PHYS 214 Spring 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
1/19/2026 |
Martin Luther King Jr Day, no class | ||||||
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Tuesday
1/20/2026 |
No lab activities this week |
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Wednesday
1/21/2026 |
Prelecture 1 | Checkpoint 1 | Unit 1: Waves and Wave Equations |
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Thursday
1/22/2026 |
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Friday
1/23/2026 |
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| 2 |
Monday
1/26/2026 |
Prelecture 2 | Checkpoint 2 | Unit 2: Interference |
No lab activities this week |
Discussion 2 Discussion 2 solutions |
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Tuesday
1/27/2026 |
Homework 1 due | |||||||
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Wednesday
1/28/2026 |
Prelecture 3 | Checkpoint 3 | Unit 3: Diffraction |
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Thursday
1/29/2026 |
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Friday
1/30/2026 |
Recorded problems (no in-person class) | |||||||
| 3 |
Monday
2/2/2026 |
Prelecture 4 | Checkpoint 4 | Unit 4: Photons |
Prelab 1 Lab 1: Interference and Diffraction E-log 1 |
Discussion 3 Discussion 3 solutions |
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Tuesday
2/3/2026 |
Homework 2 due Homework 3 due |
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Wednesday
2/4/2026 |
Prelecture 5 | Checkpoint 5 | Unit 5: Probability and Complex Numbers |
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Thursday
2/5/2026 |
Exam 1 (5 through 9 February) Unit 1 through Unit 3 |
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Friday
2/6/2026 |
Recorded problems (no in-person class) | |||||||
| 4 |
Monday
2/9/2026 |
Prelecture 6 | Checkpoint 6 |
Unit 6: |
No lab activities this week |
Discussion 4 Discussion 4 solutions |
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Tuesday
2/10/2026 |
Homework 4 due Homework 5 due |
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Wednesday
2/11/2026 |
Prelecture 7 | Checkpoint 7 |
Unit 7: |
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Thursday
2/12/2026 |
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Friday
2/13/2026 |
Recorded problems (no in-person class) | |||||||
| 5 |
Monday
2/16/2026 |
Prelecture 8 | Checkpoint 8 | Unit 8: Spin and polarization |
Prelab 2 Lab 2: Photons E-log 2 |
Discussion 5 Discussion 5 solutions |
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Tuesday
2/17/2026 |
Homework 6 due Homework 7 due |
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Wednesday
2/18/2026 |
Prelecture 9 | Checkpoint 9 | Unit 9: Energy in quantum mechanics |
Hour Exam 2 | ||||
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Thursday
2/19/2026 |
Exam 2 (19 through 22 February) Unit 4 through Unit 7 |
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Friday
2/20/2026 |
Recorded problems (no in-person class) | |||||||
| 6 |
Monday
2/23/2026 |
Prelecture 10 | Checkpoint 10 | Unit 10: Atomic vibrations |
No lab activities this week |
Discussion 6 Discussion 6 solutions |
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Tuesday
2/24/2026 |
Homework 8 due Homework 9 due |
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Wednesday
2/25/2026 |
Prelecture 11 | Checkpoint 11 |
Unit 11: |
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Thursday
2/26/2026 |
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Friday
2/27/2026 |
Recorded problems (no in-person class) | |||||||
| 7 |
Monday
3/2/2026 |
Prelecture 12 | Checkpoint 12 |
Unit 12: |
Prelab 3 Lab 3: Atomic Spectra E-log 3 |
Discussion 7 Discussion 7 solutions |
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Tuesday
3/3/2026 |
Homework 10 due Homework 11 due |
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Wednesday
3/4/2026 |
Prelecture 13 | Checkpoint 13 | Unit 13: Band structure |
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Thursday
3/5/2026 |
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Friday
3/6/2026 |
Recorded problems (no in-person class) | |||||||
| 8 |
Monday
3/9/2026 |
Reread class materials | Checkpoint 14 | Perspectives on quantum mechanics |
Discussion 8 Discussion 8 solutions |
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| Tuesday 3/10/2026 |
Homework 12 due Homework 13 due |
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| Wednesday 3/11/2026 |
Review homework assignments | Checkpoint 15 | Review Lecture |
Final Exam (11 through 13 March) Unit 1 through Unit 13 |
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| Thursday 3/12/2026 |
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| Friday 3/13/2026 |
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