This is the course page for City College Course PHYS 209.
The course syllabus is here: Syllabus
Modern Physics, Gary N. Felder & Kenny M. Felder, Cambridge, 2023
The exam and homework schedule is subject to change, but this represents the most likely dates for those items.
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