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PHYSICS 112 · PHYS 112Thermal Physics

Physics · 4 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)

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Fundamentals of thermodynamics and statistical mechanics. Classical and quantum ensembles. Simple applications including heat engines and pumps. Degenerate Fermi gases, Bose condensates, and blackbody radiation.

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Requisites: course 115A. Corequisite: course 115B.

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PHYSICS 115A

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PHYSICS 115B

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PHYSICS 112

  • PHYSICS 115AQuantum Mechanics
    • PHYSICS 17Modern Physics
      • PHYSICS 1APhysics for Scientists and Engineers: Mechanics2 more beneath
      • PHYSICS 1AHPhysics for Scientists and Engineers: Mechanics (Honors)2 more beneath
      • PHYSICS 1BPhysics for Scientists and Engineers: Oscillations, Waves, Electric and Magnetic Fields1 more beneath
      • PHYSICS 1BHPhysics for Scientists and Engineers: Oscillations, Waves, Electric and Magnetic Fields (Honors)1 more beneath
      • PHYSICS 1CPhysics for Scientists and Engineers: Electrodynamics, Optics, and Special Relativity
      • PHYSICS 1CHPhysics for Scientists and Engineers: Electrodynamics, Optics, and Special Relativity (Honors)
      • PHYSICS 32Mathematical Methodsanother path to it
    • PHYSICS 32Mathematical Methods
      • PHYSICS 1APhysics for Scientists and Engineers: Mechanicsanother path to it
      • PHYSICS 1AHPhysics for Scientists and Engineers: Mechanics (Honors)another path to it
      • MATH 32ACalculus of Several Variables1 more beneath
      • PHYSICS 1BPhysics for Scientists and Engineers: Oscillations, Waves, Electric and Magnetic Fieldsanother path to it
      • MATH 32BCalculus of Several Variables1 more beneath
      • MATH 33ALinear Algebra and Applications2 more beneath
    • PHYSICS 105AAnalytic Mechanics
      • PHYSICS 32Mathematical Methodsanother path to it
      • MATH 33BDifferential Equations1 more beneath
  • PHYSICS 115BQuantum Mechanics
    • PHYSICS 105BAnalytic Mechanics
      • PHYSICS 105AAnalytic Mechanicsanother path to it
    • PHYSICS 115AQuantum Mechanicsanother path to it

2 direct requisites. Showing 23 courses over 3 levels; the branches marked with a count carry on past it. Every course here opens its own tree.

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PHYSICS 112

  • PHYSICS 140AIntroduction to Solid-State Physics
    • PHYSICS 241ASolid-State Physics
      • PHYSICS 241BSolid State Physics1 more beyond
      • PHYSICS 242AAdvanced Solid-State Theory
      • PHYSICS 242BAdvanced Solid-State Theory
      • PHYSICS 242CTopology of Condensed Matter
  • PHYSICS 140BQuantum States of Matter
    • PHYSICS 241ASolid-State Physicsanother path to it
  • EPS SCI 200AIntroduction to Geophysics and Space Physics I: Solid Earth and Planets
    • EPS SCI 228Introduction to Planetary Dynamos
  • PHYSICS 144Polymer Physics
  • PHYSICS 170NComputational Physics and Astronomy Laboratory
  • EPS SCI 200BIntroduction to Geophysics and Space Physics II: Oceans and Atmospheres
    • EPS SCI 228Introduction to Planetary Dynamosanother path to it
  • EPS SCI 200CIntroduction to Geophysics and Space Physics III: Plasmas —Aeronomy and Interplanetary Medium
    • EPS SCI 228Introduction to Planetary Dynamosanother path to it
    • EPS SCI 240Space Plasma Physics
  • EPS SCI 211Mathematical Methods of Geophysics

8 courses list this as a requisite. Showing 18 courses over 3 levels; the branches marked with a count carry on past it. Every course here opens its own tree.

  • Fall 2025
  • Spring 2026
  • Fall 2026
  • Spring 2027

Scheduled, not typical — from UCLA’s Schedule of Classes, which publishes Fall 2025 through Spring 2027 and nothing before it.