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Here is the Syllabus for winter quarter.

It is the same as was handed out and discussed at our first class meeting with a minor update to include that quiz Revisions are due in class one week following the return of the associated Quiz.

Welcome to Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics, a part of the upper division physical sciences program Atoms, Molecules, and Reactions (AMR).

Our first class meeting starts promptly at 1pm on Monday January 8, 2018 in Lab 1 054A.

There is nothing to do to prepare for this class meeting, other than to warm up your brains from the long winter break. Do be prepared to take notes and engage in activities. If you have your textbook (Schroeder’s An Introduction to Thermal Physics), please bring it to class, but it won’t be a problem if you don’t have it yet.