PHYS113-09S1 (C) Semester One 2009

Waves, Thermodynamics and Materials

18 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 23 February 2009
End Date: Sunday, 28 June 2009
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 8 March 2009
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 24 May 2009

Description

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, or
14 credits NCEA Level 3 Physics and 14 credits NCEA Level 3 Mathematics with Calculus. These prerequisites may be replaced by other background as approved by the Head of Department.

Restrictions

PHYS112

Course Coordinator

Jack Baggaley

Lecturers

Jack Baggaley and Simon Brown

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage  Description
Term Test 10% Term Test 10%
Labs 25% 25% Labs 25%
Tutorials 5% Tutorial participation and problem solving
Quiz 5% Multiple -choice quizzes on WebCT
Final Exam 55% Final Exam

Textbooks / Resources

Required Texts

Serway, Raymond A. , Jewett, John W; Physics for scientists and engineers with modern physics ; 7th ed; Thomson/Brooks/Cole, 2008.

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $745.00

International fee $3,390.00

* 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 .

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