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This course aims to develop students' understanding of the laws of physics that underpin engineering and instils fundamental experimental skills, including the usage of some scientific instruments, the analysis of uncertainties of measurements and the fundamental methods for data processing.

Course will be delivered continuously in the traditional manner at UESTC;

Mandatory Entry Requirements

None

Recommended Entry Requirements

None

None

None

Assessment

Report 60%: 6 prelab reports and 6 postlab reports

Set Exercise 40%: 6 lab experiments
Students must attend at least five labs and submit work for assessment for the course laboratory or a grade of credit withheld will be given.

Reassessment

In accordance with the University's Code of Assessment reassessments are normally set for all courses which do not contribute to the honours classifications. For non honours courses, students are offered reassessment in all or any of the components of assessment if the satisfactory (threshold) grade for the overall course is not achieved at the first attempt. This is normally grade D3 for undergraduate students, and grade C3 for postgraduate students. Exceptionally it may not be possible to offer reassessment of some coursework items, in which case the mark achieved at the first attempt will be counted towards the final course grade. Any such exceptions are listed below in this box.

Due to the nature of the coursework and sequencing of courses, it is not possible to reassess the coursework laboratory.

Reassessments are normally available for all courses, except those which contribute to the Honours classification. For non Honours courses, students are offered reassessment in all or any of the components of assessment if the satisfactory (threshold) grade for the overall course is not achieved at the first attempt. This is normally grade D3 for undergraduate students and grade C3 for postgraduate students. Exceptionally it may not be possible to offer reassessment of some coursework items, in which case the mark achieved at the first attempt will be counted towards the final course grade. Any such exceptions for this course are described below. 

Due to the nature of the coursework and sequencing of courses, it is not possible to reassess the coursework laboratory.

The initial grade on coursework laboratories will be used when calculating the resit grade.

The aims of this course are to:

■ develop their skills in following proper procedures to accomplish a scientific experiment;

■ develop their abilities in analyzing the source of errors;

■ develop their skills in computing the uncertainties and reporting measurement results;

■ understand how a physical law can be verified.  

By the end of this course students will be able to:

■ correctly record and process experimental data

■ explain the effects of experimental parameters on experimental results

■ construct pertinent graphical representations of experimental data

■ perform basic analysis of experimental results

Students must be present in four scheduled labs or a grade of credit withheld will be given. Prelab work for each lab must be submitted before entering the lab room or no grade will be given.