SEB101 - Engineering Physics

Unit details

Year:

2024 unit information

Enrolment modes:Trimester 1: Burwood (Melbourne), Waurn Ponds (Geelong), Online
Trimester 3: Online
Credit point(s):1
EFTSL value:0.125
Unit Chair:Trimester 1: John Long
Trimester 3: John Long
Prerequisite:

Nil

Corequisite:Nil
Incompatible with:

SEP101

Typical study commitment:

Students will on average spend 150 hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit.

This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site.

Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - on-campus unit enrolment:

2 x 1 hour lecture per week, 1 x 2 hour seminar per week, 5 x 3 hour practical experience (laboratories) per trimester.

Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - online unit enrolment:

Online independent and collaborative learning including 2 x 1 hour online lecture per week, 1 x 1.5 hour seminar per week and 2 at home practicals and 3 on campus practicals per trimester. Students are required to attend and participate in practical experiences (laboratories) at the Waurn Ponds (Geelong) Campus during the trimester intensive activities as detailed in the unit site.

Note:

This unit assumes either prior or concurrent knowledge of either VCE Mathematical Methods (or equivalent) or SIT190

Content

The unit will commence with a calculus treatment of kinematics of motion in one, two and three dimensions, including parabolic motion. The application of Newton's laws to a wide variety of phenomena will be investigated and the concepts of work, energy and the conservation laws discussed. Rotational kinematics and dynamics will be introduced, including the concepts of moment of inertia and torque. Also introduced are electrical concepts of charge, field, voltage and circuits. Other topics to be covered include vectors, statics, centre of mass and oscillations.

ULO These are the Learning Outcomes (ULO) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes
ULO1

Explain basic principles in physical mechanics, dynamics, electric fields and circuits.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities

ULO2

Apply these principles to natural phenomena.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities

ULO3

Solve technical problems in basic mechanics, dynamics and electricity.

GLO4: Critical thinking
GLO5: Problem solving

ULO4

Perform and report on basic physical measurements.

GLO2: Communication

ULO5

Employ experimental methodology.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities

Assessment

Assessment Description Student output Grading and weighting
(% total mark for unit)
Indicative due week

Assessment 1
Laboratory write-up

Each practical experiment is to be written up in a lab notebook/diary write-up (5 entries) and will include: aim, introduction/background, experimental method, results, discussion, and a conclusion. 50% (5 x 10%)

Scheduled dates

Assessment 2
Problem solving tasks

Written responses to questions/problems 20% (2 x 10%) Weeks 5 and 9
End-of-Unit Assessment  2-hour online timed assessment 30% End-of-Unit assessment period

The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.

Hurdle requirement

To be eligible for a pass in this unit, students must achieve a minimum of 40% in the End-of-Unit Assessment 

Learning Resource

Prescribed text(s): Halliday et al, 2020, Fundamentals of Physics ANZ Edition + Interactive Ebook Code, 1st Australia and New Zealand Ed, John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd.

The texts and reading list for the unit can be found on the University Library via the link below: SEB101 Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.

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