Phys 2503.001

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This is the third semester of a four semester introductory physics sequence for students in sciences and engineering who wish to explore modern physics in more detail. Special relativity, waves and optics are covered in this course and thermodynamics and statistical physics are found in Phys 2201. Together, these two sophmore year courses will prepare you for an in depth treatment of Quantum Physics in Phys2601 to following semester. All three are required for physics majors. This course assumes a good working knowledge of the concepts and skills in Phys 1302W. Because of the nature of this material, this course will be more abstract and mathematical than previous physics courses. This course is recommended for physics majors and others planning to take Phys 2601 as their introduction to quantum physics. If you are looking for a course which covers all of modern physics in one semester, then you should be taking Phys 2303.

** Textbook Info: You only need chapters 13-15 and 34-39 of Fishbane, Gasiorowicz, and Thornton. Either you can buy the custom Vol 3 (UMinn bookstore), which is a subset of chapters and includes the relevant ones, or you can buy the entire book (3rd edition) sold anywhere, or if you already have the paperback vol-1 and vol-2, the only additional chapter you need is the first chapter of thin paperback vol-3 (which is anyway covered by the Moore book, so maybe you can just read a friend's chapter for review). Many of you will already have the entire book if you took 1301/1302.