Topics to be covered

-         What is science?

-         What is Physics?

-         How does science develop?

-         Getting knowledge from experiments

• Quantities and scales in Nature
• Counting – a different type of information
• Fitting theory to experiment

-         Some Great Ideas of “Classical” Physics

• Force, momentum and mass
• Understanding energy
• Special relativity
• Electricity
• Heat and thermodynamics
• Entropy
• Rotational motion
• Light, colours, and spectra
• The Greenhouse effect
• Quantum ideas:
• Nuclear physics
• Radioactivity and radiation doses
• Astronomy and the Universe

Tutorial summary 1

One 600 word tutorial summary contributes 10% to the final assessment. Students are required to select one tutorial from weeks 2-4 and write a 600 word summary of the topic and questions addressed during the tutorial.

Tutorial summary 2

One 600 word tutorial summary contributes 10% to the final assessment. Students are required to select one tutorial from weeks 2-6 and write a 600 word summary of the topic and questions addressed during the tutorial.

Tutorial summaries 3

Two 600 word tutorial summaries contribute 20% to the final assessment. Students are required to select two tutorials from weeks 2-12 and write two 600 word summaries of the topics and questions addressed during the tutorials.

Essay 2

One 4,000 word essay will contribute 60% to the final assessment. Students are provided with a list of topics at the start of the semester and required to write a critical discussion on the topic of their choice or an approved alternative.

Submission of Assigned Work

Coversheets must be completed and attached to all submitted work. Coversheets can be obtained from the School of Chemistry & Physics Office (room G33 Physics) or from MyUni. Work should be submitted via the assignment drop box at the School Office.

Collection of Assigned Work

Assignments and tutorial work which is not collected in class can be collected from the School of Chemistry & Physics Office (room G33 Physics) until the end of the following semester.

Extensions for Assessment Tasks

Extensions of deadlines for assessment tasks may be allowed for reasonable causes. Such situations would include compassionate and medical grounds of the severity that would justify the awarding of a supplementary examination. Evidence for the grounds must be provided when an extension is requested. Students are required to apply for an extension to the Course Coordinator before the assessment task is due. Extensions will not be provided on the grounds of poor prioritising of time. T

Penalty for Late Submission of Assessment Tasks

Assessment tasks must be submitted by the stated deadlines. There will be a penalty for late submission of assessment tasks: the submitted work will be marked ‘without prejudice’ and 10% of the obtained mark will be deducted for each working day (or part of a day) that an assessment task is late, up to a maximum penalty of 50% of the mark attained. An examiner may elect not to accept any assessment task that a student wants to submit after that task has been marked and feedback provided to the rest of the class.