To provide students with an opportunity to develop knowledge and understanding of the key principles and applications of the Computational Physics Laboratory course, and their relevance to current developments in physics.

Tuesdays and Thursdays 11am-5pm

  Honours Physics Laboratory, Physics Group Project

Mathematical Methods 1; Waves and Diffraction; Quantum Mechanics; Thermal Physics; Electromagnetic Theory 1; Theoretical Physics Group project

Laboratory (80%)

Lab report (20%)

It is the default expectation that all courses will offer opportunities for reassessment or deferred assessment. Where it is not possible to offer this in some assessment components, the grade achieved at the first attempt will be counted towards the final course grade, and any exceptions for this course are described below.

[No exceptions]

To provide students with an opportunity to develop knowledge and understanding of the key principles of computational physics, and their importance for the planning and execution of computational investigations of physical processes using both standard and more advanced programming techniques and algorithms.

By the end of the course, students will be able to demonstrate a knowledge and broad understanding of the key principles of computational physics. They should be able to: programme straightforward procedures in a high level computer language; analyse and interpret computational data and make a critical assessment and draw valid conclusions from the results of computational investigations; apply computer software to analyse computational data and to write scientific reports; prepare a detailed written report on a computational investigation; apply logical analysis to problem solving; appreciate open problems typical of business situations.