Jul 09, 2025  
2021-2022 Academic Catalog 
    
Catalog Navigation
  Catalog Home

  The College
  The Schools
  Signature Programs
  Student Life
  Enrollment and Admission
  Tuition and Fees
  Financial Aid

  Undergraduate Curriculum
  Majors and Minors
  The Core Curriculum
  Core-Designated Courses
  Course Descriptions

  Academic Calendars
  Academic Regulations
  GPS Academic Regulations

  Academic Officers and Services
  College Administration
  College Government
  Faculty Profiles
  Meet the Brothers
  Campus Maps

  My Bookmark
HELP
2021-2022 Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Add to My Bookmark (opens a new window)

PHYSI 115 - Thermal and Statistical Physics

Upper Division

Prerequisites
PHYSI 003  and MATH 039  are prerequisites for all upper-division physics courses.

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.

Course credits: 1


Add to My Bookmark (opens a new window)