1996 Swinburne Higher Education Handbook

SP124 Engineering Physics
10 credit points 5 hours per week Hawthorn
Prerequisites: VCE Mathematical Methods Units 3 and 4
Corequisites: Nil Assessment practical work, assignments
and examination A first year subject in all disciplines of the
Bachelor of Engineering
0 bjectives
To provide a basis for specialist engineering disciplines
through rigorous development of essential Physics
principles.
To provide a coherent and balanced account of the
fundamentals of physics.
Content
Linear mechanics: laws of motion; work and energy;
conservation of energy and momentum.
Rotational mechanics: gravation
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c Electricity and magnetism: electric fields; direct current;
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5. magnetic fields; electromagnetism.
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0 Geometric optics.
, Recommended reading
" Serway, R.A., Physics for Scientists and Engineers with Modern
Physics, 3rd rev. edn, Saunders, 1992
SP125 Engineering Physics
10 credit points 5 hours per week Hawthorn
prerequisite::^ VCE Mathematical Methods Units 3 and 4,
SP124 or equivalent Corequisites: Nil Assessment
practical work, assignments and examination
A first year subject in all disciplines of the Bachelor of
Engineering
Objectives
To provide a basis for specialist engineering disciplines
through rigorous development of essential Physics
principles.
To develop a coherent and balanced account of the
fundamentals of physics
Content
Vibrations, Waves and Sound: vibrations; waves;
superposition and standing waves.
Physical optics: interference; diffraction;
Thermal physics: kinetic theory of gases; first and second
law of thermodynamics;
Modern physics: relativity; quantum physics; nuclear
physics.
Recommended reading
Serway, R.A., Physics for Scientists and Engineers with Modern
Physics, 3rd rev. edn, Saunders, 1992
SP132 Introductory Psychophysiology
12.5 credit points 4 hours per week Hawthorn
Prerequisites: Nil Corequisites: Nil Assessment:
examination, assignments and tutorials
A first year subject in the Bachelor of Applied Science/
Bachelor of Arts CO-major (Psychology and
Psychophysiology )
Objectives
Provide a basis for measurement systems used in
physiological recordings.
Provide an introduction to elementary biological and
physiological systems.
Content
Physical concepts and monitoring techniques, including
subjects, principles, conversions, accuracy, quantitative
measures.
Cell membranes and tissues, receptors, cell communication.
Introduction to organ systems, methods of monitoring,
physiological importance, aspects of control.
Nutrition, digestion, and absorption, genetics, and
immunology.
Recommended reading
Wingerd B.D., The Human Body: Concepts of Anatomy and
Physiology, Fort Worth, Saunders, 1994
SPI 35 Monitoring Instrumentation
10 credit points 3 hours per week Hawthorn
Prerequisites: Nil Corequisites: Nil Assessment:
examination and assignments
A first year subject in the Bachelor of Applied Science/
Bachelor of Arts CO-major (Psychology and
Psychophysiology)
Objectives
To provide a basis for specialist scientific disciplines
through rigorous development of essential physics
principles.
To provide a coherent and balanced account of the
fundamentals of physics.
Content
Forces and energy kinematics, linear and circular dynamics,
gravitation, kinetic theory, heat.
Modern physics atomic structure, radioactivity, quantum
theory, special relativity.
Electricity and magnetism magnetic and electric fields,
Coulomb's Law. electromaenetic induction - Lenz and
Faraday laws, DC/ circuits-
Recommended reading
Griancoli, D.C., Physics with Applications, 3rd edn, Prentice Hall,
1991
SP222 Industry Based Learning
JO credit points Hawthorn Prerequisites: Nil
Corequisites: Nil
A third year industrial based learning subject of the degree
of Bachelor of Applied Science (Medical Biophysics and
Instrumentation)
A six-month period of work experience occurring as part of
the third year of the course leading to the degree of Bachelor