PHYS3020 Statistical Mechanics (University of Queensland): rated 5.0/5 overall, difficulty 0.0/5 (higher is harder), would-recommend 0.0/5 across 1 review collected on UQ Wall.
PHYS3020 is a University of Queensland course taught by the Faculty of Science in Physics. This page brings together its handbook details and what UQ students say about it.
Review data updated 2026-10-24.
Chinese title: 统计力学
Type: undergraduate
Credit points: 2
Subject area: Physics
Faculty: Faculty of Science
Level: Undergraduate Level 3
Handbook year: 2026
Theoretical understanding of the physical properties of samples of material of macroscopic size, on the basis of the known quantum mechanical behaviour of the constituent (microscopic) particles; micro-canonical, canonical, and grand-canonical ensembles; classical and quantum gases; photons and phonons; Planck distribution and black-body radiation; fermions and bosons; Fermi-Dirac distribution and Fermi energy; Bose-Einstein distribution and Bose condensation.
PHYS3020 has 1 scored review: overall 5.0/5 · usefulness 5.0 · difficulty 0.0 · would-recommend 0.0 (all out of 5; higher difficulty means harder).
Sources: 1 review by UQ students on UQ Wall (5.0/5 overall).
The course panel on UQ Wall shows every review and discussion in full.
Q: Is PHYS3020 hard?
A: Students rate PHYS3020's difficulty 0.0/5 on average (higher is harder), which makes it on the easier side. Only a few reviews so far, so treat this as a rough guide.
Q: Is PHYS3020 worth taking?
A: Averaged over 1 review: would-recommend 0.0/5, usefulness 5.0/5, overall 5.0/5. Only a few reviews so far, so treat this as a rough guide.
Q: Which faculty teaches PHYS3020, and when is it offered?
A: PHYS3020 is taught by the Faculty of Science. Check the official handbook for the current year.
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