What is Junior (first year) Physics like?
Over 1200 students take some of the Junior (first year) Physics units each year. In each unit you will participate in lecture classes that usually contain between 100 and 150 students. That may seem large compared with high school classes, but don’t worry you will have ample opportunity to meet and work with smaller groups of students. In most Physics units you will work closely each week with a group of two other students to understand and carry out a physics experiment in the first year experimental laboratory. To help you work through the ideas presented in lectures, the School has developed the popular Interactive Tutorial Workshops for one hour a week you will join a group of three or four other students to examine physics idea together, discuss concepts and “play” with hands-on demonstrations in a relaxed and open atmosphere.
