Foundations of physics covering (a) mechanics, (b) wave motion, and (c) thermodynamics, with examples of practical applications to biomedical sciences, engineering sciences and other fields. Students learn about the principles of the physical world from which scientific and engineering applications are built upon. At a general level, students learn how to read scientific material effectively, identify fundamental concepts, reason through scientific questions, and solve quantitative problems. This course is Pass/Fail graded.
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Taken in: AY 18/19 Sem 1
Grade: PassTutorial Assignments (10%): 10/10
MasteringPhysics (10%): 9.99/10
Midterm (30%): 80/90
Finals (50%)This is a pass/fail module and requires only 40% to pass. As long as you submit weekly tutorial assignments, do the online MCQ quiz (MasteringPhysics) after every lecture, you will be more than prepared to tackle the midterm. I did not take Physics in JC, the only physics background I had was at the O levels, but even then I hated physics to the core. However, I could still pass it. The content taught started with basic O level content, then moved on a bit to H2 Physics content and additional new content. H2 Physics peeps would find this a piece of cake. Tutorial assignments and MasteringPhysics have its fair share of easy and tricky questions but the professors are nice to just take the best 3 scores. Attendance for tutorials is not taken. Most of us already passed the module even without taking the Finals. We just turned up for it because we felt it was morally wrong not to 😅 Most people left the 2.5hr exam as soon as the 1hr mark was reached. The format of the midterm and finals are a mixture of MCQs and short answer questions.
This review was reposted with the kind permission of Awesome NTU CBC Student. Originally published at https://awesomentucbcstudent.blogspot.com/2018/12/ay1819-y1s1-review.html
July 18, 2021
