NOT YET UPDATED
Course Schedule (split into 3 parts)
[DDET Course Schedule: Weeks 1-5 (click to open/close)]| Week | Date | Day | Class# | Reading | Topics |
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| 1 | 1/21 | M | NA | NA | NO CLASS – MLK Day |
| 1/23 | W | 1 | 8.1, 8.2, 8.7 | Intro & Review of Modern I | |
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| 2 | 1/28 | M | 2 | 9.1-9.2 | Thermodynamics, Entropy |
| 1/30 | W | 3 | 9.3-9.4 | Temperature & Classical Statistics | |
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| 3 | 2/4 | M | 4 | 9.5 | Boltzmann Dist. & Maxwell Speed Dist. |
| 2/6 | W | 5 | NA | Quantum Distributions | |
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| 4 | 2/11 | M | 6 | 9.6-9.7 | The Quantum Gas & Photon Gas |
| 2/13 | W | 7 | 9.8 | Lasers & Catch Up | |
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| 5 | 2/18 | M | 8 | NA | Review |
| 2/20 | W | 9 | NA | Exam 1 (Chapter 9) |
| Week | Date | Day | Class# | Reading | Topics |
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| 6 | 2/25 | M | 10 | here | Phys.&Phil. – Bell’s Theorem |
| 2/27 | W | 11 | here | Phys.&Phil. – Free Will | |
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| 7 | 3/4 | M | 12 | 10.1-10.2 | Molecules |
| 3/6 | W | NA | NA | CLASS CANCELED | |
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| 8 | 3/11 | M | 13 | 10.3 | Molecular Vibrations & Rotations |
| 3/13 | W | 14 | 10.4-10.5 | Crystalline Solids and Band Theory | |
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| 9 | 3/18 | M | 15 | NA | Crystalline Solids and Band Theory |
| 3/20 | W | 16 | 10.6-10.7 | Conductors, Insulators and Semiconductors | |
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| Spring Break! | |||||
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| 10 | 4/1 | M | 17 | 10.8 | Semiconductor Devices |
| 4/3 | W | 18 | 10.9-10.10 | Superconductivity and Fullerenes | |
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| 11 | 4/8 | M | 19 | NA | Review |
| 4/10 | W | 20 | NA | Exam 2 (Ch. 10) |
| Week | Date | Day | Class# | Reading | Topics |
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| 12 | 4/15 | M | 21 | here | Phys.&Phil. – Pseudoscience |
| 4/17 | W | 22 | 11.1-11.2 | Nuclear Structure | |
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| 13 | 4/22 | M | 23 | 11.3 & 11.5 | Nuclear Models & Decay Types |
| 4/24 | W | 24 | 11.6-11.7 | The Decay Law & Nuclear Reactions | |
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| 14 | 4/29 | M | 25 | NA | Catch Up! |
| 5/1 | W | 26 | 12.1-12.3 | Fundamental Forces & Particles | |
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| 15 | 5/6 | M | 27 | 12.4-12.5 | Reactions and Conservation Rules |
| 5/8 | W | 28 | NA | Review for Final |
Final exam is Wednesday, May 15th, from 12:30 to 2:20 PM.
Important Dates for all students (MSCD & UCD):
It is no longer possible to withdraw from (or get an NC in) this course.
| Wednesday, February 6th | Last day to drop the course so that it won’t appear on your transcript. |
| Tuesday, April 2nd | Last day to Withdraw and/or Receive an “NC”. |