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PHYS220: Scientific Modelling

This unit introduces students to scientific modelling and applications in a wide range of disciplines. Students will learn to apply computer modelling and simulation packages and be introduced to a variety of techniques such as matrix methods, finite differencing and the numerical solution of ordinary differential equations. The emphasis is on learning through applications, including heat diffusion, chaos, oscillating chemical reactions, the solar wind, conservation of marine turtles, and traffic flow.

Credit Points:3
Contact Hours:6
When Offered: D1 - Day; Offered in the first half-year
Staff Contact: Associate Professor Mark Wardle
Prerequisites:

(MATH135(P) or MATH132(P) or MATH133 or MATH136) and (any 100-level COMP or 100-level ISYS unit (P)) and (any 100-level PHYS, CBMS, CHEM, BIOL, GEOS or STAT unit (P))

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Unit Designations: Technology
Science
Assessed As: Graded
Offered By: Department of Physics

 
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