This subject is designed to provide the minimum knowledge and concepts in physics required by a student who is enrolling into a typical first year tertiary physics subject. It will include modules on mechanics, heat, wave motion, light and sound, electricity and magnetism, and atomic and nuclear physics. The subject is particularly relevant to those students pursuing a range of science courses including the Medical Radiation Science undergraduate program.
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One session
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Mechanics:
Measurement
Describing Motion
Force and Motion
Mechanical Energy and Power
Momentum
Projectile and circular motion
Simple harmonic motion
Heat:
Temperature and thermometers
Thermal expansion of solids and liquids
Heat and thermal energy
Heat capacity, specific heat, latent heat, calorimetry
Heat transfer
Wave motion, light and sound
Electricity and magnetism:
Electrostatics or static electricity
Electrodynamics or current electricity
Electromagnetism
Atomic and nuclear Physics
The following table summarises the assessment tasks for the online offering of SSS011 in Term 3 2021. Please note this is a guide only. Assessment tasks are regularly updated and can also differ to suit the mode of study (online or on campus).
The information contained in the CSU Handbook was accurate at the date of publication: June 2022. The University reserves the right to vary the information at any time without notice.