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CHE 470 — STATISTICAL THERMODYNAMICS (CUR-208)

Summary 🟢 ✓

  • Resource type: course
  • Owner Unit: Chemistry
  • College/School: College of Science and Health
  • Curriculum section: Environmental Science / Chemistry / Biology / CSH
  • Catalog: CHE 470
  • Last Verified: 2026-07-01

Course access

  • Level: green (Open Enrollment)
  • Rationale: No formal prerequisites listed in catalog description; open to any student meeting university registration rules.
  • Prerequisites: None listed in catalog description

Verification

Catalog description

One of three courses in physical chemistry for advanced undergraduates and graduate students in the M.S. program. CHE470 is a course designed to provide an in-depth presentation of thermodynamics from a molecular perspective. The course builds upon foundations given in undergraduate courses on quantum chemistry, and thermochemistry. Starting with some basic principles of probability and probability distribution, it proceeds to the Boltzmann distribution law, and an introduction to microcanonical ensembles; then using the expressions of the quantum energy levels of some simple models, a systematic exploration of the proper formulation, evaluation, and application of partition functions is given. In short, this course develops a methodology to compute thermodynamic properties of macroscopic systems from knowledge of the quantized energies of individual molecules.

Hardware relevance

Quantum mechanics, quantum chemistry, or quantum information content in the official DePaul course catalog (thematic quantum audit, 2026-06-30).

Notes

Catalog course key: CHE 470.

Provenance (promotion record)

  • Promotion date: 2026-07-01
  • Promotion batch: catalog-course-promotion-2026-06-30
  • Provenance kernel:
  • depaul/XTR-000147 ← depaul/SRC-001267 (catalog_description)
  • Extraction status: linked
  • Evidence packets:
  • 2026-06-30-thematic-fab-optics-quantum-id-evidence
  • Discovery themes: quantum
  • Schedule (capture): Not offered in queried registrar terms
  • Evidence captures:
  • Catalog: sources/inbox/2026-06-30-thematic-fab-optics-quantum-id-evidence/source_snapshot/captured/catalog-search-CHE-470.html
  • Schedule: sources/inbox/2026-06-30-thematic-fab-optics-quantum-id-evidence/source_snapshot/captured/schedule-CHE-470.json
  • Notes: Promoted from catalog discovery evidence packets; XTR/SRC linkage to be completed in forthcoming provenance refactor.