PHY230 Experimental Physics I (10 credits)

Year Running: 2017/2018

Credit level: F5

Pre-requisites		PHY101 and PHY102
Pre-requisites for		PHY414 PHY422 (when the module is running)
Co-requisites		PHY250 PHY251
Excluded		PHY236

Description

This is a laboratory course which aims to develop skills in carrying out experimental physics, the use of instruments and other equipment, the analysis of experimental data, a careful approach to experimental accuracy, the estimation of experimental errors, the interpretation of observations with respect to theoretical prediction and the reporting and presentation of scientific results.

Reading List

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Teaching Methods

Delivery Type	Hours
Independent	34.0
Lab	66.0
Lecture	3.0

Methods of assessment

Assessment Type	Duration	% of formal assessment	Semester
Other	0.0	100 %	S1

Teaching methods and assessment displayed on this page are indicative for 2017-18.