Physics 237, Spring 2009.

Instructor:

Professor F. L. H. Wolfs

Department of Physics and Astronomy, B&L 203A

Telephone:  (585) 275 - 4937

Email:  wolfs@pas.rochester.edu

URL:  http://teacher.pas.rochester.edu/

Teaching Assistants:

Tanya Malhotra (tanya@pas.rochester.edu)

Sean Tanny (stanny@u.rochester.edu)

Text:

Robert Eisberg and Robert Resnick, Quantum Physics of Atoms, Molecules, Solids, Nuclei, and Particles, Second Edition (required).

Course Homepage:

http://teacher.pas.rochester.edu/Phy237/Phy237HomePage.shtml

Lectures:

Tuesdays and Thursdays:  12.30 pm - 1.45 pm (Gavet 310).

Workshops:

Mondays: MEL 219, 1650-1930

Mondays: B&L 269, 1650-1930

Wednesdays: HYLAN 203, 1400-1640

Wednesdays: HYLAN 203, 1650-1930

Workshops will start on Monday January 26.

Office Hours:

Wolfs: Wednesdays between 9 am and 11 am and by appointment.

Malhotra: Thursdays between 2.35 pm and 4.35 pm, POA

Tanny: Thursdays between 8 pm and 9 pm, POA

Homework:

Homework will be assigned each Friday.  The homework is due the following Friday at noon will need to be dropped of in the Physics 237 homework locker, across from B&L 106.

Final Grade:

The final grade will be the weighted average of:

1.   Final exam (30 %)

2.   2 Mid-term exams (25 % each)

3.   Homework (20 %)

Midterm exams:

Thursday February 26 (Location TBA)

Tuesday April 14 (Location TBA)

Final exam:

Wednesday May 6, 7.15 pm - 10.15 pm (Location TBA)