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 640-299 Laboratory Work

Credit Points

12.5

Coordinator

Professor K A Nugent

Prerequisites

Physics 640-121 + 640-122 or 640-141 + 640-142.

Semester

2

Contact

72 hours laboratory work (six hours per week)

Subject Description

This subject develops students' skills in experimental physics within the areas of optics, acoustics, nuclear and classical physics. It increases students' appreciation of the central role of experiments in physics in addition to developing their understanding of the power and limitations of experimental work. By the end of the subject students should comprehend a wide variety of experimental and data analysis techniques; be able to apply critical reasoning to the evaluation of experimental data and sources of experimental uncertainty; have acquired a high degree of skill in keeping experimental log books and in presenting the results of experimental work.

Assessment

Assessed continuously throughout the subject.



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