Physical science
BS BT BB DE DT AE BC BP BDT
Mr Wayne Kirstine
6 points * Full-year subject * 42 hours of lectures, 14 hours of tutorials and 28 hours of laboratory work (for Gippsland students) * Gippsland/Distance * Prerequisites: Consultation with a course adviser * Prohibitions: Cannot be credited towards the major study in a Bachelor of Applied Science
This subject is intended to introduce the student with limited scientific background to the physical sciences and to develop the student's scientific literacy, knowledge and skills. Areas of study include measurement; Newton's laws of motion; gravity; work and power; properties of matter; introduction to the atom; molecules and the mole concept; stoichiometry and chemical equations; radioactivity and the nucleus; electromagnetic radiation; the nature of light; modern atomic theory; chemical bonding; the periodic table; electricity and magnetism; chemical equilibrium; acids and bases; introduction to organic chemistry. Lectures, tutorials and laboratory activities are provided for Gippsland students. For distance education students detailed study guides are provided, and experiment kits are available to allow distance education students to carry out experimental activities at home. A detailed experiment manual and supporting videotapes are provided.
Assessment
Assignments (including experimental work): 50% * Semester examinations: 50% * Students must obtain satisfactory results for both their experimental work and their examinations
Prescribed texts
Payne C A and others Physical science, 6th edn, W C Brown, 1989