Module Identifier
PH05510
Module Title
LABORATORY PHYSICS 2
Academic Year
2008/2009
Co-ordinator
Dr Eleri Pryse
Semester
Semester 2
Co-Requisite
None
Mutually Exclusive
Not available to students on 3 year BSc (Hons) or 4 year MPhys schemes
Pre-Requisite
PH05010

Course Delivery

Delivery Type Delivery length / details
Practical 11 x 3 hours
 

Assessment

Assessment Type Assessment length / details Proportion
Semester Assessment Laboratory Diary  60%
Semester Assessment Powerpoint Presentation  20%
Semester Assessment Formal Report  20%
Supplementary Exam As determined by Departmental Examination Board  100%

Learning Outcomes

After taking this module students should be able to:

Brief description

This module builds on the introduction to experimental physics given in module PH05010. Emphasis continues on the training of students to use basic instruments, the application of error analysis techniques presented in the earlier module and the critical assessment of results in order to draw reliable conclusions. Presentational skills are developed in the context of experiments.

Content

The module comprises a set of experiments from different areas of Physics including: Oscillations and Waves, Thermal Physics, and Electricity and Magnetism, which students carry out in rotation during the course of the semester. For presentation of the work each student is expected to keep a Laboratory Diary noting the detailed progress of each experiment, prepare a formal report on a specified experiment and deliver a PowerPoint presentation. An introduction to Word, Excel and PowerPoint will be given to students without previous IT experience.

Reading List

Recommended Text
Tipler, P.A. and Mosca, G. Physics for Scientists and Engineers W H Freeman and Company Primo search

Notes

This module is at CQFW Level 3