Course Overview:

1. Fundamental Concepts and Tools of Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics
   • Review of basic thermodynamics
   • Introduction to statistical mechanics
   • Entropy, temperature, and equilibrium
2. Extensions of basic tools and concepts
   • Systems with continuous energy states
   • Systems in which particles are not conserved
3. Applications
   • `Classical'' and quantum gases
   • Bosonic and fermionic systems
   • Phase transitions