| Class Schedule | ||||||
| reading | ||||||
| week | class day # | date | chap | pages | topic | |
| 1 | 1 | Tues | 07-Jan | 1 | 1 to 9 | intro, probability |
| 1 | 2 | Thur | 09-Jan | probability | ||
| 2 | 3 | Tues | 14-Jan | 2 | 10 to 27 | Quantum Theory Concepts |
| 2 | 4 | Thur | 16-Jan | |||
| 3 | 5 | Tues | 21-Jan | 3.1 to 3.4 | 28 to 44 | Information and Entropy |
| 3 | 6 | Thur | 23-Jan | |||
| 4 | 7 | Tues | 28-Jan | 3.5 to3.6 | 44 to 56 | Equilibrium and Temperature |
| 4 | 8 | Thur | 30-Jan | |||
| 5 | 9 | Tues | 04-Feb | 4.1 to 4.2 | 57 to 64 | Harmonic Oscillator, Rotor |
| 5 | 10 | Thur | 06-Feb | |||
| 6 | 11 | Tues | 11-Feb | 4.3 to 4.4 | 64 to 76 | Spin in magnetic field |
| 6 | 12 | Thur | 13-Feb | Exam: MidTerm 1 | ||
| 7 | 13 | Tues | 18-Feb | 5.1 to 5.2 | 77 to 86 | Thermodynamic Limit, homogeneity, stability |
| 7 | 14 | Thur | 20-Feb | |||
| 8 | 15 | Tues | 25-Feb | 5.3 to 5.4 | 87 to 102 | Ensembles, Laws of Thermodynamics |
| 8 | 16 | Thur | 27-Feb | |||
| 9 | 17 | Tues | 03-Mar | 6.1 to 6.3 | 103 to 119 | Perfect Gas, Fermi Gas |
| 9 | 18 | Thur | 05-Mar | |||
| 10 | 19 | Tues | 10-Mar | 6.4 to 6.7 | 119 to 135 | Bose-Einstein Condensation, Photon Gas |
| 10 | 20 | Thur | 12-Mar | internal dynamic, dilute solution | ||
| 11 | Tues | 17-Mar | Spring Break | |||
| 11 | Thur | 19-Mar | Spring Break | |||
| 12 | 21 | Tues | 24-Mar | review | ||
| 12 | 22 | Thur | 26-Mar | Exam: MidTerm 2 | ||
| 13 | 23 | Tues | 31-Mar | 7.1 to 7.3 | 145 to 159 | Processes, Work and Heat |
| 13 | 24 | Thur | 02-Apr | cycles, reservoirs, potentials | ||
| 14 | 25 | Tues | 07-Apr | 7.4 to 7.5 | 159 to 181 | equilibrium and stabilty |
| 14 | 26 | Thur | 09-Apr | thermodynamic coefficients | ||
| 15 | 27 | Tues | 14-Apr | 8.1 to 8.3 | 182 to 199 | Phase Transitions |
| 15 | 28 | Thur | 16-Apr | Ising Model | ||
| 16 | 29 | Tues | 21-Apr | review | ||
| 16 | 30 | Thur | 23-Apr | review | ||
| 17 | Mon | 27-Apr | Final Exam, UPL211, 7:30 to 9:30 | |||