As explained initially, the midterm exam tests the entire construction of the standard model – meaning that the course content that we have to go through until this point is pretty well-defined. The default midterm date (assigned by the faculty) makes this possible, but maybe a little bit tight in terms of what I must cover in each of the lectures until then. I talked to the study administration, and they now opened the possibility of maybe moving the exam by one week – which would give us a bit of slack and more time for discussions, if needed. Given various constraints, there are exactly two options:
- Midterm exam as originally planned (17/03, 3pm in Silurveien)
- Midterm exam on 25/03, 9am somewhere here in the physics department
So I’d be curious which option you prefer? (if anyone has strong objections to moving the exam date, that will hav...