PHYSICS 240A SOLID STATE PHYSICS SPRING, 2008



Instructor: Kirill Shtengel 
Office: Physics 3009 
Phone: (951) 827-1058 
Email: first_name.last_name@ucr.edu
Class Meets:  Tue & Thu, 2:10 p.m. – 3:30 p.m., SPTH 1222
Office Hours: "Open door"
Reader: Vincent Ugarte
Discussion: Fri 11:10 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. PRCE 3374
Required Text:  (A)  Neil W. Ashcroft and N. David Mermin, "Solid State Physics", any edition.
Optional Texts:  (M)  Michael P. Marder, "Condensed Matter Physics", any edition.
(K)  Charles Kittel, "Quantum Theory of Solids", 2nd Revised Edition.
Homework:  Homework assignments will contribute 70% to your final grade. Homework will generally be assigned weekly by announcing in class that a new assignment is posted on the Web. Late homework will receive lower credit (70%).
A take-home final exam will count for the remaining 30%.