Physics 5337 - Introduction to Solid State Physics

Course Information

• Lecturer: Professor Randall J. Scalise
  
• Lecture meeting times and place: TuTh 11:00AM-12:20PM in Fondren Science Building 26
  
• Contact:
  • Call or leave a message at 768-2504, or
  • Leave a note in the Physics Department Office - 102 Fondren Science, or
  • send me e-mail: <scalise@smu.edu>
  
  
• Text: Introduction to Solid State Physics 8th edition by Charles Kittel
• Errata
  
  
• Lecture Notes:
  • Chapter 1
    • Lecture 1 - Tuesday 23 August 2011
    • Lecture 2 - Thursday 25 August 2011
  • Chapter 2
    • Lecture 3 - Tuesday 30 August 2011
    • Lecture 4 - Thursday 1 September 2011
    • Lecture 5 - Tuesday 6 September 2011
    • Lecture 6 - Thursday 8 September 2011
  • Chapter 3
    • Lecture 7 - Tuesday 13 September 2011
    • Lecture 8 - Thursday 15 September 2011
  • Chapter 4
    • Lecture 9 - Tuesday 20 September 2011
    • Lecture 10 - Thursday 22 September 2011
    • Lecture 11 - Tuesday 27 September 2011
    • Lecture 12 - Thursday 29 September 2011
  • Chapter 5
    • Lecture 13 - Tuesday 4 October 2011
    • Lecture 14 - Thursday 6 October 2011
    • Lecture 15 - Tuesday 25 October 2011
    • Lecture 16 - Thursday 27 October 2011
    • Lecture 17 - Tuesday 1 November 2011
  • Chapter 6
    • Lecture 18 - Thursday 3 November 2011
    • Lecture 19 - Tuesday 8 November 2011
    • Lecture 20 - Thursday 10 November 2011
  • Chapter 7
    • Lecture 21 - Tuesday 15 November 2011
    • Lecture 22 - Thursday 17 November 2011 Mathematica notebook
    • Lecture 23 - Tuesday 22 November 2011
  
  
• Exam Dates: Open book, notes
  • Midterm - Tuesday 18 October 2011 in class.
  • Final Exam (Cumulative) - Thursday 8 December 2011, 8:00-11:00AM in room Fondren Science 26.
  
  
• University Holidays:
  • Monday 5 September 2011 - Labor Day
  • Monday-Tuesday 10-11 October 2011 - Fall Break
  • Wednesday-Friday 23-25 November 2011 - Thanksgiving
• Syllabus
• Students with disabilities, medically excused absences, absences in general
• Official University Calendar
  
  
• Homework Assignments
  Your homework grade will be the product of your score on the problems from Kittel and your score on my problems. You should attempt the Kittel problems without looking at the solutions unless you really get stuck. Please check your solutions to the Kittel problems against the online solutions before you turn them in.
  50% credit after due date, 0% after returned to you with my solutions
  
  
  • HW01 due Friday 2 September 2011 at 5:00pm - Kittel 1.1, 1.2, 1.3; Scalise 1
  • HW02 due Friday 9 September 2011 at 5:00pm - Kittel 2.1, 2.2, 2.3; Scalise 2
  • HW03 due Friday 16 September 2011 at 5:00pm - Kittel 2.4, 2.5, 2.6, 2.7; Scalise 3
  • HW04 due Friday 23 September 2011 at 5:00pm - Kittel 3.1, 3.2, 3.3; Scalise 4
  • HW05 due Friday 30 September 2011 at 5:00pm - Kittel 3.5, 3.6, 3.7; Scalise 5
  • HW06 due Friday 7 October 2011 at 5:00pm - Kittel 4.1, 4.2, 4.3; Scalise 6
  • Friday 14 October 2011 is just after Fall Break
  • Tuesday 18 October 2011 is the midterm
  • Friday 21 October 2011 is just after the midterm
  • HW07 due Friday 28 October 2011 at 5:00pm - Kittel 4.4, 4.5, 4.6, 4.7;
  • HW08 due Friday 4 November 2011 at 5:00pm - Kittel 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 5.5;
  • HW09 due Friday 11 November 2011 at 5:00pm - Kittel 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4;
  • HW10 due Friday 18 November 2011 at 5:00pm - Kittel 6.5, 6.6, 6.7;
  • Friday 25 November 2011 is during Thanksgiving Break
  • HW11 due Friday 2 December 2011 at 5:00pm -
  
  
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