FNPS1003
10 units
1000 level
Course handbook
Description
For engineers, a knowledge of physics is essential to understand and transform the world around us.
This course is designed for students in the Diploma in Engineering program with no or little physics background. The course covers introductory physics and lays the physical foundations essential for further studies in engineering.
Academic skills and support are embedded into each diploma course.
Availability
Not currently offered.
This Course was last offered in Semester 1 - 2024.
Learning outcomes
On successful completion of the course students will be able to:
1. Explain the basic principles of physics and mathematics and how they apply to practical situations and engineering problems.
2. Solve qualitative and quantitative problems using mathematics and the principles of physics.
3. Perform laboratory and computational experiments and interpret the significance of the results with regards to the principles and applications of physics.
4. Communicate the results and significance of both theoretical and experimental work in written form.
Content
- Experiment and Uncertainty
- Number and Measurement
- Describing Motion
- Motion along a line
- Introduction to vectors
- Vector components
- Projectile motion
- Newton’s Laws of Motion
- Forces
- Work and Kinetic Energy
- Mechanical Energy
- Uniform Circular Motion
Assessment items
Quiz: Online Quizzes (4)
In Term Test: In Term Tests (4)
Tutorial / Laboratory Exercises: Laboratory Reports (2)
Course outline
Course outline not yet available.
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