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{\large\bf FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY \bigskip

Department of Physics \bigskip

Syllabus: Discovering Physics - PHY 1090 Fall 2012}
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\centerline{\bf 12:30 -- 1:20 pm Tuesdays HCB 0210
(Shifted by ten minutes!)}. \bigskip

\centerline{\bf Instructor: Bernd A. Berg, 615 Keen Building.}\bigskip

\centerline{\bf Office Hours: M and W 2:30 pm -- 3:30 pm.}\bigskip

\centerline{\bf Phone 644-6246, E-mail berg@hep.fsu.edu .}\bigskip

\centerline{\bf Textbook: None. Final Exam: None.}\bigskip

\centerline{\bf\large Course Goals }\bigskip

This course provides an introduction to the research done in physics.
It will consist of a nunber of informal talks with discussions and 
tours of research facilities at FSU. The goal is to acquaint you 
with the world of research in physics and the lives of people doing
it. By the end of the course you should know about the science we
pursue at FSU and about what your life may be like as and undergraduate
physics major and -- if you choose to pursue this option -- as a
graduate student in physics and practicing scientist. We will also
talk about interdisciplinary research career opporutnities that make
use of physics training in disparate job settings. 

Discovering Physics is designed for physics major freshman, but suitable
for all students interested in physics.
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\centerline{\bf\large Class Format }\bigskip

The class will consist of a series of lectures, mostly by guest 
speakers, class discussions, and tours of research facilities. For
the class discussion, you (the students) should take the opportunity
to interview the speaker based on the talk and about any introductory
material you may have researched on your own. Questions about the
motivations (either for studying physics of for the current research)
are also encouraged.
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\centerline{\bf\large Grading }\bigskip

There are 15 class meetings scheduled. If you attend at least 12 of
the meetings, you will receive a grade of ``S'' (``80\% of the success
is being there", Woody Allen). If you attend fewer than 12 meetings, 
you will receive a graded of ``U". The sign-up sheet will be collected
at the beginning of the class. Late arrival does not count.
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\centerline{\bf\large Questions }\bigskip

You are encouraged to ask questions before, during or after class,
during office visits with me or guest lectures, or via e-mail. 
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\centerline{\bf\large University Policies }\bigskip

The statements of the following website are part of the syllabus

http://facsenate.fsu.edu/Curriculum-Forms/Policies .
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\centerline{\bf\large Tentative Schedule (Fall 2012) }\bigskip

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\bigskip\noindent August 28: Prof.\ Bernd Berg: {\it Course 
Introduction}; {\it A Short History of Physics}.

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\bigskip\noindent September 4: Prof.\ Jorge Piekarewitz: {\it
                               Theoretical Nuclear Physics.}

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\bigskip\noindent September 11: Prof.\ Ingo Wiedenhover: {\it Tour 
of the LeRoy Collins Research Lab$^*$.}

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\bigskip\noindent September 18: Prof.\ Mark Riley: {\it Experimental 
                                Nuclear Physics.}

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\bigskip\noindent September 25: Prof.\ Takemichi Okui: {\it Theoretical
                                Particle Physics.}

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\bigskip\noindent October 2:    Prof.\ Susan Blessing: {\it Experimental
                                Particle Physics.}

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\bigskip\noindent October 9:  Presentation by the Society of Physics 
                  Students (SPS), Ashley Huff, Chair.

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\bigskip\noindent October 16: Prof.\ Peter Hoeflich: {\it Astrophysics and
                              Cosmology.}

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% \bigskip\noindent October 23: TBA.
\bigskip\noindent October 23: Prof.\ Per Rikvold: {\it Statistical Physics.}

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\bigskip\noindent October 30: Prof.\ Huan-Xiang Zhou: {\it Biophysics.}

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\bigskip\noindent November 6: Prof.\ Oskar Vafek: {\it Graphene.}
% \bigskip\noindent November 6: Prof.\ Bernd Berg: {\it Computational Physics.}

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\bigskip\noindent November 13: Prof.\ Nick Bonesteel: {\it Quantum Computing.}
%  \bigskip\noindent November 13: Prof.\ Oskar Vafek: {\it Graphene.}

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\bigskip\noindent November 20: Student Discussion.

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\bigskip\noindent November 27: Prof.\ James Brooks {\it The National 
                               High Magnetic Field Laboratory.}
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\bigskip\noindent December 4: Tour National High Magnetic Field Laboratory$^{**}$.

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$^*$ Meet in the atrium of Keen Building between 12:20 and 12:30. 
Students not in attendance by 12:30 will be marked absent.

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$^{**}$ Meet at the front entrance of the National High Magnetic Field 
Lab (NHMFL) between 12:20 and 12:30. Students not in attendance by 12:30 
will be marked absent. No transportation is arranged to the NHMFL; you
must make your own arrangements. Some parking is available nearby, and
a shuttle bus is available between FSU, FAMU, and Innovation Park.

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