| Week | Class # | Date | Topic(s) | Assignment due | Chapter |
| 1 | 1
| Aug. 24 | Class overview/hydrogen atoms | None | 1 |
| 1 | 2
| Aug. 26 | Hydrogen atoms/many electron atoms | Homework 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 3
| Aug. 29 | Many electron atoms/Lewis structure | Homework 2 | 1, 2 |
| 2 | 4
| Aug. 31 | Lewis structure/valence bond theory | Homework 3 | 2 |
| 2 | 5
| Sept. 2 | Valence bond/MO theory | Homework 4 | 2 |
| 3 | N/A
| Sept. 5 | Labor day | None | None |
| 3 | 6
| Sept. 7 | MO theory/structure & bonds | Homework 5 | 2 |
| 3 | 7
| Sept. 9 | Structure & bonds/solids, metals & alloys | Homework 6 | 2, 3 |
| 4 | 8
| Sept. 12 | Solids, metals & alloys/Ionic solids | Homework 7 | 3 |
| 4 | 9
| Sept. 14 | Ionic solids/energetics of ionic solids | Homework 8 | 3 |
| 4 | 10
| Sept. 16 | Energetics of ionic solids/defects & electronic structure | Homework 9 | 3 |
| 5 | 11
| Sept. 19 | Defects & electronic structure/Bronsted acids | Homework 10 | 3, 4 |
| 5 | 12
| Sept. 21 | Bronsted acids/Lewis acids | Homework 11 | 4 |
| 5 | 13
| Sept. 23 | Lewis acids/Reactions w/ lewis acids & bases | Homework 12 | 4 |
| 6 | 14
| Sept. 26 | Reactions w/ lewis acids & bases/non-aqueous solvents | Homework 13 | 4 |
| 6 | 15
| Sept. 28 | Non-aqueous solvents/Reduction potentials | Homework 14 | 4, 5 |
| 6 | 16
| Sept. 30 | Exam 1 | None | 1, 2, 3 |
| 7 | 17
| Oct. 3 | Reduction potentials/redox stability | Homework 15 | 5 |
| 7 | 18
| Oct. 5 | Redox stability/data diagrams | Homework 16 | 5 |
| 7 | 19
| Oct. 7 | Data diagrams/symmetry intro | Homework 17 | 5, 6 |
| 8 | 20
| Oct. 10 | Symmetry intro/symmetry operations | Homework 18 | 6 |
| 8 | 21
| Oct. 12 | Symmetry operations/symmetry applications | Homework 19 | 6 |
| 8 | 22
| Oct. 14 | Symmetry applications/SALCs | Homework 20 | 6 |
| 9 | 23
| Oct. 17 | SALCs/MO construction | Homework 21 | 6 |
| 9 | 24
| Oct. 19 | MO construction/representations | Homework 22 | 6 |
| 9 | 25
| Oct. 21 | Representations/projections | Homework 23 | 6 |
| 10 | 26
| Oct. 24 | Projections/coordination terminology | Homework 24 | 6, 7 |
| 10 | 27
| Oct. 26 | Coordination terminology/Geometry | Homework 25 | 7 |
| 10 | 28
| Oct. 28 | Geometry/isomerism | Homework 26 | 7 |
| 11 | 29
| Oct. 31 | Isomerism/chirality | Homework 27 | 7 |
| 11 | 30
| Nov. 2 | Chirality/coordination thermodynamics | Homework 28 | 7 |
| 11 | 31
| Nov. 4 | Exam 2 | None | 4, 5, 6 |
| 12 | 32
| Nov. 7 | Coordination thermodynamics/crystal field theory | Homework 29 | 7, 20 |
| 12 | 33
| Nov. 9 | Crystal field theory/ligand field theory | Homework 30 | 20 |
| 12 | N/A
| Nov. 11 | Veteran's day | None | None |
| 13 | 34
| Nov. 14 | Ligand field theory/electronic spectroscopy | Homework 31 | 20 |
| 13 | 35
| Nov. 16 | Electronic spectroscopy/charge transfer bands | Homework 32 | 20 |
| 13 | 36
| Nov. 18 | Charge transfer bands/Term symbols | Homework 33 | 20 |
| 14 | 37
| Nov. 21 | Term symbols/Magnetism | Homework 34 | 20 |
| 14 | N/A
| Nov. 23 | <Thanksgiving | None | None |
| 14 | N/A
| Nov. 25 | Thanksgiving | None | None |
| 15 | 38
| Nov. 28 | Magnetism/ligand substitution reactions | Homework 35 | 20, 21 |
| 15 | 39
| Nov. 30 | Ligand substitution reactions/square planar complexes | Homework 36 | 21 |
| 15 | 40
| Dec. 2 | Square planar complexes/octahedral complexes | Homework 37 | 21 |
| 16 | 41
| Dec. 5 | Octahedral complexes/Marcus theory | Homework 38 | 21 |
| 16 | 42
| Dec. 7 | Marcus theory/photochemical reactions | Homework 39 | 21 |
| 16 | 43
| Dec. 9 | Exam 3 | None | 7, 20, 21 |