Physics 330
                           Spring 2008

 
Lecturer: Dr. J. Matthews,
          Office: Physics and Astronomy 1029
          Phone: 277-2077 / email: johnm@phys.unm.edu
          Office hours = ``problems session''


Teaching  
Assistant: Xuan Luo
           Phone: 277-2616 (messages) / email: xuanluo@unm.edu


Text: Quantum Physics of Atoms, Molecules, Solids, ...
      Robert Eisberg and Robert Resnick
      Wiley, 2nd Edition
      

Homework: Homework problems from Eisberg and Resnick will be
          assigned each week and due after class on Wednesdays.

          Solutions will be posted at:
	  http://panda.unm.edu/Courses/Matthews/PHYS330
	  shortly after the homework "due date".  
          

Exams and grades: There will be two 90-minute midterms and a 2-hour final.
          The midterms will test mainly the recent material.  The final
          will test all of the material but with an emphasis on the  
          most recent sections.
          You are allowed one 8 1/2" x 11" piece of paper into each midterm.
          These page(s) can contain relevant physics formulae, numerical 
          constants, etc, of your choice.  You may bring three 8 1/2" x 11" 
          pieces of paper to the final.

          EXTRA CREDIT: 5% additional credit is available by 
             office hour/homework participation: your participation in 
             the "office hour/homework" sessions will help you and other 
             students who attend.
             Full (5%) credit will be for those who contribute to at
             least 80% of the "office hour/homework sessions".

	     The office hour/homework session is:
	     Monday 5-7pm in P&A 190

          The course grade will be comprised of: 25% homework, 
          25% for EACH of the two midterms and 25% for the final exam. 
	  The grades in the course will be: 
			  A   85 - 100	    (Plus and
                          B   65 - 84       minus grades will
                          C   45 - 64       be assigned.)
                          D   30 - 44
                          F   below 30