PHYS114-08S2 (C) Semester Two 2008

Electrical and Quantum Physics

18 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 14 July 2008
End Date: Sunday, 16 November 2008
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 27 July 2008
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 12 October 2008

Description

Electrostatics, dielectrics, D.C. circuits, magnetic fields, induction, A.C. circuits, introductory quantum physics, conduction in solids, semiconductors, transistors, radioactivity, elementary particles.

Prerequisites

(1) PHYS113; or (2) 18 credits NCEA Level 3 Physics and 18 Credits NCEA Level 3 Mathematics with Calculus. These prerequisites may be replaced by other background as approved by the Head of Department.

Restrictions

PHYS115, PHYS116 (prior to 2006)

Course Coordinator / Lecturer

Peter Cottrell

Lecturer

Dharam Ahluwalia

Guest Lecturer

Steven Durbin

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
Final Examination 55%
Lab Work 25%
Test 10%
Tutorials 10%

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 $710.00

International fee $3,195.00

* 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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