Module code | PHY 133 |
Qualification | Undergraduate |
Faculty | Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences |
Module content | Heat: temperature and scales, work, energy and heat, calorimetry, specific heat, expansion, heat transfer. Measurements: SI-units, measuring error and uncertainty, (graphs), significant figures, mathematical modelling.One-dimensional kinematics. Geometrical optics: reflection, refraction, dispersion, mirrors, thin lenses. |
Module credits | 8.00 |
Programmes | |
Service modules | Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology Faculty of Education |
Prerequisites | Admission to the relevant programme. |
Contact time | 2 discussion classes per week, 2 lectures per week, 2 practicals per week, Foundation Course |
Language of tuition | Module is presented in English |
Department | Physics |
Period of presentation | Semester 1 |
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