PHYS1003 (v.1) Structure of Matter

Area:	Department of Physics and Astronomy
Credits:	12.5
Contact Hours:	6.0
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
Science Laboratory:	1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Tutorial:	1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Workshop:	1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Equivalent(s):	1744 (v.3) Structure of Matter 102 or any previous version
Anti Requisite(s):	305415 (v.3) Physics 102 or any previous version AND PHYS1007 (v.1) Physics 2 or any previous version
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     OR     MATH1010 (v.1) Advanced Mathematics or any previous version     OR     MATH1000 (v.1) Engineering Mathematics Specialist 1 or any previous version     OR     MATH1002 (v.1) Engineering Mathematics 1 or any previous version     OR     MATH1004 (v.1) Mathematics 1 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     OR     PHYS1005 (v.1) Physics 1 or any previous version     OR     PHYS1006 (v.1) Foundations of Physics or any previous version     OR     MCEN1000 (v.1) Engineering Mechanics or any previous version
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.
Syllabus:	Introduction to modern physics: from blackbody radiation and Planck’s hypothesis through the early models of the atom to Schdringer’s wave equation. Wave mechanics, quantum numbers, the exclusion principle and the periodic table. The principle of relativity and consequences of special relativity.
Field of Education:	010301 Physics
Result Type:	Grade/Mark

Availability

Year	Location	Period	Internal	Partially Online Internal	Area External	Central External	Fully Online
2015	Bentley Campus	Semester 2	Y

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