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Subject Code:	PHY3TSP
Subject Short Title:	THERMAL AND STATISTICAL PHYSICS
Credit Points:	15
Subject Description:	The thermal physics of matter, from a classical thermodynamic and statistical perspective is explored, with applications from a diverse range of fields including materials science, biophysics, cold-atom physics and quantum fluids. Students enhance their practical and computational skills with a range of laboratory experiments. This unit is one of four such units at 3rd year level that together constitute the physics major stream. This stream is an excellent preparation for a career in the physical sciences and education and for honours and post-graduate research studies in Physics.
Prerequisites:	(PHY2MOD and PHY2OPT and PHY2EMM) or (PHY2SCA and PHY2SCB), and (MAT2VCA and MAT2LAL and MAT2MEC) or equivalent or approval from the Department of Physics adviser of studies
Incompatibles:	PHY3SCA
Class Requirements:	two 1-hour lectures per week, one 1-hour tutorial per week and three hours of laboratory per week
Work Experience Indicator:	Student is not undertaking work experience in industry
Available to 'Study Abroad' students:	Y

Assessment:

Assessment Type	%	Comments
One 3-hour examination.	60	Students must pass the laboratory and tutorial component to pass the unit.
practical laboratory reports and tutorial problem sets (equivalent to 1500 words).	40

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Subject Coordinator: Dr Brian Abbey

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	Semester 2, Day. Dr Brian Abbey (B.Abbey@latrobe.edu.au)