PHYS 119B: THERMO & STAT PHYS
University of California, Santa Barbara
Canonical ensemble and partition functions, grand canonical ensemble, quant um statistics, Fermi-Dirac, Bose-Einstein distribution laws. Topics from: B rownian motion, Langevin equation, dissipation and fluctuations, elementary kinetic theory, weakly interacting gases or mean field theory of magnetism , other topics illustrative of the breadth of the subject and/or selected a pplications.
Average GPA: 3.15
Grade distribution records: 680 students across 18 terms.
Grade distribution
| Grade | Students | Percent |
|---|---|---|
| A+ | 78 | 11.5% |
| A | 162 | 23.8% |
| A- | 94 | 13.8% |
| B+ | 60 | 8.8% |
| B | 98 | 14.4% |
| B- | 50 | 7.4% |
| C+ | 30 | 4.4% |
| C | 35 | 5.1% |
| C- | 25 | 3.7% |
| D+ | 3 | 0.4% |
| D | 17 | 2.5% |
| D- | 5 | 0.7% |
| F | 23 | 3.4% |
Based on 680 student grade records across 18 terms and 10 professors.
Instructors
- Marchetti M 137 students, Average GPA 3.16
- Pincus P A 101 students, Average GPA 2.95
- Weld D M 101 students, Average GPA 3.02
- Gwinn C 69 students, Average GPA 3.37
- Brown F L 68 students, Average GPA 2.91
- Dong X 54 students, Average GPA 3.39
- Dogic Z 49 students, Average GPA 2.92
- Morrison D R 40 students, Average GPA 3.87
- Blaes O M 35 students, Average GPA 2.87
- Fygenson D K 26 students, Average GPA 3.55