| Credit |
6 points |
| Availability |
Semester 1 |
| Old unit code |
563.201 |
| Content |
This unit comprises the following topics: macromolecular ensembles—an introduction to fluid dynamics, diffusion, membrane biophysics and thermodynamics; biosystems—biomolecular structure, enzyme kinetics, natural scaling, energy budgets, atmospherics and ocean currents, bioastronomy and automata; biophysical dynamics—non-equilibrium thermodynamics; entropy, information theory and biological diversity; and dissipative structures. |
| Assessment |
This comprises laboratory work (20 per cent), and examinations and assignments (80 per cent).
Supplementary assessment is not available in this unit except in the case of a bachelor's pass degree student who has obtained a mark of 45 to 49 and is currently enrolled in this unit, and it is the only remaining unit that the student must pass in order to complete their course. |
| Unit Co-ordinator(s) |
Dr Ralph James |
| Location |
UWA (Crawley) |
| Mode |
on-campus |
| Unit Rules |
| Prerequisites: (PHYS1101 Advanced Physics A and PHYS1102 Advanced Physics B) or (PHYS1141 General Physics A and PHYS1142 General Physics B); TEE Applicable Mathematics or MATH1050 Calculus C |
Contact hours—lectures: 3 hrs per week; tutorials: 1 hr per week; labs: 4 hrs per week (for 6 weeks)
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