Instructor:	George Siopsis Office: 210 Nielsen Physics Bldg. Phone: (865) 974-7859 FAX: (865) 974-7843 E-mail: siopsis AT tennessee DOT edu
Office hours:	One hour after each class, whenever you find me at the office, and by appointment.
Section:	70967
Lectures:	MW(F) 11:15 - 12:30, Rm # 512 Physics
Textbook:	Sean M. Carroll, Spacetime and Geometry - An Introduction to General Relativity (Addison Wesley)
Homework:	due as announced (in general, 1-2 weeks after we are done with the corresponding material). Half credit for late submission. You need to do 75% of the homework for full credit (or 50% if you also do a project).
Project: (optional)	You may do a project on a topic of your choice (selected after consultation with the Instructor), write a short paper on it and present it in class at the end of the semester. This is not meant to be original work. You just need to understand a certain subject described in one of the recommended textbooks (see web site for a list) and not covered in class or in a research paper you happen to be interested in. If you do a project, you need only do 50% of the homework.
Grade:	Based on 75% of homework, or 50% of homework + project.
WWW:	The web site for the course is http://aesop.phys.utk.edu/GR/

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