PHYS 3305 (Fall 2005)
Modern Physics

Course Information

Prof. Yongsheng Gao

• Lecture: TTH 12:30pm ---- 1:50 pm in Rm 123, Fondren Science Building.
• Instructor: Professor Yongsheng Gao
• Office hours: Tuesday 2:00 ---- 4:30pm in Rm 36 Fondren Science Building.
• Contact:
  • Call or leave a message at (214) 768-2819, or
  • Leave a note in the Physics Department Office - 106 Fondren Science, or
  • send me e-mail: <gao@mail.physics.smu.edu>

• Help Sessions (by physics graduate students): 6:30 ---- 8:00pm, Monday through Thursday, in Rm 100 Fondren Science
• Syllabus and Homework Assignment: (PDF format) (Postscript format)
• Introduction Material (IMPORTANT)
• Regrade Policy
• Textbook: Thornton & Rex, Modern Physics for Scientists and Engineers, 3rd edition, Brooks/Cole, Thomson Learning
• Quizzes: Given at 12:30 pm in lecture (Thursday), roughly 10 minutes long, closed book.

• Test Dates:
  • Test 1 - Thursday, Oct. 6, 2005.
  • Test 2 - Thursday, Nov. 10, 2005.
  • Final Exam - (Accumulative) 11:30am -- 2:30pm on Monday, Dec. 5, 2005 in Rm 123 of Fondren Science.

• Homework Assignment for Chapter 2: (PDF format) (Postscript format)

• Homework Assignment for Chapter 3: (PDF format) (Postscript format)

• Homework Assignment for Chapter 4: (PDF format) (Postscript format)

• Homework Assignment for Chapter 5: (PDF format) (Postscript format)

• Homework Assignment for Chapter 6: (PDF format) (Postscript format)

• Homework Assignment for Chapter 7: (PDF format) (Postscript format)

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