PHYS285-25S1 (C) Semester One 2025

Technical and Professional Skills for Physicists

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 17 February 2025
End Date: Sunday, 22 June 2025
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 2 March 2025
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 11 May 2025

Description

A laboratory based course in experimental techniques, data acquisition and analysis, scientific writing and career skills for second-year physics/astronomy students.

Prerequisites

(1) PHYS101; and (2) MATH102 or EMTH118 or MATH199; and (3) COSC131 or COSC121 or another approved course in computer programming.  These prerequisites may be replaced by a high level of achievement in level 3 NCEA Physics and Mathematics with Calculus or other background approved by the Head of Department.  RP: (1) PHYS102; and (2) MATH103 or EMTH119.

Restrictions

PHYS281, PHYS282

Recommended Preparation

(1) PHYS102; and (2) MATH103 or EMTH119.

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage  Description
Reports 40% There are 4 formal reports, worth 5%, 10%, 10%. 15%
Preparation and attendance 20% Attendance and participation in all timetabled activiities is a requirement of this course. A minimum mark of 15% out of 20% for this part of the assessment is required in order to pass the course.
Jupyter notebook report (group work) 40% For each experiment, your group will need to submit a jupyter notebook file and supporting data files. Submissions are due at the beginning of the following week's first lab session.

Additional Course Outline Information

Academic integrity

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $978.00

International fee $4,988.00

* 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 School of Physical & Chemical Sciences .

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