CYCLOTRON INSTITUTE
PHYS 327/328 – Experimental Physics – Spring 2026
Week beginsLecturesLabs
MondayWednesdayMonWedFri
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 Student presentations, day 4 4A 4A 4B
11 Mar 23Student presentations, day 5 Student presentations, day 6 4B 4B 5A
12 Mar 30 Student presentations, day 7 Student presentations, day 8 5A 5A
13 Apr 6 In-class term paper writing In-class term paper writing 5B 5B 5B
14 Apr 13Student presentations, day 9 Student presentations, day 10 6A 6A 6A
15 Apr 20 Student presentations, day 11 Student presentations, day 12 6B 6B 6B
16 Apr 27 Student presentations, day 13 No classes
Draft of paper due at 11:59 pm Sun Mar 22
Term paper due at 11:59 pm Sun Apr 12