SLE123 - Physics for the Life Sciences

Year:

2024 unit information

Enrolment modes: Trimester 2: Burwood (Melbourne), Waurn Ponds (Geelong), Online
Trimester 3: Online
Credit point(s): 1
Previously coded as: SEP122
EFTSL value: 0.125
Prerequisite:

Nil

Corequisite: Nil
Incompatible with: SEP122, SLEM123
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.

Scheduled learning activities - campus

3 x 1 hour online lectures per week, 1 x 1 hour seminar per week.

Scheduled learning activities - online

Online independent and collaborative learning including 3 x 1 hour online lectures per week, 1 x 1 hour online seminar per week.

Content

Students of the life sciences have a growing need to acquire an effective working knowledge of the physical sciences. In this unit, physics concepts such as mechanics, energy, fluids, waves, sound, electricity, optics, and atoms, will be explored and related to biology and biomedical science. Students will use evidence to demonstrate and evaluate knowledge of fundamental physics principles, and will also have the opportunity to design and conduct their own experiments to evaluate how physics is related to life.

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