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Courses Handbook 2013

This handbook contains information for courses and units at Curtin in 2013.
Information for current year courses and units is available at Courses Handbook 2012.

12991 (v.2) Physics Project 301

Area: Department of Applied Physics
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 5.0
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.
Individual Study: 1 x 8 Hours Weekly
Project: 2 x 2 Hours Fortnightly
Prerequisite(s):     7907 (v.6) Particles and Waves 201 or any previous version
    OR
    312508 (v.1) Waves and Oscillations 202 or any previous version
AND
8127 (v.6) Advanced Calculus 201 or any previous version
AND
8142 (v.4) Physics 201 or any previous version
AND
302390 (v.1) Mathematical Methods 204 or any previous version
Syllabus: This unit is designed to increase students' understanding of and skills in physics research. The specific scientific project objectives are determined by the student and supervisor. Physics Project 301 emphasizes literature searches and reviews of other work with reference to students' preliminary research, experimental planning and the acquisition of experimental, analytical and computational requirements to perform the research.
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
2013 Bentley Campus Semester 1 Y        
2013 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

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