Organisation and Other Information
Your Course Organisers
The Director of Studies is in charge of all the teaching. The Senior Tutor is available to help with any issue which affects you.
Teaching
After a year at Warwick you will be familiar with our teaching methods and the use of questionnaires to obtain feedback on the individual modules. You are reminded that if you feel that there are serious problems with a module that should be addressed immediately you should discuss the matter with the person giving the module or with one of the following: your Personal Tutor, Nicholas d'Ambrumenil, Michael Pounds or one of your Staff Student Liaison Committee representatives.
Reminder
Last year you were informed of the department's policy towards the late submission of assessed work and the University's regulations on cheating. These, of course apply equally this year.
Academic Tutorials
During the second year, your Tutor is normally the same person who served in that capacity during your first year. Again he/she acts both as Academic and Personal Tutor. You are required to meet your Tutor - preferably with the other members of your tutorial group - during the first week of the Autumn Term to arrange a mutually convenient time for weekly tutorials. The subject of the tutorials is largely a matter for your Tutor. Your tutor will probably spend much of the time helping with the core physics modules.
Mathematics Classes
You will have support classes for key mathematics courses. You will receive details from the Mathematics Department.
Assessed Components of some Physics Lecture Modules
In the first year you were required to submit answers to weekly problems for the core physics modules and these were then marked for credit. This year the lectured physics modules PX263 Electromagnetic Theory and Optics, PX262 Quantum Mechanics and its Applications, PX265 Thermal Physics II, PX261 Mathematical Methods for Physicists II have an assessed component that contributes 15% to the mark for that module. The lecturer will describe the particular form the assessment takes for their module.
Examples Sheets and Seminars
Example sheets for modules given by the Physics Department are usually distributed as a complete set by the lecturer at the beginning of a particular module. The purpose of these examples is three-fold:
- To facilitate the development of skill in problem solving in areas related to the modules
- To assist in proper assimilation of the material
- To provide valuable experience which will be of considerable help in the April and June Examinations
For core modules there is a weekly class at which the lecturer will discuss the problems, and their solutions. The lecturer will indicate which timetabled slot will be used for this. For modules not dealt with in these classes (i.e. Options), you should contact the lecturer directly if you have any queries concerning the Weekly Problems.
The Past Examination Questions will not, as a general rule, be discussed at the weekly classes, since it is intended that they should be attempted only once the associated modules have finished and the subject matter has been appropriately digested. Your Personal Tutor will deal with these during your fortnightly tutorials.
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