PHYS113-06S1 (U) Semester One 2006 (University Campus)

Waves, Thermodynamics and Materials

18 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 20 February 2006
End Date: Sunday, 2 July 2006
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 5 March 2006
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 28 May 2006

Description

Conservation laws, waves and physical optics, mechanical and thermal properties of matter, thermodynamics and kinetic theory of gases, magnetic fields, induction, magnetic materials.

PHYS113 is a 6 point course contributing to the 12 point advancing requirement for Physics, Astronomy, Electrical and Computer Engineering and the Electronics Intermediate students. It also serves as the 6 point Physics requirement for other Engineering Intermediate courses. The course material builds on the Bursary syllabus and develops it in the topics below:


Waves, Thermodynamics and Materials Conservation laws in mechanics, gravity and orbits, waves, sound, mechanical and thermal properties of matter, thermodynamics, geometrical and wave optics, relativity.

Prerequisites

PHYS111 or PHYS106
This may be replaced by an average of 58% in Bursary Physics and Mathematics with Calculus, or
an equivalent NCEA or other background approved by the HOD.

Restrictions

PHYS112

Course Coordinator / Lecturer

John Hearnshaw

Lecturer

Roger Reeves

Lab Coordinator

Clifford Franklin

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
Final Examination 55%
Laboratory (weekly write ups 15%, exam 10%) 25%
Term Test 10%

Course links

Library portal

Notes

•Satisfactory laboratory and tutorial peformance is a requirement for a pass in this course.
•All students must demonstrate that they can communicate clearly in written and verbal English. This can be demonstrated with a satisfactory performance in the University's Academic Writing & Teaching (AWAT) Assessment Programme test.
•We also strongly recommend attendance at lectures and tutorials so that you are familiar with all the course content.

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $654.00

International fee $2,895.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see Physics and Astronomy .

All PHYS113 Occurrences

  • PHYS113-06S1 (U) Semester One 2006 (University Campus)
  • PHYS113-06S2 (U) Semester Two 2006 (University Campus)
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