PHYSI 315 - Thermal and Statistical Physics

Upper Division

Prerequisites
PHYSI 152 and MATH 238; Minimum grade C-.

This course covers the laws of thermodynamics and statistical physics. Topics include temperature, work, heat transfer, entropy, phase transitions, Maxwell’s relations, the kinetic theory of gases, partition functions and particle statistics.

Repeatable
No

Additional Notes
Previous course number: PHYSI 115

Course credits: 4