CAP Exam is today in CCIS 5-003, 11am-2pm.
No session November 8, 2019
We won’t be having a session on November 8, 2019. We will pick back up after reading week on November 22.
Training sessions for the 2020 exam
Training sessions will restart on Friday, November 1, 2019, 2-3pm, in CCIS 4-285.
Exam on February 5, 2019, 11am-2pm in CCIS 4-196
The competition will be on Tuesday February 5 from 11 to 2pm, in CCIS 4-196 (enter through Physics General Office CCIS 4-181).
Feel free to bring something to eat and drink. Calculators are permitted.
Please email andrzejc@ualberta.ca and maslam@ualberta.ca if you are planning to attend so that we have enough copies of the exam. But if you decide late, we will have a few extras!!
Training season 2018-2019
Beginning October 19, we will hold training sessions on Fridays 4-5pm in CCIS 4-285.
As training materials, we recommend the Guide to Physics Problems by Cahn, Mahan, and Nadgorny, and/or Cambridge problems on physics by Dendy.
More details about the CAP competition can be found here https://www.cap.ca/programs/medals-and-awards/prizes-students/university-prize-exam. Best UofA students will receive prizes from the Department of Physics, in addition to the CAP prizes (details to be announced).
Exam on March 13, 2018, 12noon-3pm in CCIS L2-181
So the exam will be on March 13 (Tuesday, tomorrow) in CCIS L2-181, will start at 12noon and last till 3pm.
Feel free to bring something to eat and drink. Calculators are permitted.
Please email andrzejc@ualberta.ca if you are planning to attend to make sure we have enough copies of the exam. But if you decide late, we will have a few extras!!
Fridays 2-3pm, CCIS 4-285
There will be weekly sessions every Friday 2-3pm, 4-285, until the competition in mid-March.
Next session Dec 14, 2017
We will continue electromagnetism. The usual place and time: CCIS 4-285 3:30pm. The session will be conducted jointly by Hena Yerzhakov and by Andrzej Czarnecki.
If you have any questions or propositions
you may contact Hena Yerzhakov at yerzhako@ualberta.ca
Next session Dec 7, 2017
… will take place in CCIS 4-285, 3:30-4:30pm. We will likely focus on electromagnetism.
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