Date	Day	Chapter/Section	Topics	Additional Notes
AUG 24	M	Overview and Ch 1	Discussion of syllabus and introduction	lecture 1
AUG 26	W	1, 2	Heat and temperature	lecture 2
AUG 28	F	4	Microstate, macrostates, and temperature	lecture 3
AUG 31	M	4	Ensembles and Boltzmann factor	lecture 4
SEP 2	W	4	Review, Boltzmann factor, two-level system	lecture 5 and 6
SEP 4	F	5	two level system
SEP 7	M		Labor Day (no classes)
SEP 9	W	5	Velocity distribution in a monatomic ideal gas, Quiz 1
SEP 10	F	5, 6	Velocity distribution in a monatomic ideal gas, Ideal gas equation
SEP 14	M	6	Ideal gas equation	lecture 9
SEP 16	W		Quiz 2 and Review	review1
SEP 17	R		Test 1
SEP 18	F	11	First law of thermodynamics	lecture 11
SEP 21	M	11, 12	First law, isothermal and adiabatic processes
SEP 23	W	12	Specific heat, isothermal and adiabatic processes
SEP 25	F	13	Carnot cycle	Carnot cycle
SEP 28	M	13	Carnot cycle and second law of thermodynamics, Quiz 3
SEP 30	W	13	Second law of thermodynamics
OCT 2	F	14	Second law and entropy	lecture 17
OCT 5	M	14	Entropy, reversible and irreversible processes, Quiz 4
OCT 7	W	14	Reversible and irreversible processes, Joule expansion	Joule expansion
OCT 9	F	14	Joule expansion, Mixing and Maxwell's demon	Demon
OCT 12	M		Review
OCT 13	T		Test 2
OCT 14	W	16	Thermodynamic potentials
OCT 16	F	16	Maxwell's relations and available energy
OCT 19	M	17	Rods, Bubbles, and Magnets
OCT 21	W	17	Rods, Bubbles, and Magnets
OCT 23	F	17	Magnetic work and cooling
OCT 26	M	18	Third law, Quiz 5
OCT 28	W	26	Real gases
OCT 30	F	26	Van der Waals equation of state
NOV 2	M	26	Reduced form of van der Waals equation of state
NOV 4	W	26	Maxwell's construction	vdw equation
NOV 6	F		Homecoming (no classes)
NOV 9	M		Quiz 6, Review
NOV 11	W		Veteran's day
NOV 12	R		Test 3
NOV 13	F	27	Cooling real gases	cooling
NOV 16	M	28	Phase transitions
NOV 18	W	28	Phase transitions
NOV 20	F	28	Phase transitions, Claussius-Clayperon equation
NOV 23	M		Miscellaneous topics, He liquefier visit	Helium
NOV 25	W		Thanksgiving (no classes)
NOV 27	F		Thanksgiving (no classes)
NOV 30	M	28	Claussius-Clayperon equation, Metastability	Transitions
DEC 2	W	28	Metastability, Gibb's phase rule	Nucleation
DEC 4	F	28	Gibb's phase rule
DEC 7	M		Quiz 7, Equipartition theorem
DEC 9	W		Review	review final
DEC 16	W		Final exam (3:00 pm to 5:00 pm)