Instructor: Dr. I.Afanassiev

Office: C4065. Phone: 737-2500. E-mail: yakov@physics.mun.ca

http://www.physics.mun.ca/~yakov/

· The textbook

Physics for Scientists and Engineers (with Modern Physics) by Serway and Beichner, Chapters 39-46 Fifth Edition, Saunders College Publishing.

· Schedule of topics

The sequence of topics, corresponing roughly to the sequence of chapters in the text, and the number of lectures tentatively planned for each, is as follows:

Chapter	Topic	# of lectures
39	Relativity.	6
40	Introduction to Quantum Physics.	3
41	Quantum Mechanics.	2
42	Atomic Physics.	4
43	Molecules and Solids.	3
44	Nuclear Structure.	2
45	Fission and Fusion.	2
46	Particle Physics.	1

· Evaluation Scheme

-assignments (4-5), altogether worth 10% of the total mark;

-one mid-term 1-hour test, worth 25% of the total mark; (tentatively scheduled for Febuary 19

-the 2-hour final examination, worth 50% of the total mark;

(SUPPLEMENTARY EXAM IS AVAILABLE)

-laboratory reports (you should get a minimum of 50% mark in the laboratory part of the course in order to pass the course), worth 15% of the total mark;