Graduate Candidacy Workshop
Summer 2003, Tu-Th: 4:00-6:00
The objective of this course is to orient students toward the
Ph-D candidacy examination. After a brief review of each topic
(please see below) a few problems from each topic will be solved
during the class period and a few more will be given for the students
to work on their own. The format of this course will be slightly different;
it will be more of tutorial/discussion format where every student
will be asked to participate. The contents of this course is
very similar to what is found in
Chicago Problems in Physics.
There is no separate syllabus for this course. The following topics
which form the core courses will be reviewed.
- Classical Mechanics
- Statistical Mechanics
- Electromagnetism
- Quantum Mechanics
References and Texts:
Two books listed below may be of help to prepare for the Ph-D candidacy
examination. The format of this course will be very similar to as outlined
in these two books.
-
Princeton Problems in Physics, Eds., N. Newbury, M. Newman, J. Ruhl,
S. Staggs, and S. Thorsett
(Princeton University Press).
- University of Chicago Graduate Problems in Physics, Eds., J. A. Cronin,
D. F. Greenberg, and V. L. Telegdi
(The University of Chicago Press).