Part 1 (compulsory): Dr Stefano Angioletti-Uberti
16 one-hour lectures and 4 rapid feedback sessions in Term 1

Macroscopic Approach: Thermodynamics

• Elements of (Bulk/Homogeneous) Thermodynamics
• External Constraints, Thermodynamic Potentials and Important Relations
• Free energy and phase behaviour

Microscopic Approach: Statistical Mechanics

• Introduction to statistical mechanics
• Statistical mechanics of simple systems