PHY8040 : Galaxies (Inactive)
- Inactive for Year: 2024/25
- Module Leader(s): Dr David Rosario
- Owning School: Mathematics, Statistics and Physics
- Teaching Location: Newcastle City Campus
Semesters
Your programme is made up of credits, the total differs on programme to programme.
Semester 2 Credit Value: | 15 |
ECTS Credits: | 8.0 |
European Credit Transfer System |
Aims
Galaxies are a fundamental building block of the universe. This module will give students a comprehensive physical understanding of the different types of galaxies: their properties, how these are deduced from observations, and the astrophysical models that explain them.
Outline Of Syllabus
The Milky Way, the solar neighbourhood, stars and gas, galactic rotation and stellar orbits. Spiral galaxies, distribution and orbits of stars and gas, masses, spiral arms. Elliptical galaxies, dwarf galaxies, galaxy groups and clusters, active galactic nuclei.
Teaching Methods
Teaching Activities
Category | Activity | Number | Length | Student Hours | Comment |
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Scheduled Learning And Teaching Activities | Lecture | 22 | 1:00 | 22:00 | Formal lectures |
Guided Independent Study | Assessment preparation and completion | 37 | 1:00 | 37:00 | Completion of in course assignments/ examination revision |
Guided Independent Study | Independent study | 91 | 1:00 | 91:00 | Preparation time for lectures, background reading, coursework review |
Total | 150:00 |
Teaching Rationale And Relationship
Lectures are used for the delivery of theory and explanation of methods, illustrated with examples, and for giving general feedback on marked work.
Assessment Methods
The format of resits will be determined by the Board of Examiners
Exams
Description | Length | Semester | When Set | Percentage | Comment |
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Written Examination | 120 | 2 | A | 80 | N/A |
Other Assessment
Description | Semester | When Set | Percentage | Comment |
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Prob solv exercises | 2 | M | 20 | Problem solving exercises |
Assessment Rationale And Relationship
A substantial formal unseen examination is appropriate for the assessment of the material in this module. The coursework assignment allow the students to develop their problem solving techniques, to practise the methods learnt in the module, to assess their progress and to receive feedback; this assessment has a secondary formative purpose as well as their primary summative purpose.
Reading Lists
Timetable
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