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Announcements:
Discussion Sessions start on Thursday, Jan. 30
1/30: The first computational assignment has been scheduled. Discussion on Feb. 13 will introduce the assignment and help you get started. Please bring a laptop to the 2/13 discussion.
2/9: Several announcements. First, for the rest of the course we will be using gradescope to submit homework. You should have received an email about being enrolled in the course on gradescope. Note that the deadline for HW has been moved to midnight.
Second, questions and answers about the computational assignments will be done through campuswire. You should also have received an email invite to this site. Please contact Prof. Shelton if you have not received one of these invitations.
Third, reminder that discussion this upcoming week (2/13) will be focused on the first computational assignment; bring your laptop. This assignment counts as double the points of a regular HW, and you have multiple weeks to finish it. To submit it, please export your finished notebook as a PDF and submit through gradescope.
2/20: The first midterm, on 2/25, will cover all topics through the SHO. You will be able to bring and use your own formula sheet (one letter-size sheet of paper).
3/6: As announced in lecture on 3/4, Midterm 1 resubmissions will be done through Gradescope. To get full make-up credit, you will need to resubmit the entire exam, not just the parts you originally got wrong.
3/23: The final exam for this course is scheduled for May 13, 7-10 pm, in room 2100 Sidney Lu Mech Engr Bldg. The second computational assignment for this course is exercise 2: Particle in a Finite Potential. It is extra credit. It must be submitted through gradescope by midnight on May 6.
4/22: Reminder there is no lecture on Thu April 24. Discussions will be held as usual. J. Shelton will not hold office hours on Fri April 25. Note the due date for HW 10 has been pushed back a week, and is now May 6.
Homework Schedule:
HW sets will be posted on the course website on Tuesdays.
They will be due on the following Tuesday at midnight, via Gradescope.
Textbook: see Course Description and Materials
Office Hours: see Contact Information
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