| Week 1 |
| 1 | Review of Basic Thermal Radiation Concepts, Blackbody Radiation | |
| 2 | View Factor, Simple Radiative Transfer | |
| Week 2 |
| 3 | Radiative Transfer in Enclosures | |
| 4 | Radiative Transfer in Enclosures (cont.) | |
| Week 3 |
| 5 | EM Waves | Problem set 1 due |
| Week 4 |
| 6 | EM Wave Modeling of Surfaces | |
| 7 | EM Wave Modeling of Thin Films | |
| Week 5 |
| 8 | EM Wave Modeling of Particles | Problem set 2 due |
| 9 | Scattering Properties of Particulates | |
| Week 6 |
| 10 | Dielectric Properties of Solid, Drude Model | |
| 11 | Lorentz Model | |
| Week 7 |
| 12 | Radiative Properties of Gases | Problem set 3 due |
| 13 | Radiative Properties of Gases (cont.) | |
| Week 8 |
| 14 | First Mid-term (In-class, Open Book) | |
| 15 | Equation of Radiative Transfer in Participating Media | |
| Week 9 |
| 16 | Solution of ERT for One-dimensional Gray Media | Problem set 4 due |
| 17 | Discrete Ordinate Method | |
| Week 10 |
| 18 | Spherical Harmonics Method | |
| Week 11 |
| 19 | Approximate Solutions | Problem set 5 due |
| 20 | Monte Carlo Simulation | |
| Week 12 |
| 21 | Presentation and Discussion on Global Warming | |
| 22 | Near Field Thermal Radiation, Fluctuation-dissipation Theory | |
| Week 13 |
| 23 | Near Field Thermal Radiation | Problem set 6 due |
| 24 | Solar Cells | Take-home mid-term 2 out |
| Week 14 |
| 25 | Coherent Radiation Source, Lasers | Take-home mid-term 2 due |
| 26 | Laser Materials Interactions | |