2017-2018 Undergraduate General Catalog


PHYS 351 Statistical Physics and Thermodynamics

Equations of state, ideal and real gases, laws of thermodynamics, introduction to statistical mechanics. Topics developed from both macroscopic and microscopic points of view. Double majors in Chemistry and Physics not planning to pursue graduate study in physics may, with departmental approval, substitute CHEM 301 and 302 for PHYS 351 to fulfill the physics major elective requirements.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

PHYS 321