| Date | Lectures | Assignments | Notes | |
| 09/23 | Review of measurements. (notes) (supplement) | Reading: Ch. 1-8. | PH 451 WS 1 (PH 551 WS 1) WS 1 analysis | |
| 09/25 | Review of basic quantum systems: free particle, infinite well. (notes) | HW 1 PH451 (solutions) (HW 1 PH551 (solutions)) | PH 451 WS 2 (PH 551 WS 2) WS 2 analysis | Review questions |
| 09/28 | Review: finite well. Energy spectra and wavefunctions in arbitrary potential. Harmonic oscillator. (notes) | Reading: Ch. 9.1. | WS 3 WS 3 analysis | |
| 09/30 | Harmonic oscillator: number representation. Raising and lowering operators. (notes) | Reading: Ch. 9.1, 9.2. HW 2 PH451 (solutions) (HW 2 PH551 (solutions)) | WS 4 (PH 551 WS 4) WS 4 analysis | |
| 10/02 | Harmonic oscillator: energy spectrum and ladder operators.(notes) | Reading: Ch. 9.2-9.3. | WS 5 (PH 551 WS 5) WS 5 analysis | |