Phys1001 Past Exams

[Twyla Plack]

PHYS1010is quite a good unit with it's ups and downs. There are weekly assignments, that aren't too difficult. There's 3 hour labs about every other week that can drag on past 3 hours. However, if you get a good lab partner or group and try to rush it and get it finished ASAP, it wouldn't be too much of an issue. The most embarrassing part of this unit is the quality of some of the prerecorded lectures and pre-lab videos we have to watch. For a university that's regarded to be the best in WA and one we are paying tens of thousands of dollars for, the prerecorded lectures had arguably worse quality than bank security footage.

Mediocre unit, labs are the worst part of it as they are 3+ hours and you need a lab partner that actually does work. Tests are fine if you understand the content, the workload is a lot with an assignment being released every week which takes about 1hour 30min to complete, and ontop of that you need to take ur own notes from pre-recorded lectures that takes about 2 hours per week. Tests and exams are multiple choice though which is a small positive

A very enjoyable unit with the assessments being pretty straightforward as they are multiple choice. However, the labs are stressful and marked very harshly. They are also very long, despite being three hours (which is already a long time), I was often there well into the fourth hour, waiting for marking. The teaching quality varied with the different lecturers, which was pretty annoying. Mechanics was taught the worst despite it being known for its difficulty. The weekly pracs were handy in consolidating knowledge, and the online Mastering Physics assignments were a good form of assessment.

Great unit where the content is provided in very comprehensive lecture notes, and the lecturers are fantastic. There is quite a lot of work to do, but its definitely achievable and helped keep me accountable in my study.

Decent content, and all tests and exams are multi choice. That being said the questions can get quite hard. Main downside to the unit is the labs as they are 3 hours long. I would advise aiming to finish in less than 2.5 hours as otherwise you could be there waiting for marking well into the 4th hour. Also, Darren is a goat.

Good start for phys. Make sure you have the textbook as they double the joy along the journey! The mechanics bit was a bit challenging for me and I would recommend reading the textbook for that part as they helped me more than the lectures.

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