There will be 11 assignments due on Wednesdays at the beginning of class. The lowest homework score will be dropped when calculating your final grade. You are welcome to consult with your peers when doing your homework, but you are responsible for completing the problems yourself. Copying somebody else's homework is not acceptable. The dates for the midterm exams are Feb. 7, March 14, and April 11.
All exams are closed book.
You are, however, allowed a sheet of formulas that I will hand out in class the week before each exam. The final exam will be cumulative. The course covers statistical mechanics, thermodynamics, and kinetic theory. The emphasis is on showing how the laws of thermodynamics arise from the fundamental principles of statistical mechanics.