Schedule

Syllabus Modules Schedule Assignments

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Students are expected to study the Web-based material and the corresponding material in the textbook during the time interval indicated in the schedule below. 

7-Jan - 21-Jan   Module 1 Maxwell's Equations:  Quasi-static situations
21-Jan - 28-Jan   Module 2 Maxwell's Equations:  Electrodynamics
28-Jan - 4-Feb   Module 3 Electromagnetic waves
4-Feb - 11-Feb   Module 4 Electromagnetic radiation
11-Feb - 18-Feb   Module 5 Electrodynamics and relativity
18-Feb - 25-Feb   Module 6 Fundamental assumptions of QM, Postulates
25-Feb - 4-Mar   Module 7 One-dimensional eigenvalue problems
4-Mar - 11-Mar   Module 8 Angular momentum and spin
11-Mar - 25-Mar   Module 9 Three-dimensional eigenvalue problems
25-Mar - 1-Apr   Module 10 Approximation methods (time-independent)
1-Apr - 8-Apr   Module 11 Approximation methods (time dependent)
8-Apr - 15-Apr   Module 12 Scattering
15-Apr - 22-Apr   Module 13 Identical particles
22-Apr       Review Review solutions

The Web-based material is divided into 13 modules.  Each modules has a physics theme.  It reviews concepts and formulas associated with this theme and presents 10 solved problems.  Each solution addresses the following points:

Concepts, principles, relations that apply to the problem:

Why do they apply?

How do they apply?

Details of the calculation:

Student unfamiliar with the the concepts and formulas needed to solve a problem should refer to their junior/senior-level undergraduate textbook for a review.

If you are not using Internet Explorer under Windows, many equations probably will not display correctly.  They use the Windows Symbol Font (and the MT Extra Font for hbar).  Click here for fixing this problem Firefox under Windows and Linux. (Courtesy Zachary Barnett)