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 ===== Times, Dates and Locations ===== ===== Times, Dates and Locations =====
     * Class meets MWF at 3:00 pm - 3:50 pm in WGR 304     * Class meets MWF at 3:00 pm - 3:50 pm in WGR 304
-    * Midterm 1 - Monday 4/2x/11; Midterm 2 - Friday 5/2x/11, both in class.  NOT SCHEDULED YET +    * Midterm 1 - Friday week 5; Midterm 2 - Wednesday week 8, both in class. 
-    * The [[http://catalog.oregonstate.edu/ChapterDetail.aspx?key=371#Section3674|final exam]] is on **Monday 06/011/2012 at 9:30 am - 10:30 am in WGR304**.+    * The [[http://catalog.oregonstate.edu/ChapterDetail.aspx?key=371#Section3674|final exam]] is on **Tuesday 06/xx/2013 at 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm in WGR304**.
          
 Not part of the course, but watch these for relevant topics ... Not part of the course, but watch these for relevant topics ...
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   * [[http://www.physics.oregonstate.edu/~tate/|Prof. Janet Tate]], Weniger 485; 737-1700; tate at physics.oregonstate.edu   * [[http://www.physics.oregonstate.edu/~tate/|Prof. Janet Tate]], Weniger 485; 737-1700; tate at physics.oregonstate.edu
   * Office hours: [[http://www.physics.oregonstate.edu/~tate/schedule.html|Wed 2-3 pm, Thu 4-5 pm, or by appointment]]     * Office hours: [[http://www.physics.oregonstate.edu/~tate/schedule.html|Wed 2-3 pm, Thu 4-5 pm, or by appointment]]  
-  * TA: Daniel Gruss grussd at onid.orst.edu +  * TA: Eric Krebs 
-  * Jason Vielma, vielmaj at onid.orst.edu, sets up computer accounts and deals with issues related to Wien 2K +  * Jason Vielma, vielmaj at onid.orst.edu, sets up computer accounts and deals with issues related to Wien 2K, Flair and gem 
  
 ===== Blackboard for email list & grades: ===== ===== Blackboard for email list & grades: =====
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 ===== Course Evaluation ===== ===== Course Evaluation =====
-  * Homework - 20% +  * Homework - 15% 
-  * Midterm 1 - 20% +  * Midterm 1 - 25% 
-  * Paper & poster ("Midterm 2") - 25%; (see [[papers|Papers/Posters liink]])+  * Paper & poster ("Midterm 2") - 25%; (see [[papers|Papers/Posters link]])
   * Final exam - 35%; comprehensive, but with emphasis on the second part of the course   * Final exam - 35%; comprehensive, but with emphasis on the second part of the course
  
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     * RECOMMENDED: //either// (K)  Kittel, C., Introduction to Solid State Physics, Wiley, 2004,8e, (earlier editions OK) //or// (AM) Ashcroft and Mermin, Solid State Physics, Brooks Cole, 1976 (used for PH671 //etc//.)     * RECOMMENDED: //either// (K)  Kittel, C., Introduction to Solid State Physics, Wiley, 2004,8e, (earlier editions OK) //or// (AM) Ashcroft and Mermin, Solid State Physics, Brooks Cole, 1976 (used for PH671 //etc//.)
  
-    * RECOMMENDED: (Mc)  McIntyre, D. H., Quantum Mechanics, Addison Wesley, 2012. Ch.15 is particularly relevant.+    * ALSO: (Mc)  McIntyre, D. H., Quantum Mechanics, Addison Wesley, 2012. Ch.15 is particularly relevant.
  
 If you choose not to purchase Kittel or Aschroft, some other equivalent text must be used.  Talk to me to see if the one you have in mind is suitable. If you choose not to purchase Kittel or Aschroft, some other equivalent text must be used.  Talk to me to see if the one you have in mind is suitable.

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