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Take a "modern physics" course. These tie the intro level stuff together in a coherent way. It isn't unheard of to take sr level undergrad courses as a first year grad student to fill in holes in your background.
If you insist on self teaching because you have no time, something like this might not be horrible https://www.amazon.com/Modern-Physics-Raymond-Serway/dp/0534493394
Well "advanced undergrads" means they've already seen quantum 2 or 3 times. Griffith's is a good second exposure, but could be a first. Really something like this:
is a good first exposure for someone who's just finished their "Physics 101 and 102" first year courses. A semester of that, then a semester of Griffith's and then, in 4th year, Shankar may be appropriate, I actually used Ballentine which was probably not a great choice on the prof's part.
>If you've already got a degree in geophysics you should have no problem difficulty-wise with any of these courses, and probably less of a time-commitment than I originally said as well.
Well, I hope so. I plan to beef up some of my math over the summer, as it's been more than ten years since my geophysics, and that was at the UofC. I still know a good chunk of calculus but I know there is stuff I've lost to attrition. Either way, I'm up for the challenge.
>I'm sure 208 would be good too, but I find non-calculus courses needlessly complicate many concepts in trying to avoid the more "difficult" math.
Okay, so that's the difference. There's no mention in the calendar that one is calculus-based and one is not, so I didn't really get the difference. That makes sense though, I guess. I generally tend to go for the more comprehensive courses as well, but a poor professor can make things very difficult. I'll keep my eyes open for Hegmann and if I can get into his class then I'll go that route.
That said, I have <em>Modern Physics</em> 2Ed by Serway, Moses, and Moyer (this link is to the third edition, but should be similar). Do you think that's comparable to the 271 course? Do you recall what the text was for it, or was it a custom course pack? I'm willing to pick up whatever book(s) I need.
As far as lab reports go, I assume I can talk with the instructor and other students to catch up in that department. I believe I've read elsewhere on Reddit that they must all be typed - do people generally use LaTeX?
Thanks again for your time and input!
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