| Week | Date | Reading | Topic |
| 1 | 9/5 | Chapter 1 | Introduction and Overview |
| 2 | 9/12 | Chapter 2 | One-Dimensional Maps |
| 3 | 9/19 | Chapter 3 | Nonchaotic Multidimensional Flows |
| 4 | 9/26 | Chapter 4 | Dynamical Systems Theory |
| 5 | 10/3 | Chapter 5 | Lyapunov Exponents |
| 6 | 10/10 | Chapter 6 | Strange Attractors |
| 7 | 10/17 | Chapter 7 | Bifurcations |
| 8 | 10/24 | Chapter 8 | Hamiltonian Chaos |
| 9 | 10/31 | Chapter 9 | Time-Series Properties |
| 10 | 11/7 | Chapter 9 | Nonlinear Prediction and Noise Reduction |
| 11 | 11/14 | Chapter 9 | Fractals |
| 12 | 11/21 | Chapter 9 | Calculation of Fractal Dimension |
| 13 | 11/28 | Chapter 10 | Multifractals |
| 14 | 12/5 | Chapter 11 | Other Fractal Sets |
| 15 | 12/12 | Chapter 12 | Spatiotemporal Chaos and Complexity |