Module FOUD01V7: Concepts, Methods and Theories in Physics 2

Department: Foundation Year (Durham)

FOUD01V7: Concepts, Methods and Theories in Physics 2

Prerequisites

• None

Corequisites

• Concepts, Methods and Theories in Physics 1

Excluded Combination of Modules

• Concepts, Methods and Theories in Arts & Humanities Concepts, Methods and Theories in Social Sciences

Aims

• The CMT modules are designed to introduce students to concepts, methods and theories within the student’s chosen discipline. The CMT modules provide a lens through which students engage with knowledge and knowledge creation in their chosen discipline; the Scholarship in Higher Education module provides the tool-kit for their engagement and communication of knowledge; and the Advanced Scholarship in Higher Education module provides an iterative experience of bringing toolkit and lens together to provide students with the opportunity to actively engage in the process of knowledge generation and communication by completing a research project within the student’s chosen discipline.
• To develop further understanding of Physics concepts
• To enhance confidence and ability in handling Physics calculations
• To develop a toolkit of independent study skills relevant to Physics and science in Higher Education
• Skills and other attributes 
• This module also supports the overall programme aims to enable students to have:
• acquired the ability to work confidently with a range of academic materials and sources (as appropriate to progression subject area);
• acquired the ability to work confidently with numerical data and basic statistics (as appropriate to progression subject area);
• gained various skills for undergraduate study, including the ability to extract and summarise meaning from text, to read rapidly and accurately, to write and present clear and precise arguments using appropriate evidence;
• acquired a level of self-efficacy in relation to workload management, basic academic autonomy and a learner identity as an effective university student;
• gained skills in using libraries, online databases and other reference resources;
• acquired the ability to engage confidently and with clarity in academic oral argument and respond appropriately to contributions made by fellow students.

Content

• Introduction to particles and antiparticles
• Electromagnetic radiation and quantum phenomena
• Electric Fields: a) Coulomb’s law, Force between point charges in a vacuum, b) Electric field strength, comparison of electric and gravitational fields, inverse square law, c) Magnetic flux density, Fleming’s left hand rule, moving charges in a magnetic field, magnetic flux and flux linkage, d) Electromagnetic induction, Faraday’s and Lenz’s laws, e) Transformers
• Circular motion
• Molecular kinetic theory, PVT, ideal gas equation, Avogadro and Boltzmann

Learning Outcomes

• By the end of the module students will have demonstrated:
• 1. Knowledge of a range of relevant subject concepts
• 2. Knowledge of a range of relevant research methods
• 3. Knowledge of a range of relevant vocabulary

• By the end of the module students will be able to:
• 1. Demonstrate the appropriate use of a range of relevant subject concepts in response to specific assessment tasks
• 2. Demonstrate the appropriate use of relevant research methods in response to specific assessment tasks
• 3. Demonstrate the appropriate use of a range of relevant vocabulary in response to specific assessment tasks

• By the end of the module students will be able to:
• 1. Demonstrate critical thinking
• 2. Demonstrate effective communication using appropriate academic styles
• 3. Demonstrate appropriate use of number
• 4. Demonstrate the use of appropriate sources of evidence

Modes of Teaching, Learning and Assessment and how these contribute to the learning outcomes of the module

• This module will be delivered using a combination of lectures and problem-based-learning classes/seminars on a weekly basis. Students will be taught concepts and then challenged to apply them in a variety of contextual tasks that are designed to lead to achieving the module outcomes.
• The CMT assessments are designed to ascertain whether students have successfully engaged with concepts, methods, and theories in their chosen discipline, and are able to apply these in response to assessment tasks.
• In this module, the Test’s primary function is to allows students to demonstrate the range and sophistication of their engagement with the module’s Reference/Factual knowledge, contextually and selectively applying this knowledge in response to specific test questions, with the secondary focus on the key skills of Academic communication under timed conditions (as they are likely to experience in their subsequent years of study).
• The Portfolio allows students to demonstrate the range and sophistication of their engagement with the module’s Procedural knowledge and how they apply their Reference knowledge within the context of their discipline.

Teaching Methods and Learning Hours

Summative Assessment

Formative Assessment:

A range of formative tasks are used to help students work towards module outcomes and to iteratively build competency towards each respective summative assessment.

■ Attendance at all activities marked with this symbol will be monitored. Students who fail to attend these activities, or to complete the summative or formative assessment specified above, will be subject to the procedures defined in the University's General Regulation V, and may be required to leave the University