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Handbook 1997 : Faculty of Science : Physics

640-299 Laboratory Work

Credit Points:

12.5

Coordinator:

Professor K A Nugent

Prerequisite/s:

Physics 640-121 + 640-122 or 640-141 + 640-142 (before 1996: 640-120 or 640-140).

Timetable:

Semester 2

Contact:

78 hours laboratory work (six hours a week)

Objectives:

By the end of this course the student should:

  • comprehend a wide variety of experimental and data analysis techniques;

  • be able to apply critical reasoning to the evaluation of experimental data, and the sources of experimental uncertainty that arise in experimental physics;

  • have acquired a high degree of skill in keeping experimental log books and in presenting the results of experimental work;

  • appreciate the power and limitations of experimental work as well as the central role that experiment plays in physics.

Content:

The topics available are: optics, acoustics, nuclear and classical physics.

Assessment:

Assessed continuously throughout the subject.
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