PHYS114-09SU2 (C) Summer Dec 2009 start

Electrical and Quantum Physics

18 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 7 December 2009
End Date: Sunday, 7 February 2010
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 20 December 2009
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 17 January 2010

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

Ravi Danthakani

Lecturer

William Joyce

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
Final Exam 55%
Homwork and tutorial participation 10%
Lab weekly writeups and exam 25%
Term Test 10%

Textbooks / Resources

Recommended Reading

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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