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PHYS-3704: Thermal Physics

Description: Introduction to the concepts, formalism, and applications of classical and quantum statistical mechanics, including thermodynamics.

Pathways: N/A

Course Hours: 3 credits

Prerequisites: PHYS-2306 and PHYS-3324

Required By: N/A

Corequisites: PHYS-2504, (MATH-2214 or PHYS-2214H.)

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 20

Average GPA: 2.75 (B)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 21.01%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 3.15%

Vito W Scarola202433.6%35.3%23.0%3.7%2.8%1.7%2.948
Michel J Pleimling201523.6%36.6%27.3%6.3%3.2%3.0%2.743
Uwe C Tauber201717.5%15.4%30.7%21.5%2.7%12.4%2.272
Shengfeng Cheng202034.2%31.5%15.6%7.4%6.2%5.2%2.803
Rahul V Kulkarni200638.9%27.8%16.7%16.7%0.0%0.0%2.821
Beate Schmittmann200923.6%35.4%17.4%16.7%7.0%0.0%2.542
Royce K P Zia200915.8%36.8%31.6%15.8%0.0%0.0%2.481

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