APSC 102 Experimentation Units: 2.00
This course introduces concepts of planning and designing experiments to determine or measure particular system characteristics. The course content includes laboratory data collection, error analysis, data analysis and visualization, lab safety, occupational hazards, and the design of experimental investigation for simple systems.
K2(Lec: No, Lab: Yes, Tut: Yes)
K2(Lec: No, Lab: Yes, Tut: Yes)
Requirements: Prerequisites:
Corequisites:
Exclusions: APSC 100
Offering Term: FW
CEAB Units:
Mathematics 0
Natural Sciences 24
Complementary Studies 0
Engineering Science 0
Engineering Design 0
Offering Faculty: Smith Engineering
Course Learning Outcomes:
- Appraises the validity of conclusion relative to the degrees of error and limitations of theory and measurement.
- Designs investigations involving information and data gathering, analysis, and/or experimentation.
- Follows safety protocol in a laboratory environment.
- Generates ideas and working hypothesis when presented a research question.
- Synthesizes data and information to reach conclusion.
- Uses basic experimental equipment.