| Week begins | Lectures | | Labs |
| | Monday | Wednesday | | Mon | Wed | Fri |
| 1 | Jan 12 | Introduction | Overview of the expts | | | | |
| 2 | Jan 19 | MLK holiday | Overview of the expts | | | | 1A |
| 3 | Jan 26 | Writing lab reports | Writing lab reports | | 1A | 1A | 1B |
| 4 | Feb 2 | Uncertainties | Least-square fitting | | 1B | 1B | 2A |
| 5 | Feb 9 | Comments on lab reports | Giving presentations | | 2A | 2A | 2B |
| 6 | Feb 16 | Giving presentations | Writing the term paper | | 2B | 2B | 3A |
| 7 | Feb 23 | Writing the term paper | Lab topics | | 3A | 3A | 3B |
| 8 | Mar 2 | Student presentations, day 1 | Student presentations, day 2 | | 3B | 3B | 4A |
| 9 | Mar 9 | Spring break | | | | |
| 10 | Mar 16 | Student presentations, day 3; draft due | Student presentations, day 4 | | 4A | 4A | 4B |
| 11 | Mar 23 | Writing the term paper | In-class term paper writing | | 4B | 4B | 5A |
| 12 | Mar 30 | Student presentations, day 5 | Student presentations, day 6 | | 5A | 5A | |
| 13 | Apr 6 | In-class term paper writing | In-class term paper writing | | 5B | 5B | 5B |
| 14 | Apr 13 | Student presentations, day 7 | Student presentations, day 8 | | 6A | 6A | 6A |
| 15 | Apr 20 | Student presentations, day 9; term paper due | Student presentations, day 10 | | 6B | 6B | 6B |
| 16 | Apr 27 | Presentation contingency | No classes | | | | |