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Learning Partnerships, Unit Catalogue 2011/12


AS00044: Physics 1

Click here for further information Credits: 12
Click here for further information Level: Foundation (FHEQ level 3)
Click here for further information Period: Semester 1 at Chichester College
Semester 1 at City of Bath College
Semester 1 at Greenwich Community College
Semester 1 at Wiltshire College
Click here for further information Assessment: CW 20%, EX 80%
Click here for further information Supplementary Assessment: Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations)
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Click here for further information Description: Aims:
This unit aims to ensure that students have a foundation of underpinning knowledge and skills in Physics. The unit will draw upon core aspects of the 'A' level syllabus and will achieve an equivalent depth and standard in these aspects. The unit will offer opportunities for knowledge acquisition, theoretical problem-solving and the development of practical laboratory skills.

Learning Outcomes:
On successful completion of this unit, students should be able to:
(i) demonstrate a knowledge of DC electricity, structures, balanced forces, dynamics, vibrations and waves;
(ii) perform basic applied mathematical calculations;
(iii) demonstrate competence in basic laboratory techniques.

Skills:
Key transferable skills, laboratory skills and theoretical problem solving.

Content:
D.C. circuits with resistance, e.m.f. and p.d. Electrical conduction, I/V characteristics and temperature effects. Combinations of resistors, circuit analysis. Source resistance and Kirchhoff; power = I2R; potential-divider and null methods. Materials/structures; Hooke's law and elastic behaviour. Elasticity. Scalars, vectors, resolutions, moments, torque, couples, centre of mass, equilibrium. Linear motion, v/t and s/t graphs, projectiles. Linear dynamics, force mass, momentum, N's laws, impulse friction, collisions. Work, energy, power efficiency, energy changes, internal energy. . Waves, superpositions, coherence, interference. Diffraction, diffraction grating to measure wavelength. Stationary waves and sound, transverse and longitudinal, refraction T.I.R. and optical fibres, electromagnetic spectrum.Information & communication, inc digital systems. Radioactivity, particles emitted, absorption, safety. Exponential decay, decay constant and half-life. The nuclear atom, Rutherford scattering: structure and nucleus.
Click here for further informationProgramme availability:

AS00044 is Optional on the following programmes:

Learning Partnerships
  • UDAS-DFB10 : University of Bath International Foundation Year (Full-time at City of Bath College) - Year 1
  • UDAS-SFB01 : University of Bath International Foundation Year (Full-time at Chichester College) - Year 1
  • UDAS-TFB01 : University of Bath International Foundation Year (Full-time at Greenwich Community College) - Year 1
  • UDAS-WFB15 : University of Bath International Foundation Year (Full-time at Wiltshire College) - Year 1

NB. Programmes and units are subject to change at any time, in accordance with normal University procedures.