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(s):	77875
Lectures:	TTh 2:10 - 3:25, Rm # 61 Perkins
Textbooks:	String Theory, Vols. 1 and 2, by Joe Polchinski (at the UT Bookstore) Superstring Theory, (Vols. 1 and 2) by Michael Green, John Schwarz and Ed Witten
Homework:	one problem set for each unit (for list of units, see web site); due as announced (in general, one week after we are done with the corresponding unit).
Project:	You need to 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 textbooks or in a research paper you happen to be interested in.
Grade:	75% homework; 25% project.
WWW:	The web site for the course is http://aesop.phys.utk.edu/strings

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