PHYSICS 215
Spring 2005
Thermodynamics and Modern Physics
Course Description:
Thermodynamics, relativity, atomic physics, quantized systems, nuclear
physics, elementary particles.
Prerequisites are PHY 184 or PHY 184A or PHY 184B or PHY 294H or LBS
267.
Lecturer:
Prof. Carl Schmidt
Room:
3211 Biomedical Physical Sciences Building (BPS)
Telephone: 355-9200, ext.
2128
Email:
schmidt@pa.msu.edu
Office hours: Mondays 2:00 - 4:00 pm
Textbooks:
Modern Physics for
Scientists and Engineers, Thorton and Rex, 2nd edition.
Fundamentals of Physics,
Halliday, Resnick, and Walker, 6th edition (vol. 1, chapters 19-21).
Lectures:
Class meets MTWTh, 9:10 - 10:00 am, in room 1415 BPS.
Grades:
The final grades will be based on the homework assignments (25%), the three
midterms (15% each) and the final exam (30%).
Homework:
There will be a weekly homework assignment, due on Tuesdays
(for the previous week's assigned material).
The class meeting on Monday will include solving problems relevant
to the homework.
The homework problems will be given using MSU's LONCAPA system.
More details of this will be forthcoming.
Exams:
There will be three Midterm exams and one Final exam.
All exams will be closed book. All absences from midterm exams require
a written excuse from your doctor, Dean, etc. The MSU Code of Teaching
Responsibilities states that any student not taking the Final Exam will
not be permitted to pass the course.
Course info:
This page is posted at http://www.pa.msu.edu/courses/PHY215/.
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