<> week 1: refraction and reflectivity
a)  X-ray scattering at grazing incidence
b)  refractive index
c)  boundary conditions
d)  X-ray reflectivity
e)  standing waves in reflectivity
f)  grazing-incidence x-ray fluorescence*
g)  the matrix method
h)  application examples
i)   roughness*
j)  "messy" reflectivities*

<> problem set
a) problem description
b) data set
c) sample solutions

<> week 2: grazing-incidence diffraction
a) surface structure analysis

diffraction as a Fourier transform

introduction to solid surfaces

scattering from a monolayer

scattering from the substrate

surface structure determination

b) crystal truncation rods

overview

appendix: roughness

transition from microscopic to macroscopic description

c) appendix: properties of the Fourier transform

<> appendix: grazing-incidence small-angle scattering*

a) introduction

(chapters or sections marked with an asterisk* were added later)