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ASTR381-12S2 (C) Semester Two 2012
Advanced Experiments in Physics and Astronomy

15 points, 0.1250 EFTS
09 Jul 2012 - 11 Nov 2012
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Description

Execution and write-up of selected laboratory experiments.

Pre-requisites

(1) Either (PHYS282 and 22 points from PHYS221-224) or (PHYS285 and 30 points from PHYS201-204 including either PHYS202 or PHYS204). (2) MATH103 or MATH109 or EMTH119.  RP: MATH201

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Equivalent Courses

Recommended Preparation

Timetable

Labs
Streams Day Time Where Notes
Stream 01 Monday 9:00am-12:00pm Rutherford 411 9 Jul - 19 Aug,
3 Sep - 14 Oct
Tuesday 9:00am-12:00pm Rutherford 411 9 Jul - 19 Aug,
3 Sep - 14 Oct

Lecturers

Adrian McDonald and Mike Reid

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
Oral Presentation 12%
Submitted reports and subsidiary files 55%
Project formal report 33%


The course is marked out of 120 (assessment breakdown above is as %), which you can think of as 10 marks per week for 12 weeks.  

65 marks for submitted reports and subsidiary files for experiments as listed in the Choice of Experiments section of the course outline.

15 marks for oral presentation of a project you have undertaken, in the middle of Term 4.

40 marks for a formal report in the style of a scientific paper on the project.  This is due at the end of Term 4.

Fees

Domestic fee $718.00
International fee $3,350.00


For further information see Physics and Astronomy.

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