PHYC10120

Learning Outcomes:

A foundation in physics required for your continued learning in medicine, biological and health sciences, both in further courses and self-directed through your medical career.

On completion of this module you will have a grounding in the principles of physics across 4 themes: mechanics; energy & torque; fluids & heat; sound & light.

Equips you for subsequent courses and you’ll be prepared for second trimester which covers more advanced topics in Quantum, Electricity, Magnetism and Nuclear.

Indicative Module Content:

In four themes of: 1) Mechanics; 2) Energy, Momentum and Torque; 3) Fluids and Heat; 4) Waves, Sound and Light.

Maths is core to science. We pull upon basic calculus, trigonometry, exponentials and logarithms, vectors and graphing. Check ahead of starting that you’re comfortable with this maths by going through the 'Prestart Maths' material linked from our Overview (and under Useful Docs) on Brightspace.

Student Effort Hours:

Approaches to Teaching and Learning:

Independent thought and discussion are science’s most powerful tools… but only when linked.

In a hybrid structure, you work and discuss together in class and you study independently using online materials to learn and solve problems. Material is delivered in four themes, each of 3 weeks duration, containing my overview of materials, a Q&A session with me focused to your questions, tutorials focused assigned homework, and classworks with me which focus to your solving of numerical problems combined with discussion.

PDF materials are provided ahead of each theme. These materials link you to lectured videos by you clicking on emojis at the top-right of pages. You annotate the pdf materials from my overviews and by watching the lectured videos and by reading chapters I recommend from our course text.

Your labs are grounded in independent observation, which is core to science. You write up a report during each session and hand it in at the end of that session.

Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Learning Recommendations:

Applied Mathematics Leaving Cert (Ireland)
Physics Leaving Cert (Ireland)
Honours Mathematics Leaving Cert (Ireland)
or equivalent

Module Requisites and Incompatibles

Incompatibles:
PHYC10010 - Physics I, PHYC10020 - Physics of the Cell for lifesc, PHYC10030 - Physics of Macro-organisms, PHYC10060 - Fields, Waves & Light, PHYC10070 - Foundations of Physics, PHYC10080 - Frontiers of Physics, PHYC10090 - Physics II, PHYC10150 - Physics for Engineers I, PHYC10160 - Physics for Engineers II, PHYC10180 - Physics for Ag. Science, PHYC10190 - Aspects of Physics for Ag. Sci, PHYC20080 - Fields, Waves and Light


 

Assessment Strategy

 

Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 

Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Online automated feedback

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

Not yet recorded.

Chapters are recommened weekly from the following text, for reading in sync with the module delivery. This is also the text for your second semester module, Phys in Med II.

Recommended text: ‘Physics, Principles with Applications’, by Douglas C. Giancoli (7th Edition, Pearson)

Approach me if any questions about books.

Timetabling information is displayed only for guidance purposes, relates to the current Academic Year only and is subject to change.