PHYSICS 112
Thermal Physics
Description: Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Requisites: course 115A. Corequisite: course 115B. Fundamentals of thermodynamics and statistical mechanics. Classical and quantum ensembles. Simple applications including heat engines and pumps. Degenerate Fermi gases, Bose condensates, and blackbody radiation. P/NP or letter grading.
Units: 4.0
Units: 4.0
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Spring 2023 - I expected the absolute worst from her, seeing all the terrible reviews she received in the past. This was my first class with her so I have no idea how she was back then, but I believe she upped her teaching game over time. I didn't experience any of the issues I saw in those reviews and I think she taught the course fairly well. She's not the most engaging lecturer to be frank, but I think a part of that is due to the subject itself, which I personally didn't find super interesting. As for the class itself: she followed the textbook very closely. The workload was manageable, with around 5 problems from the textbook assigned per week. Two midterms and a final. The midterm questions were similar to homework in terms of difficulty but I found the final rather challenging. The midterm you scored higher on was the one counted toward your final grade, which was nice. Overall, really not as bad as previous reviews make her out to be. Her teaching was good and the difficulty was not bad at all.
Spring 2023 - I expected the absolute worst from her, seeing all the terrible reviews she received in the past. This was my first class with her so I have no idea how she was back then, but I believe she upped her teaching game over time. I didn't experience any of the issues I saw in those reviews and I think she taught the course fairly well. She's not the most engaging lecturer to be frank, but I think a part of that is due to the subject itself, which I personally didn't find super interesting. As for the class itself: she followed the textbook very closely. The workload was manageable, with around 5 problems from the textbook assigned per week. Two midterms and a final. The midterm questions were similar to homework in terms of difficulty but I found the final rather challenging. The midterm you scored higher on was the one counted toward your final grade, which was nice. Overall, really not as bad as previous reviews make her out to be. Her teaching was good and the difficulty was not bad at all.
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