School Of Computing, Engineering And MathematicsEngineering Physics (WSTC AssocD)Western Sydney University Unit Code: 700153.2
Discipline: OTHER ENGINEERING AND RELATED TECHNOLOGIES
Student Contribution Band: 2
Level: 1
Credit Points: 10
Assumed Knowledge
HSC physics and HSC mathematics (not General Mathematics)
Equivalent Units
300464 - Physics and Materials, 300963 - Engineering Physics, 700020 - Physics and Materials (UWSC), 700117 - Physics and Materials (UWSC Assoc Deg), 700151 - Engineering Physics (UWSC)
Unit Enrolment Restrictions
Students must be enrolled at Western Sydney University, The College in 7022 Associate Degree in Engineering
About this Unit
This unit serves as an introduction to the fundamentals of engineering physics with appropriate applications in a wide range of engineering and industrial design systems. Students will be expected to solve problems by applying the laws and principles of engineering physics in the following areas covered by the unit – units and vectors, linear and circular motion, photons, electrons and atoms, force systems and equilibrium, work and energy applications, dynamics of rotational motion, fluid dynamics, heat and thermodynamics, periodic motion and wave phenomena, electricity and magnetism.