday
2/24/2026
      Week 6 PreLab
Lab 3
Discussion 6:
Week 6 Skill Check
Handout 6Solutions 6

   
Wednesday
2/25/2026
Prelecture 11 Checkpoint 11 Lecture 11:  
Series & Parallel Rules
pdf ppt (notes)
   
Thursday
2/26/2026
        Test 2
Reservations open Feb. 12
Friday
2/27/2026
        Homework 5
Saturday
2/28/2026
           
Week 7
Date Prelecture Checkpoint Lecture Lab Discussion Homework Exam
Monday
3/2/2026
No prelecture Checkpoint 12 Lecture 12:  
Kirchhoff’s Rules
pdf ppt (notes)
       
Tuesday
3/3/2026
     
Week 7 PreLab
Lab 4
Discussion 7:
Week 7 Skill Check
Handout 7Solutions 7

   
Wednesday
3/4/2026
Prelecture 13 Checkpoint 13 Lecture 13:  
RC Circuits
pdf ppt (notes)
   
Thursday
3/5/2026
         
Friday
3/6/2026
        Homework 6  
Week 8
Date Prelecture Checkpoint Lecture Lab Discussion Homework Exam
Monday
3/9/2026
Prelecture 14 Checkpoint 14 Lecture 14:  
Lorentz Force
pdf ppt (notes)
Week 8 PreLab
No Lab
     
Tuesday
3/10/2026
      Discussion 8:
Week 8 Skill Check
Handout 8Solutions 8

   
Wednesday
3/11/2026
Prelecture 15 Checkpoint 15

Lecture 15:  
Lorentz Force (cont.)
pdf ppt (notes)

  Test 3
Reservations open Feb. 26

Final exam reservations open March 13
Thursday
3/12/2026
       
Friday
3/13/2026
        Homework 7
Week 9
Date Prelecture Checkpoint Lecture Lab Discussion Homework Exam
Monday
3/16/2026
Spring break, No Class
Tuesday
3/17/2026
Wednesday
3/18/2026
Thursday
3/19/2026
Friday
3/20/2026
Week 10
Date Prelecture Checkpoint Lecture Lab Discussion Homework Exam
Monday
3/23/2026
Prelecture 16 Checkpoint 16 Lecture 16:  
Magnetic Fields
pdf ppt (notes)
       
Tuesday
3/24/2026
      Week 10 PreLab
Lab 5
Discussion 9:
Week 10 Skill Check
Handout 9Solutions 9
Interference & Diffraction
Spreadsheet
   
Wednesday
3/25/2026
Prelecture 17 Checkpoint 17 Lecture 17:  
Magnetic Fields (cont.)
pdf ppt (notes)
   
Thursday
3/26/2026
         
Friday
3/27/2026
        Homework 8  
Week 11
Date Prelecture Checkpoint Lecture Lab Discussion Homework Exam
Monday
3/30/2026
Prelecture 18 Checkpoint 18 Lecture 18:  
EM Induction
pdf ppt (notes)
       
Tuesday
3/31/2026
      Week 11 PreLab
Lab 6
Discussion 10:
Week 11 Skill Check
Handout 10Solutions 10
   
Wednesday
4/1/2026
Prelecture 19 Checkpoint 19 Lecture 19:  
EM Induction (cont.)
pdf ppt (notes)
   
Thursday
4/2/2026
        Test 4
Reservations open March 12
Friday
4/3/2026
        Homework 9
Saturday
4/4/2026
         
Week 12
Date Prelecture Checkpoint Lecture Lab Discussion Homework Exam
Monday
4/6/2026
Prelecture 20 Checkpoint 20 Lecture 20:  
Maxwell’s Equations
pdf ppt (notes)
Week 12 PreLab
No Lab
     
Tuesday
4/7/2026
      Discussion 11:
Week 12 Skill Check
Handout 11Solutions 11
   
Wednesday
4/8/2026
Prelecture 21 Checkpoint 21 Lecture 21:  
Reflection & Refraction
pdf ppt (notes)
   
Thursday
4/9/2026
         
Friday
4/10/2026
        Homework 10  
Week 13
Date Prelecture Checkpoint Lecture Lab Discussion Homework Exam
Monday
4/13/2026
Prelecture 22 Checkpoint 22

Lecture 22:
pdf ppt (notes)

       
Tuesday
4/14/2026
     
Week 13 PreLab
Lab 7
Discussion 12:
Week 13 Skill Check
Handout 12Solutions 12
   
Wednesday
4/15/2026
Prelecture 23 Checkpoint 23 Lecture 23:  
Polarization
pdf ppt (notes)
   
Thursday
4/16/2026
        Test 5
Reservations open April 2
Friday
4/17/2026
        Homework 11
Saturday
4/18/2026
         
Week 14
Date Prelecture Checkpoint Lecture Lab Discussion Homework Exam
Monday
4/20/2026
Prelecture 24 Checkpoint 24 Lecture 24:  
Interference & Diffraction
pdf ppt (notes)
       
Tuesday
4/21/2026
      Week 14 PreLab
Lab 8
Discussion 13:
Week 14 Skill Check
Handout 13Solutions 13
Interference &
Diffraction Spreadsheet
   
Wednesday
4/22/2026
Prelecture 25 Checkpoint 25 Lecture 25:  
Plane & Concave Mirrors
pdf ppt (notes)
   
Thursday
4/23/2026
         
Friday
4/24/2026
        Homework 12  
Week 15
Date Prelecture Checkpoint Lecture Lab Discussion Homework Exam
Monday
4/27/2026
Prelecture 26 Checkpoint 26 Lecture 26:  
Convex Mirrors & Lenses
pdf ppt (notes)
       
Tuesday
4/28/2026
      Week 15 PreLab (practical)
Week 15 Lab Practical Exam
Discussion 14:
Week 15 Skill Check
Handout 14Solutions 14
   
Wednesday
4/29/2026
Prelecture 27 Checkpoint 27 Lecture 27:  
Optical Instruments
pdf ppt (notes)
   
Thursday
4/30/2026
        Test 6
Reservations open April 16
Friday
5/1/2026
        Homework 13
Saturday
5/2/2026
         
Week 16
Date Prelecture Checkpoint Lecture Lab Discussion Homework Exam
Monday
5/4/2026
Prelecture 28 Checkpoint 28 Lecture 28:  
Particle-wave Duality
pdf ppt (notes)
No Lab      
Tuesday
5/5/2026
      No Discussion    
Wednesday
5/6/2026
  Checkpoint 29 Lecture 29:
Particle-wave Duality
pdf ppt (notes)
Homework 14  
Thursday
5/7/2026
Reading Day
Friday
5/8/2026