office: M2038 Physics Research Building
phone: 688-4228 (office)
email: braaten(AT)mps.ohio-state.edu
office hours: MWF 10:30--12:00 pm, or by appointment, or just stop by and see if I am available
Textbook: Schroeder, Introduction to Thermal Physics
Lectures: Smith Lab 3094
MWRF 9:30--10:18 am
Homework:
Problem sets will be assigned each week and due at the beginning of class on Monday.
The assigned problems will be posted on the course home page. (You are reading the course info page).
You are encouraged to work together to solve problems, but your solutions should be written up independently.
(Late
homework will not be accepted unless agreed upon by the instructor
before the due date.)
Quizzes: occasional, will be graded but grades will not be recorded
Extra credit: present preview of future homework problem, or present You-tube video related to statistical physics
Exams:
1st midterm: ??day, Feb ??, 9:30am, Smith Lab 3094
2nd midterm: ??day, March ??, 9:30am, Smith Lab 3094
No final exam!
Grading:
Homework [40%]
1st midterm exam [30%]
2nd midterm exam [30%]
Grader: Shenglong Xu
office: 3024 Physics Research Building
email: xu.797(AT)osu.edu
phone: 614-247-7888
office hours: by appointment