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Courses Handbook 2012

This handbook contains information for courses and units at Curtin in 2012.
Information for current year courses and units is available at Courses Handbook 2011.

1744 (v.3) Structure of Matter 102

Area: Department of Applied Physics
Credits: 12.5
Contact Hours: 3.0
Tuition Patterns: The tuition pattern provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. Precise information is included in the unit outline.
Lecture: 2 x 1 Hours Weekly
Tutorial: 1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Prerequisite(s):     7062 (v.6) Mathematics 101 or any previous version
    OR
    307535 (v.3) Engineering Mathematics 110 or any previous version
    OR
    307536 (v.4) Engineering Mathematics 120 or any previous version
    OR
    10926 (v.5) Mathematics 103 or any previous version
AND
    302804 (v.3) Physics 101 or any previous version
    OR
    304741 (v.2) Physics 115 or any previous version
    OR
    307529 (v.4) Engineering Mechanics 100 or any previous version
Syllabus: Wave mechanics. Structure of solids. Free electron theory of metals. Band theory, semiconductors and p-n junctions. Thermal radiation, Planck theory, Compton effect, photoelectric effect, geometrical optics, optical fiber, image formation by plane, spherical mirrors and lenses, optical devices, lasers and photometry.
Unit references, texts, outcomes and assessment details The most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes, will be provided in the unit outline.
Field of Education: 010301 Physics
Result Type: Grade/Mark

Availability

Year Location Period Internal Partially Online Internal Area External Central External Fully Online
2012 Bentley Campus Semester 2 Y        

Area External refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.

Central External refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area

Partially Online Internal refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External

Fully Online refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External