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This Unit is archived with an end date of 12/12/2024

Overview

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Academic contacts

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Offerings

MURDOCH-S1-FACE2FACE-2025-ONGOING

MURDOCH-S1-ONLINEFLEX-2025-ONGOING

MURDOCH-S2-EXT-2018-2024

MURDOCH-S2-FACE2FACE-2025-ONGOING

MURDOCH-S2-INT-2018-2024

MURDOCH-S2-ONLINEFLEX-2025-ONGOING

OUA-OUA4-EXT-2023-2024

OUA-OUA4-ONLINEFLEX-2025-ONGOING

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Enrolment rules

A final scaled score of 60% or more in WACE Physics 3A/3B if a student has not completed pre-requisite unit PEC120 OR PEN120 General Physics.

Other learning activities

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Learning activities

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Learning outcomes

1.

Communicate in-depth knowledge of the principles and fundamentals of physics

2.

Enhance your problem solving and critical thinking skills

3.

Develop the skills needed to design and perform experimental tests, acquire data, analyse that data, and communicate the significance of your results to others.

Assessments

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Additional information

Unit content:

Content includes: motion and energy (e.g. Newton's Laws, work, energy, momentum, non linear oscillatory and circular motion), introduction to continuum mechanics (e.g. stress, strain, viscosity, non-Newtonian fluids, elasticity, plasticity), Electromagnetism (e.g. Electrostatics, DC circuits, magnetism), Classical Optics (e.g. reflection, refraction, lenses). The unit also provides a brief introduction to special relativity in the context of frames of references, light and GPS navigation.

Other notes:

Students who have completed previous physics not listed in the prerequisites above should consult the Academic Chair for clarification of their enrolment. Students who have completed previous mathematics not listed in the prerequisites above should consult the Academic Chair for clarification of their enrolment requirements.