PHYS 6562

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PHYS 6562
Statistical Physics I

Course information provided by the 2025-2026 Catalog.

A broad, graduate level view of statistical mechanics, with applications to not only physics and chemistry, but to computation, mathematics, dynamical and complex systems, and biology. Some traditional focus areas will not be covered in detail (thermodynamics, phase diagrams, perturbative methods, interacting gasses and liquids).


Prerequisites a high level of sophistication, equivalent to but not necessarily the same as that of a first-year physics graduate student (undergrad-level quantum, classical mechanics, and thermodynamics).

Enrollment Priority Primarily for: graduate students.

Last 4 Terms Offered 2025SP, 2024SP, 2023SP, 2022SP

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: PHYS 4488

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  2801 PHYS 6562   LEC 001

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    • MWF
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026

    • Sethna, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    Physics undergraduates must take this class for a letter grade.
    For Physics course enrollment help, please see: https://physics.cornell.edu/enrollment-guide.