| Date | Subject | Chapter in Serway/Moses/Moyer |
| August 25 | Review of Quantum Mechanics |
6.1-6.8 |
| August 30 |
Tunneling |
7.1, 7.2 |
| September 1 |
Angular momentum |
8.1-8.4 |
| September 6 |
Hydrogen atom |
8.5, 8.6 |
| September 8 |
Zeeman effect, spin |
9.1, 9.2 |
| September 13 | Spin-orbit coupling |
9.3 |
| September 15 | Many-particle wavefunctions |
9.4 |
| September 20 |
Periodic table |
9.5-9.7 |
| September 22 |
Planck's law | 3.1-3.4; 10.4 |
| September 27 | Lasers | 12.7 |
| September 29 | Quantum statistics | 10.1-10.3 |
| October 4 |
first prelim |
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| October 6 |
Bose-Einstein condensation |
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| October 11 |
fall break |
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| October 13 | Molecules |
11.1, 11.4 |
| October 18 |
Molecular excitations | 11.2, 11.3 |
| October 20 | Free electron gas; bonding in a solid |
10.5, 12.1 |
| October 25 |
Sommerfeld model |
12.2, 12.3 |
| October 27 |
Band structure |
12.4 |
| November 1 |
Semiconductors | 12.5 |
| November 3 |
Second prelim | |
| November 8 |
Magnetism | |
| November 10 | Superconductivity | 12.7 |
| November 15 | Nuclei | 13.1-13.6 |
| November 17 |
Nuclear reactions | 14.1-14.10 |
| November 22 | Subatomic particles |
15.1-15.7 |
| November 24 |
Thanksgiving
break |
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| Novermber 29 |
Standard model |
15.8-15.12 |
| December 1 |
Entanglement |