TEXT:Solid State Physics, Blakemore
Another good source: 'Introduction to Solid-State Physics', C. Kittel
OTHER RESOURCES: Internet resources (see bottom of the page),
Review and Study Guide (Under construction)
HOMEWORK will be assigned in class. It will count for 40% of your total course grade.
Each of the three EXAMS will count for 15% of your grade.
The instructor reserves the right to drop a student's FINAL GRADE by one half of a letter grade for each hour of class ABSENCE beyond the third.
The FINAL EXAM is tentatively scheduled for Friday, May 12, from 8:30 to 11:30. This may be changed to a take home exam, given the mutual consent of instructor and students. It will count for 15% of your grade.
FINAL GRADE = 40% HW + 45% EX + 15% FE.
TENTATIVE SCHEDULE:
Chapter 1
Ch. 2.1-4
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Quantum Mechanics Review
Crystals and how they form