| Week 1 | |
| Tuesday, January 29, 9:30-10:45 | Introductory lecture. Ch. 1 "Introduction to Statistical Methods" |
| Thursday, January 31, 9:30-10:45 | Ch. 1 "Introduction to Statistical Methods" |
| Week 2 | |
| Tuesday, February 5, 9:30-10:45 | Ch. 1 "Introduction to Statistical Methods", HW 1 issued |
| Thursday, February 7, 9:30-10:45 | Ch. 2 "Statistical Description of a Physical System" |
| Week 3 | |
| Tuesday, February 12, 9:30-10:45 | Ch. 2 "Statistical Description of a Physical System", HW 2 issued |
| Thursday, February 14, 9:30-10:45 | Ch. 3 "Overview of Classical Thermodynamics" |
| Week 4 | |
| Tuesday, February 19, 9:30-10:45 | Ch. 3 "Overview of Classical Thermodynamics", HW 3 issued |
| Thursday, February 21, 9:30-10:45 | Ch. 3 "Overview of Classical Thermodynamics" |
| Week 5 | |
| Tuesday, February 26, 9:30-10:45 | Ch. 3 "Overview of Classical Thermodynamics" |
| Thursday, February 28, 9:30-10:45 | Ch. 4 "Microcanonical Ensemble", HW 4 issued |
| Week 6 | |
| Tuesday, March 4, 9:30-10:45 | Ch. 4 "Microcanonical Ensemble" |
| Thursday, March 6, 9:30-10:45 | Ch. 5 "Canonical Ensemble", HW 5 issued |
| Week 7 | |
| Tuesday, March 11, 9:30-10:45 | Midterm Exam in class. Prof. Yakovenko is substituted by Prof. Ted Jacobson. |
| Thursday, March 13, 9:30-10:45 | Ch. 5 "Canonical Ensemble", Prof. Yakovenko is substituted by Prof. Ted Jacobson. |
| Week 8 | |
| Tuesday, March 25, 9:30-10:45 | Entropic elasticity, statistical mechanics of money |
| Thursday, March 27, 9:30-10:45 | Ch. 6 "The Classical Gas in the Canonical Formalism", refrigiration, HW 6 issued |
| Week 9 | |
| Tuesday, April 1, 9:30-10:45 | Ch. 6 "The Classical Gas in the Canonical Formalism" |
| Thursday, April 3, 9:30-10:45 | Ch. 7 "The Grand Canonical and Pressure Ensembles", HW 7 issued |
| Week 10 | |
| Tuesday, April 8, 9:30-10:45 | Ch. 8 "The Ideal Quantum Gas". Prof. Yakovenko will be substituted by Prof. Victor Galitski. |
| Thursday, April 10, 9:30-10:45 | Ch. 9 "The Ideal Fermi Gas", HW 8 issued |
| Week 11 | |
| Tuesday, April 15, 9:30-10:45 | Ch. 9 "The Ideal Fermi Gas" |
| Thursday, April 17, 9:30-10:45 | Ch. 10 "Free Bosons: Bose-Einstein Condensation; Photon Gas", HW 9 issued |
| Week 12 | |
| Tuesday, April 22, 9:30-10:45 | Ch. 10 "Free Bosons: Bose-Einstein Condensation; Photon Gas", |
| Thursday, April 24, 9:30-10:45 | Ch. 11 "Phonons and Magnons", HW 10 issued |
| Week 13 | |
| Tuesday, April 29, 9:30-10:45 | Ch. 11 "Phonons and Magnons" |
| Thursday, May 1, 9:30-10:45 | Ch. 12 "Phase Transitions", HW 11 issued |
| Week 14 | |
| Tuesday, May 6, 9:30-10:45 | Ch. 12 "Phase Transitions" and Ch. 13 "The Ising Model" |
| Thursday, May 8, 9:30-10:45 | Ch. 12 "Phase Transitions" |
| Week 15 | |
| Tuesday, May 13, 9:30-10:45 | Ch. 12 "Phase Transitions" |
| Final Exam | |
| Friday, May 16, 8-10 am | 3 problems from the past qualifier exams. Open book exam - you can use textbook and any other materials. |
Last updated May 11, 2008