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School: Science

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Intermediate Physics

  • Unit Code

    SCP2343

  • Year

    2016

  • Enrolment Period

    1

  • Version

    1

  • Credit Points

    15

  • Full Year Unit

     N

  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus

Description

This unit provides an introduction to mechanical waves, light and optics. Students will develop their understanding through lectures and laboratory work. The properties and characteristics of light are developed to provide a sound scientific basis for real world applications.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must pass 1 unit from SCP1112

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Apply problem solving skills and processes to investigate theoretical and practical situations related to mechanical waves, light and optics.
  2. Explain concepts, theories and principles relating to mechanical waves, light and optics.
  3. Plan, investigate, and report on experiments related to mechanical waves, light and optics.

Unit Content

  1. GEOMETRIC OPTICS: Light, reflection, refraction, critical angle, dispersion; Image formation, mirrors, lenses. The eye, optical instruments.
  2. MECHANICAL WAVES: Properties of waves, 1-dimensional travelling wave, energy, sound, pressure, speed, intensity, Doppler effect. Interference, standing waves, resonance, beats.
  3. WAVE OPTICS: Electromagnetic waves Interference: Young's double slit, thin films, interferometers. Diffraction: single aperture, diffraction grating, polarisation. Optical fibres, lasers.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures, tutorials and laboratory experiments.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
TestMid-semester test30%
Laboratory WorkLaboratory performance20%
ExaminationEnd of semester examination50%

Text References

  • ^ Serway, R.A., & Jewett, J.W. (2010). Physics for scientists and engineers with modern physics. (Volumes 1 & 2) (8th ed.). Belmont USA: Brooks/Cole-Cengage Learning.
  • ^ Gordon, J. R., McGrew, R., & Serway, R. A. (2010). Student solutions manual and study guide. (Volumes 1 & 2) (8th ed.). Belmont USA: Brooks/Cole-Cengage Learning.
  • Halliday, D., Resnick, R., & Walker, J. (2008). Fundamentals of physics extended (8th ed.). New York: John Wiley & Sons.
  • Giancoli, D. C. (2008). Physics for scientists and engineers with modern physics (4th ed.). New Jersey: Pearson Prentice-Hall.
  • Young, H.D., & Freedman, R.A. (2008). University physics (12th ed.). San Francisco: Pearson Addison-Wesley.
  • Hecht, E. (2002). Optics (4th ed.). San Francisco, USA: Addison Wesley.

^ Mandatory reference

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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School: Science

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Intermediate Physics

  • Unit Code

    SCP2343

  • Year

    2016

  • Enrolment Period

    2

  • Version

    1

  • Credit Points

    15

  • Full Year Unit

     N

  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus

Description

This unit provides an introduction to mechanical waves, light and optics. Students will develop their understanding through lectures and laboratory work. The properties and characteristics of light are developed to provide a sound scientific basis for real world applications.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must pass 1 unit from SCP1112

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Apply problem solving skills and processes to investigate theoretical and practical situations related to mechanical waves, light and optics.
  2. Explain concepts, theories and principles relating to mechanical waves, light and optics.
  3. Plan, investigate, and report on experiments related to mechanical waves, light and optics.

Unit Content

  1. GEOMETRIC OPTICS: Light, reflection, refraction, critical angle, dispersion; Image formation, mirrors, lenses. The eye, optical instruments.
  2. MECHANICAL WAVES: Properties of waves, 1-dimensional travelling wave, energy, sound, pressure, speed, intensity, Doppler effect. Interference, standing waves, resonance, beats.
  3. WAVE OPTICS: Electromagnetic waves Interference: Young's double slit, thin films, interferometers. Diffraction: single aperture, diffraction grating, polarisation. Optical fibres, lasers.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures, tutorials and laboratory experiments.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
TestMid-semester test30%
Laboratory WorkLaboratory performance20%
ExaminationEnd of semester examination50%

Text References

  • ^ Serway, R.A., & Jewett, J.W. (2010). Physics for scientists and engineers with modern physics. (Volumes 1 & 2) (8th ed.). Belmont USA: Brooks/Cole-Cengage Learning.
  • ^ Gordon, J. R., McGrew, R., & Serway, R. A. (2010). Student solutions manual and study guide. (Volumes 1 & 2) (8th ed.). Belmont USA: Brooks/Cole-Cengage Learning.
  • Halliday, D., Resnick, R., & Walker, J. (2008). Fundamentals of physics extended (8th ed.). New York: John Wiley & Sons.
  • Giancoli, D. C. (2008). Physics for scientists and engineers with modern physics (4th ed.). New Jersey: Pearson Prentice-Hall.
  • Young, H.D., & Freedman, R.A. (2008). University physics (12th ed.). San Francisco: Pearson Addison-Wesley.
  • Hecht, E. (2002). Optics (4th ed.). San Francisco, USA: Addison Wesley.

^ Mandatory reference

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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