Schedule for Physics 301 Fall Term 2009

Week Dates Topic Assignment Assignment Due
1 Sep 18-25 Basic Concepts & Counting States PS 1 Sections 1.1-1.9 & 2.1-2.5 Sep 28
2 Sep 28-Oct 2 Temperature & Entropy PS 2 Secs 2.6-2.11, 3.1-3.5, 3.7, 3.10, 3.11 Oct 5
3 Oct 5-Oct 9 Thermo I PS 3 Chapter 4, Chapter 5: 5.1-5.4 Oct 12
4 Oct 12-16 Thermo II PS 4 Chapter 5, 5.5-5.12 Oct 19
5 Oct 19-23 Partition Function PS 5 Chapter 6, 6.1-6.9 Oct 26
6 Oct 26-30 Application of Stat. Mech. PS 6 Chapter 7 Nov 9
6 Oct 28 Midterm Thursday Oct 29, 7:30-9:30 PM, Jadwin A10
Oct 31 - Nov 8 Fall Recess
7 Nov 9-Nov 13 Chemical Equilibrium PS 7 Chapter 8 Nov 16
8 Nov 16-20 Quantum Gasses PS 8 Chapter 9 Nov 30
9 Nov 23-25 Quantum Gasses Chapter 9 continued. Nov 30
10 Nov 26 & 27 Thanksgiving recess
10 Nov 30 - Dec 4 Systems of interacting particles Chapter 10 Dec 7
11 Dec 7-Dec 11 Transport processes Chapter 12 Dec 18, 3 PM
12 Dec 14-18 Irreversible processes and fluctuations Chapter 15 Jan 11
Dec 18 - Jan 3 Winter Recess
  TBD Final exam: 3 hours on Friday Jan 15 at 1:30 PM in A10