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PHYS123 Foundation Physics

Updated: 15 January 2013
Credit Points 6
Offering
Responsible Campus Teaching Period Mode of Study
Armidale Trimester 2 Off Campus
Armidale Trimester 3 Off Campus
Intensive School(s) None
Supervised Exam There is a UNE Supervised Examination held at the end of the teaching period in which you are enrolled.
Pre-requisites None
Co-requisites None
Restrictions None
Notes None
Combined Units None
Coordinator(s) Ronald Bradbury (rbradbu2@une.edu.au)
Unit Description

This unit is intended for students who did NOT study high school Physics. It could be a "stand-alone" physics unit or would suit students who will go on to PHYS131 and PHYS132 Topics covered will include kinematics, dynamics, electricity and magnetism, wave motion, atomic and nuclear physics.

Important Information

Where calculators are permitted in examinations, it must be selected from an approved list, which can be accessed from the Further Information link below.

Further information

Materials Textbook information will be displayed approximately 8 weeks prior to the commencement of the teaching period. Please note that textbook requirements may vary from one teaching period to the next.
Disclaimer Unit information may be subject to change prior to commencement of the teaching period.
Assessment Assessment information will be published prior to commencement of the teaching period.
Learning Outcomes (LO) Upon completion of this unit, students will be able to:
  1. define concepts, describe the relationship between quantities and solve numerical problems in the areas of linear and rotational mechanics, fluids, electricity and magnetism, waves (sound and light), atomic and nuclear physics;
  2. interpret and analyse a physical system from a text, image or graphical form; be able to describe the behaviour of fundamental physical systems and the relationships between quantities that they possess; and
  3. express an understanding of scientific methods.

Graduate Attributes (GA)
Attribute Taught Assessed Practised
1 Knowledge of a Discipline
Students are presented with information regarding concepts, principles, laws and the relationship between quantities in physical systems. Practical problems are presented where the student analyses and interprets the problem in physical terms and uses physics principles and laws to produce a solution.
True True True
2 Communication Skills
Communication is practised in written assignments, examination and peer contact either directly or online.
True
4 Information Literacy
Students reference, interpret and analyse the provided study material and seek out text, graphical and mathematical source material from library and online resources.
True
6 Problem Solving
Students solve many logical, conceptual and numerical problems related to physical systems.
True True True
   

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