Week Dates Topics Chapters Homework
 Due
1 Mon 1/11 - Fri 1/15 Probability. Thermodynamic Concepts 1, 2 Set 1
Wed 1/20

Monday, Jan 18 No class (Martin Luther King Day)


2 Wed 1/20 - Fri 1/22 Boltzmann Distribution. Free Energy 3 Set 2
Wed 1/27
3 Mon 1/25 - Fri 1/29 Cavity Radiation. Phonons 4 Set 3
Wed 2/3
4 Mon 2/1 - Fri 2/5 Review 1-5 Set 4
Fri 2/12

Friday, Feb 5 First Midterm Exam Covers Weeks 1-4

5 Mon 2/8 - Fri 2/12 Chemical Potential 5 Set 5
Fri 2/19
6 Mon 2/15 - Fri 2/19 Ideal Gas 6 Set 6
Wed 2/24
7 Mon 2/22 - Fri 2/26 Fermi and Bose Gases 7 Set 7
Wed 3/2
8 Mon 2/29 - Fri 3/4 Heat and Work 8 Set 8
Wed 3/16

Mon 3/7 - Fri 3/11 No classes (Spring Break)


9 Mon 3/14 - Fri 3/18 Review 6-8 Set 9
 Wed 3/23

Friday, Mar 18 Second Midterm Exam Covers Weeks 5-9

10 Mon 3/21 - Fri 3/25 Gibbs Energy and Reactions 9 Set 10
Wed 3/29
11 Mon 3/28 - Fri 4/1 Phase Transformations 10 Set 11
Wed 4/6
12 Mon 4/4 - Fri 4/8 Semiconductors 13 Set 12
Wed 4/13
13 Mon 4/11 - Fri 4/15 Review 9, 10, 13 Set 13
Fri 4/22

Friday, Apr 15 Third Midterm Exam Covers Weeks 10-13

14 Mon 4/18 - Fri 4/22 Kinetic Theory 14 Set 14
Fri 4/29
15 Mon 4/25 - Fri 4/29 Review 1-10, 13, 14


Wed, May 4 Final Exam, 5:45 - 7:45pm, BPS 1410
 Covers Entire Course



Last revised: April 25, 2016.