To provide students with an opportunity to develop knowledge and understanding of the key principles and applications of Thermal Physics, and their relevance to current developments in physics.

Three 1-hour lectures per week throughout semester 1

  None

  Mathematical Methods 1; Quantum Mechanics

Examination (80%) and open book tutorial exercises (20%).

It is the default expectation that all courses will offer opportunities for reassessment or deferred assessment. Where it is not possible to offer this in some assessment components, the grade achieved at the first attempt will be counted towards the final course grade, and any exceptions for this course are described below.

[No exceptions]

To provide students with an opportunity to develop knowledge and understanding of the key principles and applications of Thermal Physics, and their relevance to current developments in physics.

By the end of the course students will be able to demonstrate a knowledge and broad understanding of Thermal Physics. They should be able to describe and analyse quantitatively processes, relationships and techniques relevant to the topics included in the course outline, applying these ideas and techniques to solve general classes of problems which may include straightforward unseen elements. They should be able to write down and, where appropriate, either prove or explain the underlying basis of physical laws relevant to the course topics, discussing their applications and appreciating their relation to the topics of other courses taken.