Book: Thermal Physics by Ralph Baierlein
Fundamentals of thermodynamics and statistical physics; entropy, laws of thermodynamics, heat engines, free energy, phase transitions, Boltzmann statistics, quantum statistics.

Physics 170, Equilibrium or rigid bodies
2008, Sep-Dec
Statics of particles, equilibrium or rigid bodies, rigid body statics and internal forces, trusses; kinematics: rectilinear motion; dynamics: Newton's second law, friction, impulse, momentum, work and energy.

Physics 153, Concepts of thermodynamics
2008, Jan-Apr
Thermometry, thermal properties of matter, heat, oscillations, waves, sound, wave optics; geometrical optics, elementary electricity and magnetism, simple DC and AC circuits.

Physics 352, Laboratory Techniques in Physics
2007, Jan-Apr
Thermal noise, Servomechanism, Guided microwaves, Gama ray spectroscopy, Lumped constant transmission line, Air suspension gyroscope, Alpha particle range in air, Computer control experiment, Electromagnetic skin depth of metals, Nuclear magnetic resonance, Lock-in detection - high Tc superconductivity, Vacuum system, Fourier Transform infrared spectroscopy of air and CO2, Absorption band edge thermometry of semiconductors