SYLLABUS: PH 597.0??: Seminar (1 hour)

Instructor: Dr. Rainer Schad, 1048 Bevill, 348-2404, rschad@bama.ua.edu

Times: Attendance is required at the meetings. Meeting times will be e-mailed in advance.

Prerequisites: Admission into the physics graduate program.

Seminar Schedules: The web pages with colloquia and seminar schedules are linked through http://physics.ua.edu/Events.html.

Course Description

This course is required for all physics graduate students each semester in residence. The seminar requirement insures that all graduate students gain exposure to the general subject area and current research topics of physics. It aims to teach the social aspects of doing physics.

Assignments and Grading

Students are required to attend at least 70% of department colloquia (7/9, 7/10, 8/11, 9/12 or 10/13). Department colloquia are held on 3:30 PM on Wednesdays in 227 Gallalee Hall. Colloquia held at other times are optional. Students must also attend at least one specialty seminar in either High Energy, Astronomy or Condensed Matter (MINT). High Energy seminars are held at 3:30 PM on Friday afternoons in 338 Gallalee. Astronomy seminars are also on Friday afternoons - for location and time, please ask an Astronomer. MINT seminars are held at 2:00 PM Friday afternoons in 204 Bevill. See also: http://www.as.ua.edu/ph/Events.html

Seminar Requirement

Students are required to give a research presentation. These will be given either:
1) in the speciality seminar of your choice (see above). After completion of this part, you have to make sure that a faculty member will contact me to confirm you gave a satisfactory presentation.

or
2) in the Graduate Student Association's Research and Creative Activities Conference (on campus) if available. An abstract along with a pdf file of the presentation must be submitted and attendance at the conference is required. Missing any part of this assignment will result in a failing grade.

Attendance Policy

Students are expected to attend as many seminars as possible. Colloquium evaluation forms will be collected at each event to gauge your active participation. Students participating in off-campus experiments must notify the instructor beforehand and may be given credit for attendance in this case. Attending less than 70% of colloquia will result in a failing grade.

Code of Academic Conduct

All students in attendance at the University of Alabama are expected to be honorable and to observe standards of conduct appropriate to a community of scholars. The University expects from its students a higher standard of conduct than the minimum required to avoid discipline. Academic misconduct includes all acts of dishonesty in any academically related matter.

The Academic Misconduct Disciplinary Policy will be followed in the event of academic misconduct.

Disability Accommodations

Students with disabilities are encouraged to register with the Office of Disability Services, 348-4285. Thereafter, you are invited to schedule appointments to see me during my office hours to discuss accommodations and other special needs.