Prerequisites: graduate standing; consent of instructor

Description: Discusses current top- ics of research including the theory of high tempera- ture superconductivity, the quantum Hall effect, spin- tronics, and singular Fermi liquids. Students who present a seminar receive a letter grade; other stu- Plant Pathology and Microbiology dents receive a Satisfactory (S) or No Credit (NC) grade. Course is repeatable. Varma