COMPUTATIONAL PHYSICS

COMPUTATIONAL PHYSICS
Course Code
PX 4511
Credit Points
15
Course Coordinator
Dr J M S Skakle

Pre-requisites

PX 3012, PX 3508.

Overview

This course will teach how practising scientists and engineers use sophisticated packages to solve real problems. The course will cover the need to describe the problem carefully, provide sensible input values and to determine whether the output is physically reasonable. This course is also expected to provide valuable consolidation and enhanced insight into topics they have encountered previously. This course may include some programming instruction.

Structure

12 week course - 2 two-hour laboratory sessions per week.

Assessment

1st Attempt: in-course assessment (100%).