- Instructor: Prof. Clare Yu
- Office: 210E RH
- Phone: 949-824-6216
- E-mail: cyu@uci.edu
- Office Hours: TBA
Lecture: 11:00-12:20 pm Tu-Th, FRH 2111 or 210M RH
- Discussion Section : 11:00-11:50 am Wed, PSCB 220
- Required Text: Thermodynamics and an Introduction
to Thermostatistics, Second Edition
by Herbert B. Callen, published by John Wiley & Sons.
- URL for this course: http://eiffel.ps.uci.edu/cyu/p115B/
class.html
Lecture notes, syllabus, assignments, etc. will be posted at this URL.
Assignments : There will be homework
assignments. The homework assignments
will be due at the beginning of class. Late homework that
is turned in within 24 hours of the deadline will be given half credit.
No homework will be accepted after that.
Discussion Problems: To improve your understanding of the
material,
you may be given a problem to work on in discussion section. The problem will
be turned in by the end of the discussion section.
The problem will be given a grade of 0, 1, or 2. The lowest grade will be dropped.
Grading : 25% homework, 10% Discussion Problems,
30% midterm, 35% final exam.
- Recommended Texts:
- Fundamentals of Statistical and Thermal Physics,
by F. Rief, published by Waveland Press.
- Thermal Physics , by Charles Kittel and Herbert Kroemer,
published by W. H. Freeman and Company
- Cheating and Academic Dishonesty:
Anyone caught cheating on an exam or in any other aspect of the
course will automatically fail the course. In addition, the appropriate
deans will be notified. Cheating includes giving or receiving
assistance on an exam.
More generally, anyone involved in academic dishonesty will automatically
fail the course. Academic dishonesty includes,
but is not limited to, copying or providing answers on exams,
use of unauthorized notes or other materials on exams,
altering graded problems or exams before requesting regrading,
obtaining unauthorized copies of problems or exams, lying to excuse an absence,
or any other form of dishonesty or cheating intended to unfairly improve your grade.
If you have any doubt about whether some behavior constitutes
academic dishonesty, first, assume it does, and then ask the instructor or
your TA to be sure. Please see the University's official policy at
http://www.editor.uci.edu/catalogue/appx/appx.2.htm for more details.
If you become aware of cheating, please contact the professor as soon as
possible, and we will follow-up while ensuring your anonymity.
Brief Course Outline:
- General Principles of Classical Thermodynamics: Chapters 1-8 of Callen
(except sections 5.4, 6.6, 6.7 and 8.5)
- Phase Transitions and Critical Phenomena: Chapters 9 and 10
(except sections 9.6 and 9.7) of Callen.