PHYS111-07S1 (C) Semester One 2007

Introductory Physics for Physical Sciences and Engineering

18 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 26 February 2007
End Date: Sunday, 1 July 2007
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 11 March 2007
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 27 May 2007

Description

Classical dynamics, oscillations, temperature and heat, D.C. circuits, geometrical optics and interference, nuclear physics.

PHYS111 is designed for students who need to strengthen their background in physics before taking one or more of the advancing 100-level physics papers required for further study in physical sciences or engineering. Many of the topics covered in the course form part of the present high school physics syllabus, but will be reinforced and extended here in a more quantitative manner.


SYLLABUS
Term 1 : Dynamics
Motion in one and two dimensions; Newton's laws; work and energy; systems of particles and centre of mass; momentum; collisions; rotations; oscillations and waves.
Term 2 : Waves, Optics, Heat, Electricity and Nuclear Physics
Electromagnetic waves; polarization; reflection and refraction; lenses; light as a wave; electrical circuits; heat; the nucleus; the big bang.

Restrictions

PHYS106. Students who have been credited with any of PHYS112, PHYS113, PHYS114, PHYS115, or PHYS116 cannot subsequently be credited with PHYS111.

Course Coordinator / Lecturer

Richard Taylor

Lab Coordinator

Alistair Lightfoot

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage  Description
Final Exam 55% Final Exam 55%
Homework 5% Homework
Labs 25% Labs
Weekly Quiz 5% Weekly Quiz
Test 10% Test

Textbooks / Resources

Recommended Reading

Serway, Raymond A. , Vuille, Chris; Essentials of college physics ; Thomson-Brooks/Cole, 2007.

Course links

Library portal

Notes

Tutorials will be held in small groups on level 3 of the Physics and Astronomy building.

Satisfactory laboratory performance is a requirement for a pass in this course. Satisfactory performance is required in the production of laboratory reports and in tutorial preparation.  We also strongly recommend attendance at lectures and tutorials so that you are familiar with all the course content. 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 Writing Assessment Programme test.

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $687.00

International fee $3,045.00

* 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 PHYS111 Occurrences

  • PHYS111-07S1 (C) Semester One 2007