Physics 214 - Course Syllabus - Spring 2010
Discussion will meet for the first time on Tuesday, January 19.
Lecture will meet for the first time on Wednesday, January 20.
The first lab will be on Tuesday, January 26.

Week	Date	Lectures & Exams	Homework & Quizzes	Labs
1	Mon Jan 18	MLK Holiday	Discussion, but no Quiz Homework 1 (due 8am Tues Jan 26)	No lab PreLab 1 (Due on Lab 1)
	Wed Jan 20	Lecture 1: Waves and Wave Equations PPT or PDF
	Fri Jan 22	Makeup - Lecture 2: Interference PPT or PDF Text : 35.1-3
2	Mon Jan 25	Lecture 3: Diffraction & Spectroscopy PPT or PDF Text: 36.1-6	Quiz 1 Homework 2 (due 8am Tues Feb 2)	Lab 1 Interference and Diffraction PreLab 2 (Due on Lab 2)
	Wed Jan 27	Lecture 4: Applications: Optical Resolution & Interferometry PPT or PDF Text: 35.5, 36.7
3	Mon Feb 1	Lecture 5: Introduction to Quantum Physics Light as Particles Particle-Wave Duality PPT or PDF Text: 38.1-2, 9	Quiz 2 Homework 3 (due 8am Tues Feb 9)	Lab 2 Photons
	Wed Feb 3	Lecture 6: Particles as Waves PPT or PDF Text: 39.1-5
4	Mon Feb 8	Lecture 7: Schroedinger's Equation & Particle in a Box PPT or PDF Text: 40.1	Quiz 3 Homework 4 (due 8am Thurs Feb 18)	No Lab PreLab 3 (Due on Lab 3)
	Wed Feb 10	Lecture 8: Particles in Finite Potential Wells PPT or PDF Text: 40.2, 4
5	Sun Feb 14	Review for Midterm Exam: 3-5 pm, Natural History Building	Quiz 4 Homework 5 (due 8am Tues Feb 23)	Lab 3 Wave Functions Computer Exercise (only for students regularly registered for room 164) Lab 3 is held in room 257 this week
	Mon Feb 15	Lecture 9: Time-Dependent Quantum States PPT or PDF MIDTERM EXAM (7-8:30 pm) (Conflict Exam, 5:15 pm)
	Wed Feb 17	Lecture 10: Barrier Penetration and Monnneling PPT or PDF Text: 40.3
6	Mon Feb 22	Lecture 11: Particles in 3D Potentials and the Hydrogen Atom PPT or PDF Text: 38.3-5; 40.5, 41.1	Quiz 5 Homework 6 (due 8am Sat Mar 6)	Lab 3, Wave Functions Computer Exercise (only for students regularly registered for room 132) Lab 3 is held in room 257 this week PreLab 4 (Due on Lab 4)
	Wed Feb 24	Lecture 12: Angular Momentum, Electron Spin and Atomic States PPT or PDF Text: 41.1-3
7	Sun Feb 28	Optional Lecture on Quantum Information 141 Loomis at 3 PM	Quiz 6 No Homework	Lab 4 Atomic Spectra
	Mon Mar 1	Lecture 13: Building Atoms, Molecules and Solids PPT or PDF Text: 41.4; 42.1
	Wed Mar 3	Lecture 14: Consequences of Quantum Mechanics - Science, Technology, and the Universe PPT or PDF Text: 38.6,42.4, 6, 8
8	Sun Mar 7	Review for Final Exam: 3-5 pm, 228 Natural History Building
	Mon Mar 8	Final Exam 7- 9 pm

Revised February 17, 2010

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