WEEK
DATE
EVENTS/HOLIDAYS
READING AND HOMEWORK
CLASS TOPIC AND OVERHEADS
Week 1
25-Aug
Class Introduction and Survey of Quantum Computing
VIDEO 1
27-Aug
Computation as a Physical Process
VIDEO 2
Week 2
01-Sep
NO CLASS
University Holiday
03-Sep
VIDEO 3
Week 3
08-Sep
HOMEWORK 1 ASSIGNED
Math Review
VIDEO 4
10-Sep
VIDEO 5
Week 4
15-Sep
VIDEO 6
17-Sep
HOMEWORK 1 DUE
The Qubit and Bloch Sphere
VIDEO 7
Week 5
22-Sep
EXAM 1 REVIEW
VIDEO 8
24-Sep
EXAM 1
NO VIDEO
Week 6
29-Sep
HOMEWORK 2 ASSIGNED
Jupyter Notebook
Projective Measurement
VIDEO 9
01-Oct
Entanglement
VIDEO 10
Week 7
06-Oct
HOMEWORK 2 DUE
Superdense Coding
VIDEO 11
08-Oct
Quantum Teleportation
VIDEO 12
Week 8
13-Oct
HOMEWORK 3 ASSIGNED
BB84 Protocol
15-Oct
Week 9
20-Oct
Holiday - Fall Break
22-Oct
EXAM 2 REVIEW
Week 10
27-Oct
HOMEWORK 3 DUE
EXAM 2
29-Oct
Grover's Search Algorithm
Week 11
03-Nov
HOMEWORK 4 ASSIGNED
05-Nov
Hadamard Transform
Week 12
10-Nov
12-Nov
HOMEWORK 4 DUE
Simon's Periodicity Algorithm
Week 13
17-Nov
19-Nov
HOMEWORK 5 ASSIGNED
Quantum Fourier Transform
Week 14
24-Nov
26-Nov
Holiday - Thanksgiving Break
Week 15
01-Dec
Shor's Factoring Algorithm
03-Dec
HOMEWORK 5 DUE
08-Dec
10-Dec
Last Day of Instruction: 12/9/25
Final Exam
