1. Lecture:
   MW 1:30-2:45, COX 200 (Lecture)
   F 1:30-2:45, COX 200 (Problem Session)
   Instructor: T. Schaefer, Office RID 400F
   email: Thomas_Schaefer[at]ncsu.edu
   Office hours: MW. 3:00-4:00 and by appointment.
   Grader: Chunda Zhou, Office RID 200
   email: czhou2[at]ncsu.edu
   Office hours: W 3:00-4:00
   
2. Homework:
   Most fridays a set of homework problems will be assigned. (You can also check the website.) The homework is due friday the following week at 1:30pm (before the problem session). No late homework will be accepted.
   
3. Lab
   See the lab website for information.
   
4. Exams
   There will be two midterm exams and a final.
   
5. Grade
   Your final grade will be determined by weighting the various portions of the course as follows:
   Midterms: 30%, Final: 30%, Homework: 30%, Lab: 10%
   You have to pass the lab (60%) in order to pass the course!
   
6. Textbook
   Modern Physics by Ralph Llewellyn (Author), Paul A. Tipler (Author)
   Hardcover: 700 pages * Publisher: W. H. Freeman; 4th edition (December 3, 2002) * ISBN-10: 0716743450 * ISBN-13: 978-0716743453

• Course Information: [postscript]

• Homework assignment 1 (due 8-31): Read 1-1 and 1-2. Do Problems 1-1,1-2,1-3
  Solution: [page 1]
• Homework assignment 2 (due 9-07): Problems 1-12, 1-13, 1-14
  Solution: [page 1]
• Homework assignment 3 (due 9-14): Problems 1-23, 1-24, 1-26, 1-41, 1-46
  Solution: [page 1], [page 2]
• Homework assignment 4 (due 9-28): Problems 2-9, 2-19, 2-29
  Solution: [page 1], [page 2]
• Homework assignment 5 (due 10-5): Problems 2-49, 3-15, 3-21
  Solution: [page 1], [page 2]
• Homework assignment 6 (due 10-19): Problems 4-17, 4-23, 4-57
  Solution: [page 1], [page 2]
• Homework assignment 7 (due 10-22): Problems 5-6, 5-7, 6-18, 6-19
  Solution: [page 1], [page 2]
• Homework assignment 8 (due 11-9): Problems 6-30, 6-31, 6-35, 6-41
  Solution: [page 1], [page 2], [page 3]
• Homework assignment 9 (due 11-16): Problems 7-2, 7-3, 7-4, 7-9
  Solution: [page 1], [page 2]
• Homework assignment 10 (due 11-30): Problems 7-31, 7-32, 7-44, 7-48, 7-56
  Solution: [page 1], [page 2], [page 3]

• Midterm Exam 1: Friday, September 21, 1:30-2:45.
  Material: Chapter 1 (HW1-HW3).
  Rules: Bring a pocket calculator. Closed book, no notes or other materials. I will provide a sheet with formulas (page 60 of the text book).
  Midterm exam. Solutions: [page 1], [page 2]
  
• Midterm Exam 2: Friday, October 26, 1:30-2:45.
  Material: Chapters 1-6.2. (HW1-HW7).
  Rules: Bring a pocket calculator. Closed book, no notes or other materials. I will provide a sheet with formulas similar to this one.
  Midterm (with solutions): [page 1], [page 2], [page 3]
  
• Final: Wednesday, December 12, 1:00-4:00.
  Material: Chapters 1-7. (HW1-HW10).
  Rules: Bring a pocket calculator. Closed book, no notes or other materials. I will provide a sheet with formulas similar to this one.
  

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