1997 Swinburne Higher Education Handbook

SE104
Psychological Processes
10 credit points 8 4.5 hour per week 8 Hawthorn 8
Prerequisites: nil, but must satisfi course entry requirements 8
Assessment: assignments and examination.
A first year subject in the degree of Bachelor of Applied
Science (Multimedia Technology)
0 b jectives
8 The course is intended to ~rovide introductory
information on the nature of psychological processes.
Specifically the course introduces information on the
brain and the nervous system
8 Endocrine Systems: Consciousness, motivation,
emotion, learning and visual and auditory perception.
8 Understanding how humans attend, process and
perceive information from the external environment.
Content
The Brain; The Neuron; The Nervous System; The
Endocrine System; Consciousness; Motivation; Emotion;
Classical Learning; Operant Learning; Social Learning;
Sensation: Vision; Sensation: other senses.
Recommended Reading
TBA
SElO6 Psychology of Learning
A first year subject in the Bachelor of Applied Science
(Multimedia Technology)
0 b jectives
Most multimedia applications, even computer games,
involve a degree of instruction and guidance. This subject is
intended to enable students to understand the cognitive
processes behind learning so that more effective user
environments can be developed.
Content
Theories of learning
Motivation
Creativity
Social factors influencing learning
Learning from student perspective
Social factors influencing learning.
Personality
Cognitive styles
How students leardlearning styles
Deep learning vs surface learning
Problem solving and decision making
Learning strategies
Learning processes relevant to educational technology
Learning modes
Recommended reading
To be advised
SE1 lOC, SE11OM
SE11 OT Electronics and Measurement
10 credit points 8 4.5 hoursper week 8 Hawthorn 8
Prerequisites: nil, but must satisfi course ently requirements 8
Assessment: practical work, assignments and examination
A first year subject in the degree of Bachelor of Applied
Science (Computing and Instrumentation) and(Medica1
Biophysics and Instrumentation) and (Multimedia
Technology).
Objectives
8 To provide a grounding in basic analog and digital
electronics, as well as an introduction to electrical
transducers that are used sensing ~hysical ~henomena.
Principles of electronics measurement are also
introduced.
Content
Digital Electronics: Digital logic, Boolean laws and
operators, Truth tables, Gate symbols; Design and
simplification of logic circuits, Sum of products
representation, Kmaps, Combinatorial logic, Sequential
logic (including data registers); Ripple counters, Up/Down
module x counters, Set up and hold times, Asynchronous
set/clear, Propagation delays, Monostables, Tri-state logic.
DC Analogue Electronics: Ohm s law, Voltage loop law,
Voltage divider, Current Node law, Current divider;
Simplifying resistor networks, The venin Equivalent circuit,
Network mesh analysis; Power (maximum transfer); Diodes,
Capacitors, Simple R-C circuits and transient response; Intro
to Operational Amps, Negative feedback, Output
transducers (analogue and digital), electromechanical and
electronic ammeters, voltmeters, ohmmeters, power meters,
DC Wheatstone bridge and applications;
Measurement: SI units, Scientific notation, Presentation of
data, Combining uncertainties, Sensors and sensing, Using a
transducer to aid our senses; Basic terms and definitions
(accuracy, resolution, precision, linearity, sensitivity);
Transducer types (active, passive); Transducer classification
(resistive, current, voltage, capacitive, inductive); Automatic
control (open/closed loop systems); Synarnic response of
instruments (zero, 1st 2nd order response); Information
representation, transmission and processing.
Recommended Reading
Hazen M.E., Fundamentals of DC and AC Circuits, Philadelphia,
P.A., Saunders College Publishing, 1990.
Ismail, Rooney and Victor, Digttal Concepts and Applications,
Philadelphia, P.A., Saunders College Publishing, 1994
SE112 Introductory Biophysics A
10 credit points 4 hours per week Hawthorn
Prerequisites: Nil Corequisites: Nil
A first year subject in the Bachelor of Applied Science
(Medical Biophysics and Instrumentation)
Objectives
To appreciate the importance of physical concepts and
methods in the articulation of structure and function in
biological systems.
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