PHYSICS 786  GENERAL RELATIVITY AND COSMOLOGY

Instructor: Prof. Chris Carone  Office: Small 225 phone: 221-2451 e-mail: carone@physics.wm.edu Office Hours:  To Be Announced

The Course:
Physics 786 is an introductory, graduate-level course on the general theory of relativity.  The course covers the formulation of the theory, as well as applications to astrophysics and cosmology.

Textbook:
The required textbook is  "Spacetime and Geometry", by Sean Carroll. 

Prerequisites:
There are no official prerequisites for the course. I will assume that you have some familiarity with special relativity.

Homework, Tests and Grading:

Grades will be based on take-home assignments, which will be given as needed. (It is a matter of convention whether you call some of these "homework" or "take-home exams". The number of points per problem will vary and will be stated in each assignment.) I will try to give these assignments regularly, though not necessarily every week.

Communications:
Official communications may be sent to the class via e-mail.   It is your responsibility to read your e-mail.