U.C. Berkeley Physics
Department
PHYSICS 141A - Fall 2012
LECTURES:
MWF 11:00-12:00am, 213 Wheeler
TEXT BOOK:
Kittel INTRODUCTION TO SOLID STATE PHYSICS, 8th Ed., 2005, Wiley
REFERENCE BOOK:
Ashcroft SOLID STATE
PHYSICS, 1976,1st Ed., Thompson/Brooks Cole Publishing
DISCUSSION SECTIONS:
Tue. 1:00-2:00pm, 47 Evans
Thu. 3:00-4:00pm, 47 Evans
OFFICE HOURS AND CONTACT
INFORMATION:
|
Hours |
Locations |
|
W. 2-3 (Qiu) |
365 Birge |
|
Th 4-5pm (Haruki) |
463 Birge |
Professor: Zi Q. Qiu qiu@socrates.berkeley.edu,
365 Birge Hall, 642-2959
TA: Haruki Watanabe hwatanabe@berkeley.edu
REQUIREMENT:
- Students are encouraged to attend the discussion section every week.
- Homework is due 5:00pm sharp. No late homework will be accepted.
- There will be one midterm during the regular lecture hour, and a final exam at the end of the semester which will cover the materials of the entire course.
- The course grade will be a weighted combination of homework (40%), midterm (20%), and final exam (40%).
ANNOUNCEMENT:
- Discussion section will start on 9/4 (Tuesday).
- The class will move to 213 Wheeler, starting on 9/5.
- The midterm will take place on Monday 10/15. It is a close book and close note exam,
but you can bring two sheets of formula.
Midterm
distribution curve:
- The
office hour on 10/31 will be changed to 1:10-2:10pm.
HOMEWORKS: (DUE DATE)
Chapter Homework Due Solution