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Week	Date	Prelecture	Lecture	Lab	Discussion	Homework/Online Quizzes	Exam
1	Monday 1/14/2019		Lecture 1: Waves and Wave Equations pdf ppt
	Tuesday 1/15/2019				Discussion 1-1 Discussion 1-2 Discussion 1-3 Discussion 1-4 Discussion 1-5 Discussion 1-6 No quiz
	Wednesday 1/16/2019	Prelecture 1 Quantum Physics	Lecture 2: Interference Text : 35.1-3 pdf ppt
	Thursday 1/17/2019
	Friday 1/18/2019	Prelecture 2 Phasors, multiple-slit interference and single-slit diffraction	Lecture 3: Review & Examples pdf ppt
2	Monday 1/21/2019
	Tuesday 1/22/2019				Discussion 2-1 Discussion 2-2 Discussion 2-3 Discussion 2-4 Discussion 2-5 Quiz 1
	Wednesday 1/23/2019	Prelecture 3 Rayleigh's criterion	Lecture 4: Diffraction & Spectroscopy Text: 36.1-5 pdf ppt
	Thursday 1/24/2019					Homework 1 due Online Quiz 1 due
	Friday 1/25/2019		Lecture 5: Applications Text: 35.5, 36.7 pdf ppt Lecture 6: (Skipped to keep numbering intact)
3	Monday 1/28/2019		Lecture 7: Intro to Quantum Physics: Light as Particles Text: 38.1-2, 9 pdf ppt
	Tuesday 1/29/2019			Prelab 1 Lab 1: Interference and Diffraction	Discussion 3-1 Discussion 3-2 Discussion 3-3 Discussion 3-4 Discussion 3-5 Quiz 2	Homework 2 due Online Quiz 2 due
	Wednesday 1/30/2019	Prelecture 4 Single-particle interference and the principle of complementarity	Lecture 8: Matter Waves Text: 39.1-2 Video pdf
	Thursday 1/31/2019
	Friday 2/1/2019		Lecture 9: Uncertainty Principle Text: 39.3-4 Review & Examples pdf ppt
4	Monday 2/4/2019	Prelecture 5a The Schrodinger equation	Lecture 10: The Schrödinger Equation & Particle in a Box Text: 39.5-40.1 pdf ppt
	Tuesday 2/5/2019			Prelab 2 Lab 2: Photons	Discussion 4-1 Discussion 4-2 Discussion 4-3 Discussion 4-4 Discussion 4-5 Quiz 3	Homework 3 due Online Quiz 3 due
	Wednesday 2/6/2019	Prelecture 5b The Schrodinger equation	Lecture 11: Particles in Finite Potential Wells Text: 40.2 pdf ppt
	Thursday 2/7/2019
	Friday 2/8/2019		Lecture 12: Review & Examples Text: 40.4 pdf ppt
5	Monday 2/11/2019	Prelecture 6 Barrier penetration and tunneling	Lecture 13: Midterm review pdf ppt				Midterm Exam (7 PM)
	Tuesday 2/12/2019			Prelab 3 Lab 3: Wave Functions Computer Exercise Available in byteshelf To be done as homework!   Turn your pre-lab and lab worksheets in during Lab 4	Discussion 5-1 Discussion 5-2 Discussion 5-3 Discussion 5-4 Quiz 4
	Wednesday 2/13/2019	Prelecture 7 Measurements in quatum mechanics	Lecture 14: Time-Dependent Quantum States pdf ppt
	Thursday 2/14/2019					Homework 4 due Online Quiz 4 due
	Friday 2/15/2019		Lecture 15: Tunneling pdf ppt
6	Monday 2/18/2019		Lecture 16: 3D Potentials and the Hydrogen Atom Text: 38.3-5; 40.5, 41.1 pdf ppt
	Tuesday 2/19/2019				Discussion 6-1 Discussion 6-2 Discussion 6-3 Discussion 6-4 Quiz 5	Homework 5 due Online Quiz 5 due
	Wednesday 2/20/2019	Prelecture 8 Solutions for hydrogen	Lecture 17: Angular Momentum Text: 41.1-2 pdf ppt
	Thursday 2/21/2019
	Friday 2/22/2019	Prelecture 9 The amazing Stern-Gerlach experiment	Lecture 18: Spin and Atoms Text: 41.3 pdf ppt
7	Monday 2/25/2019	Prelecture 10 Beyond hydrogen - more protons, more electrons, more fun!	Lecture 19: Building Atoms, Molecules Text: 41.4; 42.1 pdf ppt
	Tuesday 2/26/2019			Prelab 4 Lab 4: Atomic Spectra	Discussion 7-1 Discussion 7-2 Discussion 7-3 Discussion 7-4 Discussion 7-5 Quiz 6
	Wednesday 2/27/2019		Lecture 20: Solids: (Semi-)Conductors and Insulators Text: 42.4, 6, 8 pdf ppt
	Thursday 2/28/2019
	Friday 3/1/2019		Lecture 21: Lasers, Macroscopic Superpositions Text: 38.6 pdf ppt			Homework 6 due Online Quiz 6 due
8	Monday 3/4/2019						Final Exam (7 PM)

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