Courses Handbook 2010

313229 (v.1) Physics 062


Area: Curtin Sarawak
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 5.0
** The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline. **
Lecture: 1 x 1.5 Hours Weekly
Tutorial: 1 x 1.5 Hours Weekly
Laboratory: 1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Syllabus: This unit introduces students to the basics of electricity, magnetism, optics and modern physics. Basic static electricity includes electric field, electric potential, electric currents and DC circuits. Magnetism includes magnetic field and electromagnetic induction. Optics includes geometric optics and the wave nature of light. Modern physics includes early quantum theory, models of the atom, quantum mechanics of atoms, molecules and solids.
** To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement. **
Field of Education: 010301 Physics
SOLT (Online) Definitions*: Not Online
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type: Grade/Mark

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