University of the Witwatersrand Physics IIE (Engineering) : PHYS284 - 2006 Course Co-ordinator : Dr SH Connell

Wits Campus, Empire Road, Johannesburg	Telephone : (011) 717-6848
PO WITS	Direct : (011) 717-6840
South Africa	Fax : (011) 717-6879
2050	e-mail : connell@src.wits.ac.za

Lectures :

Mondays periods 3,4 and Fridays periods 1,2 in the Physics Building P114.

Tutorial period :

Tuesdays period 5 in SH312X

Laboratory :

1. Set Labarotories : Four praticals, Wednesdays periods 6-9.
   (Performed during weeks 2-9 of the course)
   1. Statistics.
   2. X-ray Structure determination.
   3. e/m ratio of the electron.
   4. The Hall effect.
2. Construct a Laser, Wednesdays periods 6-9.
   (Performed during weeks 10-14 of the course)

Notes :

The notes provided during the course must be supplemented by your own notes taken during the lectures, study of the text books and proficiency with the tutorial problems.

Required Reading(*) :

A Beiser$^*$	Concepts of Modern Physics	Chap's 1,5-7,9,10
R Serway & R Beichner	Physics for scientists and engineers (with modern physics)	as appropriate
L Solymar And D Walsh	Lectures on the electrical properties of materials