PHYS 214 Spring 2025
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
1/20/2025 |
Martin Luther King Jr Day, no class | ||||||
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Tuesday
1/21/2025 |
No lab activities this week |
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Wednesday
1/22/2025 |
Prelecture 1 | Checkpoint 1 | Unit 1: Waves and Wave Equations |
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Thursday
1/23/2025 |
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Friday
1/24/2025 |
Prelecture 2 | Checkpoint 2 | Unit 2: Interference pdf+Recorded problems |
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| 2 |
Monday
1/27/2025 |
Prelecture 3 | Checkpoint 3 | Unit 3: Diffraction |
Prelab 1 Lab 1: Interference and Diffraction |
Discussion 2 Discussion 2 solutions |
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Tuesday
1/28/2025 |
Homework 1 due Homework 2 due |
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Wednesday
1/29/2025 |
Prelecture 4 | Checkpoint 4 | Unit 4: Photons |
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Thursday
1/30/2025 |
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Friday
1/31/2025 |
Recorded problems (no in-person class) | |||||||
| 3 |
Monday
2/3/2025 |
Prelecture 5 | Checkpoint 5 | Unit 5: Probability and Complex Numbers |
No lab activities this week |
Discussion 3 Discussion 3 solutions |
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Tuesday
2/4/2025 |
Homework 3 due Homework 4 due |
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Wednesday
2/5/2025 |
Prelecture 6 | Checkpoint 6 | Unit 6: The Wave Function |
Hour Exam 1 | ||||
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Thursday
2/6/2025 |
Hour Exam 1 | |||||||
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Friday
2/7/2025 |
Recorded problems (no in-person class) | Hour Exam 1 | ||||||
| 4 |
Monday
2/10/2025 |
Prelecture 7 | Checkpoint 7 |
Unit 7: |
Prelab 2 Lab 2: Photons |
Discussion 4 Discussion 4 solutions |
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Tuesday
2/11/2025 |
Homework 5 due Homework 6 due |
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Wednesday
2/12/2025 |
Prelecture 8 | Checkpoint 8 | Unit 8: Energy eigenstates (Time independent Schroedinger equation) |
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Thursday
2/13/2025 |
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Friday
2/14/2025 |
Recorded problems (no in-person class) | |||||||
| 5 |
Monday
2/17/2025 |
Prelecture 9 | Checkpoint 9 | Unit 9: Harmonic oscillator |
No lab activities this week |
Discussion 5 Discussion 5 solutions |
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Tuesday
2/18/2025 |
Homework 7 due Homework 8 due |
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Wednesday
2/19/2025 |
Prelecture 10 | Checkpoint 10 | Unit 10: Multiple electrons |
Hour Exam 2 | ||||
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Thursday
2/20/2025 |
Hour Exam 2 | |||||||
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Friday
2/21/2025 |
Recorded problems (no in-person class) | Hour Exam 2 | ||||||
| 6 |
Monday
2/24/2025 |
Prelecture 11 | Checkpoint 11 | Unit 11: Band structure |
Prelab 3 Lab 3: Atomic Spectra |
Discussion 6 Discussion 6 solutions |
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Tuesday
2/25/2025 |
Homework 9 due Homework 10 due |
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Wednesday
2/26/2025 |
Prelecture 12 | Checkpoint 12 | Unit 12: Polarization and spin |
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Thursday
2/27/2025 |
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Friday
2/28/2025 |
Recorded problems (no in-person class) | |||||||
| 7 |
Monday
3/3/2025 |
We will vote: Quantum entanglement Molecules and superconductors |
No lab activities this week |
Discussion 7 Discussion 7 solutions |
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Tuesday
3/4/2025 |
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Wednesday
3/5/2025 |
Final review |
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Thursday
3/6/2025 |
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Friday
3/7/2025 |
NO LECTURE | Homework 11 due Homework 12 due |
Final Exam | |||||
| 8 |
Monday
3/10/2025 |
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