| 1 | Aug. 27 M | Ch. 17:17.1-17.3 |
| 2 | Sept. 29 W | Ch. 17:17.4-17.5 |
| 3 | Sept. 31 F | Ch. 17:17.6-17.7 |
| * | Sept. 3 M | Labor Day |
| * | Sept. 4 Tu | Last day to add |
| 4 | Sept. 5 W | Ch. 18:18.1-18.3 |
| 5 | Sept. 7 F | Ch. 18:18.3-18.5 |
| 6 | Sept. 10 M | Ch. 18:18.5-18.6 and Ch. 19:19.1 |
| 7 | Sept. 12 W | Ch. 19:19.2-19.4 |
| 8 | Sept. 14 F | Ch. 19:19.4-19.7 |
| 9 | Sept. 17 M | Ch. 19:19.7-19.8 and Ch. 20:20.1 |
| 10 | Sept. 19 W | Ch. 20:20.2-20.4 |
| 11 | Sept. 21 F | Ch. 20:20.5-20.6 |
| 12 | Sept. 24 M | Ch. 20:20.7-20.8 |
| 13 | Sept. 26 W | Ch. 33:33.1-33.2 |
| 14 | Sept. 28 F | Exam #1 (Ch.17 - Ch. 20) |
| * | Sept. 30 | Web Withdrawal End |
| 15 | Oct. 1 M | Ch. 33:33.2-33.3 |
| 16 | Oct. 3 W | Ch. 33:33.4-33.5 |
| 17 | Oct. 5 F | Ch. 33:33.5-33.7 and Ch. 34:34.1 |
| * | Oct. 8 M | Midterm Reporting Available on Web |
| * | Oct. 8 M | Columbus Day (Monday class will meet on Tuesday.) |
| 18 | Oct. 9 Tu (Class on Tue due to Columbus Day) | Ch. 34:34.1-34.2 |
| 19 | Oct. 10 W | Ch. 34:34.2-34.3 |
| 20 | Oct. 12 F | Ch. 34:34.4 |
| 21 | Oct. 15 M | Ch. 34:34.5-34.8 (Optical Instruments will only be covered briefly in lecture.) |
| 22 | Oct. 17 W | Ch. 35:35.1-35.2 |
| 23 | Oct. 19 F | Ch. 35:35.3-36.4 |
| 24 | Oct. 22 M | Ch. 35:35.4-35.5 |
| 25 | Oct. 24 W | Ch. 36:36.1-36.2 |
| 26 | Oct. 26 F | Ch. 36:36.3-36.4 |
| 27 | Oct. 29 M | Ch. 36:36.5-36.7 (36.8 optional) |
| 28 | Oct. 31 W | Ch. 37:37.1-37.2 |
| 29 | Nov. 2 F | Exam #2 (Ch. 33 - Ch.36) |
| 30 | Nov. 5 M | Ch. 37:37.2-37.3 (also remember to vote tomorrow) |
| 31 | Nov. 7 W | Ch. 37:37.4-37.5 |
| 32 | Nov. 9 F | Ch. 37:37.7-37.9 |
| 33 | Nov. 12 M | Ch. 38:38.1-38.2 |
| 34 | Nov. 14 W | Ch. 38:38.3-38.5 |
| 35 | Nov. 16 F | Ch. 38:38.5-38.7 |
| 36 | Nov. 19 M | Ch. 38:38.8-38.9 |
| * | Nov. 21-25 | Thanksgiving Break: No Class |
| 37 | Nov. 26 M | Ch. 39:39.1-39.4 |
| 38 | Nov. 28 W | Ch. 39:39.5 and Ch. 40:40.1 |
| 39 | Nov. 30 F | Ch. 40:40.1-40.3 |
| * | Note | A very readable book on the frontier of modern physics by one of our GMU physics faculty is available: Robert Oerter, The Theory of Almost Everything: The Standard Model, the Unsung Triumph of Modern Physics (Pi Press, 2005). This is a good supplemental reading if you want to learn more about quarks, QED, Feynman diagrams, and strings. Prof. Oerter is also teaching a related class (PHYS 346: Quarks to Strings) this semester. |
| * | Note | For the remaining three classes, we will go through the remaining chapters with less details. It is meant to be an overview on some special topics in modern physics. |
| 40 | Dec. 3 M | Ch. 40:40.3-40.5 |
| 41 | Dec. 5 W | Ch. 41:41.1-41.2 |
| 42 | Dec. 7 F | Ch. 41:41.3-41.5 |
| * | Dec. 10 M | Possible Additional Questions and Review Day |
| * | Dec. 14 F | Final Exam (10:30am - 1:15pm) Please note that the final exam is one hour earlier than your regular class time. |