Syllabus for Physics 283 --- Quantum Physics
Fall Semester, 2009
MW 3:30 – 4:45, FW 200
Instructor: Suzanne Willis
Office: Faraday Hall 218
swillis@niu.edu
Office Hours: MWF 10:00am - 12:00pm, 1:00pm – 1:45 pm
TuTh 1:00pm – 3:00 pm
and by appointment
815-753-6481
Course Textbook: Fundamentals of Physics (8th edition) extended (make sure you have
through Chapter 44!), Halliday, Resnick, and Walker
Chapter 35: Interference
Chapter 36: Diffraction
Chapter 37: Relativity
Wednesday, September 23: Test on Chapters 35-37
Chapter 38: Photons and Matter Waves
Chapter 39: More about Matter Waves
Chapter 40: All about Atoms
Chapter 41: Conduction of Electricity in Solids
Monday, November 2: Test on Chapters 38-41
Chapter 42: Nuclear Physics
Chapter 43: Energy from the Nucleus
Chapter 44: Quarks, Leptons, and the Big Bang
Monday, December 7: Final Exam, Chapters 42-44 and comprehensive
Homework assignments and their due dates are posted on Blackboard.
You will be assigned to a small study group. Assignments will be available on Blackboard. You
may do your homework with your study group, although you should each turn in your own paper.
You will also be doing in-class work with your study group, so be sure to sit together.
Grading:
Homework
In-class exercises and presentations
Exams 1 and 2
Final exam
10%
20%
20% each
30%
Disabilities
If you have specific physical, psychiatric or learning disabilities and require accommodations,
please let me know early in the semester so that your learning needs may be appropriately met.
You will need to provide documentation of your disability to the Center for Access-Ability
Resources (CAAR), located on the 4th floor of the University Health Service, 753-1303.
Academic Misconduct
Academic misconduct is defined in the Student Code of Conduct as receipt or transmission of
unauthorized aid on assignments or examinations, plagiarism, unauthorized use of examination
materials, or other forms of dishonesty in academic matters. Sanctions vary; the instructor has the
right to impose sanctions up to assigning a grade of F for the course.
Make life easier on all of us – don’t cheat! If you do, I will not overlook it. If you need help, ask.