FAQs

  • Is this course open on demand? Yes, you can work through it at any time and at any pace. However, if you take it following the Spring 2015 weekly schedule, you'll have a live community to interact with and learn from, week by week.
    And do sign up, even if you do not intend to do the homeworks - following the chatter on the course forum you might inadvertently learn something that your professor does not know (yes, Mimi, I'm talking to you).
  • In my country YouTube.com is blocked? If YouTube.com is blocked in your location, course videos can be downloaded from here: http://pan.baidu.com/s/1gd5riEn. Many thanks to Lili Mou who has volunteered to keep taking care of that!
  • Is statistical mechanics a prerequisite? No. But every little bit helps.
  • Is this course available in the Power Point format? Yes.