BSc or BA (120 credit hour) Concentrated Honours in Physics - Experimental Physics I PHYC 3000   Experimental Physics I
CREDIT HOURS: 3
This course introduces students to electronics and measuring techniques. Topics include digital electronics: logic gates, clocks, shift registers, counters, memory; analog electronics; R.C.L. circuits, operational amplifiers; electronic systems: A/D and D/A chips, computer chips, and displays. The course also introduces students to modern data acquisition methods (including LabVIEW), skills which will be applied in the design and execution of experiments that illustrate fundamental concepts in physics. This course is open to Honours students only.
NOTES: This course has no final examination. Student evaluation is through performance on assignments and projects, and evaluation of written lab reports.
FORMAT:
  • Lecture
  • Lab

LAB HOURS PER WEEK: 6
PREREQUISITES: PHYC 2150.03 and PHYC 2515.03, or permission of the instructor.