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| === Prerequisites === | === Prerequisites === | ||
| - | * PH451 or equivalent. Please discuss with instructor. | + | * PH451/551 or equivalent |
| === Instructors === | === Instructors === | ||
| * [[http:// | * [[http:// | ||
| - | * [[http:// | + | * [[http:// |
| - | * TA: Mitchell Senger (sengermi at onid.oregonstate.edu) | + | * TA: Mitchell Senger (sengermi at oregonstate.edu) |
| === Times, Dates and Locations === | === Times, Dates and Locations === | ||
| * Class meets MWF at 3:00 pm - 3:50 pm in WNGR 304 | * Class meets MWF at 3:00 pm - 3:50 pm in WNGR 304 | ||
| - | * Midterm 1 - Friday week 5; Midterm 2 - Wednesday week 8, both in class. | + | * Midterm 1 - Friday week 5 in class. |
| * The [[http:// | * The [[http:// | ||
| * General announcements use the official university email list in Canvas. Please make sure email is forwarded from your onid account to the email account you normally use. | * General announcements use the official university email list in Canvas. Please make sure email is forwarded from your onid account to the email account you normally use. | ||
| ===== Course Evaluation ===== | ===== Course Evaluation ===== | ||
| - | * Homework - 20% | + | * Homework - 15% |
| * Midterm 1 - 25% | * Midterm 1 - 25% | ||
| - | * Paper & poster | + | * Paper & poster - 30%; (see [[papers|Papers/ |
| - | * Final exam - 25%; comprehensive, | + | * Final exam - 30%; comprehensive, |
| Exam and midterm topics may be discussed in lectures, assigned for homework, or for reading. | Exam and midterm topics may be discussed in lectures, assigned for homework, or for reading. | ||
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| ===== Learning Resources ===== | ===== Learning Resources ===== | ||
| === Texts === | === Texts === | ||
| - | Older editions of listed textbooks are usually OK (check with instructor), | ||
| * REQUIRED: (S) Sutton, A.P., Electronic Structure of Materials, Oxford, 1993. ISBN 0-19-851754-8 | * REQUIRED: (S) Sutton, A.P., Electronic Structure of Materials, Oxford, 1993. ISBN 0-19-851754-8 | ||
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| * ALSO: (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 Ashcroft, some other equivalent text may be used. Talk to the instructor | + | If you choose not to purchase Kittel or Ashcroft, some other equivalent text may be used. Older editions of listed textbooks are usually OK, but the reading lists and homework assignments may not correspond |
| === OSU Library === | === OSU Library === | ||
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| ===== Add-Drop, Withdraw & Final Exam dates ===== | ===== Add-Drop, Withdraw & Final Exam dates ===== | ||
| - | Normal OSU [[http://catalog.oregonstate.edu/ | + | Normal OSU [[https://registrar.oregonstate.edu/ |
| ===== Statement Regarding Students with Disabilities ===== | ===== Statement Regarding Students with Disabilities ===== | ||
| Accommodations for students with disabilities are determined and approved by Disability Access Services (DAS). If you, as a student, believe you are eligible for accommodations but have not obtained approval, please contact DAS immediately at 541-737-4098 or at [[http:// | Accommodations for students with disabilities are determined and approved by Disability Access Services (DAS). If you, as a student, believe you are eligible for accommodations but have not obtained approval, please contact DAS immediately at 541-737-4098 or at [[http:// | ||
| - | ===== Student | + | ===== Conduct Expectations ===== |
| - | Science is inherently a social and collaborative effort, each scientist building on the work of others. Nevertheless, | + | Science is inherently a social and collaborative effort, each scientist building on the work of others. Nevertheless, |
| - | + | * In your interactions in class and outside of class, be mindful of the [[https:// | |
| - | * We encourage students to work with classmates, other students, and the faculty. However, you are expected to do this in a professional and responsible | + | * Collaborate |
| - | * Homework solutions from previous years are very strictly off-limits. You are on your honor not to use them, and never to share your homework solutions with other students, now or in the future. | + | * Homework solutions from previous years are very strictly off-limits. You are on your honor not to use them, and never to share your homework solutions with others, now or in the future. |
| * Sources must be appropriately documented. If you follow a line of reasoning from another text, reference it properly (it will help you locate the resource later, too). If someone else helps you solve a problem, reference that too. In a research paper, the appropriate reference would be: Jane Doe, (private communication). | * Sources must be appropriately documented. If you follow a line of reasoning from another text, reference it properly (it will help you locate the resource later, too). If someone else helps you solve a problem, reference that too. In a research paper, the appropriate reference would be: Jane Doe, (private communication). | ||
| * Plagiarism - representing someone else's work as your own - is unethical, but collaboration and exchange of ideas is healthy. | * Plagiarism - representing someone else's work as your own - is unethical, but collaboration and exchange of ideas is healthy. | ||
