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 Lab topics Student presentations, day 1 3B 3B 4A
9 Mar 9 Spring break
10 Mar 16 Student presentations, day 2 Student presentations, day 3 4A 4A 4B
11 Mar 23Student presentations, day 4 Student presentations, day 5 4B 4B 5A
12 Mar 30 Student presentations, day 6 Student presentations, day 7 5A 5A
13 Apr 6 In-class term paper writing In-class term paper writing 5B 5B 5B
14 Apr 13Student presentations, day 8 Student presentations, day 9 6A 6A 6A
15 Apr 20 Student presentations, day 10 Student presentations, day 11 6B 6B 6B
16 Apr 27 Student presentations, day 12 No classes
Draft of paper due at 11:59 pm Sun Mar 22
Term paper due at 11:59 pm Sun Apr 12