Unit of Study PHYS1002 Introductory Physics and Maths for Health Sciences (2025)

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Unit type

UG Coursework Unit
Credit points

12
Faculty & College

Faculty of Health
Placement

No

Enrolment information

Previous studies in HSC Mathematics would be an advantage in this unit.

Unit description

Introduces students to the basic principles and concepts of mathematics applied to physics and chemistry. Students will gain analytic and problem solving skills by applying mathematical concepts to biomedical and health contexts.

Unit content

1: Maths for science

2: Laws of motion

3: Logarithms, exponents and statistics

4: Maths for chemistry

5: Waves, light and sound

6: Electricity, magnetism and radiation

Availabilities

Not currently available in 2025

Learning outcomes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

describe and explain physics concepts as they relate to biomedical science and human health

apply analytic and problem solving skills to evaluate mathematical problems

demonstrate knowledge of mathematics applied to chemistry

apply mathematical concepts to statistical analysis of data

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