I. Fundamental Properties of Electrons
1) Basic classical properties of Electrons
2) Wave properties of electrons
3) Schrodinger wave equation
4) Special solutions of wave equation
II. Statistics of Particles
1) Statistical description of particle properties
2) Fermi-Dirac statistics
3) Maxwell-Boltzmann statistics
4) Bose-Einstein statistics
5) Relationship to thermodynamics
III. Properties of Electrons in Solids
1) Crystal properties of solids
2) Electron energy levels in solids
3) Energy bands and density of states
4) Metals, semiconductors, and insulators
5) Localized energy states of impurities
6) Wave packets, group velocity, effective mass
IV. Fundamental Electronics Processes in Solids
1) Drift and diffusion of carriers, mobility
2) Thermal effects
3) Hall effect
4) Excess carriers and excess carrier lifetime
5) Photoconductivity
V. Quantum Electronics
1) Discrete level systems
2) Emission and absorption
3) Population inversion
4) Maser and Laser