- Course Code
- PX 1014
- Credit Points
- 20
- Course Coordinator
- Dr N J C Strachan and Dr J S Reid
Pre-requisites
SCE H in Mathematics and Physics, or equivalent.
Overview
The course lays emphasis on how a relatively few fundamental laws enable us to understand a very wide range of phenomena that occur both naturally and as a result of mankind's activities. In particular, you will see how Newton's laws of motion lets us understand a variety of linear and circular motion; how the properties of matter can be characterised and how physics can be usefully applied in the fields of planetary motion, sport, the environment and medicine. The course will also describe how some of the most important ideas in modern physics grew from unexpected observations.
Structure
12 week course - 3 one-hour lectures, 1 one-hour tutorial per week, and 1 three-hour practical session per week for 9 weeks.
Assessment
1st Attempt: Final two-hour multiple choice examination (50%), completion of practical class notebook and laboratory reports (25%), tutorial sheets (12.5%), multiple choice tests during term (12.5%).
Resit: Same.