Course syllabus for Physics

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Course syllabus adopted 2021-02-26 by Head of Programme (or corresponding).

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Note – can not be included in a Chalmers' degree

Overview

  • Swedish nameFysik
  • CodeSEE095
  • Credits18 Pre-education credits
  • OwnerZBASD
  • Education cyclePre-university
  • DepartmentSPACE, EARTH AND ENVIRONMENT
  • GradingTH - Pass with distinction (5), Pass with credit (4), Pass (3), Fail

Course round 1

  • Teaching language Swedish
  • Application code 96114
  • Open for exchange studentsNo
  • Only students with the course round in the programme overview.

Credit distribution

0120 Examination, part A 7.5 fup
Grading: TH		7.5 fup
  • 29 Okt 2021 am DIST
  • 05 Jan 2022 am L
  • 23 Aug 2022 pm L
0220 Examination, part B 6 fup
Grading: TH		 6 fup
  • 15 Mar 2022 pm L
  • 11 Apr 2022 pm L
  • 25 Aug 2022 pm L
0320 Examination, part C 4.5 fup
Grading: TH		 4.5 fup
  • 04 Maj 2022 pm L
  • 24 Maj 2022 pm L
  • 26 Aug 2022 pm L

In programmes

Examiner

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Eligibility

General entry requirements for bachelor's level studies

Specific entry requirements

Mathematics 2a or 2b or 2c or equivalent and English 6

Course specific prerequisites

Examination certificate from upper secondary school including or complemented by the courses 1 and 2 in mathematics.

Aim

The course aims at students acquiring an understanding of basic concepts, principles and processes in physics, resulting in a good basis for further studies at the university level.

Learning outcomes (after completion of the course the student should be able to)

  • present their solutions to given problems in a complete and well structered manner.
  • draw free-body diagrams, set up equilibrium equations, apply the laws of motion and the energy princpiple.
  • describe the most important concepts, principles and terminology in electromagnetics.
  • apply electric fields and magnetic fields in problems on electric and magnetic forces, and on particle motion when fields are present.
  • apply Kirchhoff's laws, Ohm's law and Joule's law in problems on electric DC-circuits, as well as Lenz's law and Faraday's law in problems on induction.
  • account for the fundamental principles of thermodynamics.
  • account for important physical concepts like thermal efficiency, resonance, interference and diffraction.
  • apply the lens formula and calculate magnification and construct ray paths.
  • account for the underlying physical mechanisms behind the structure of the atom and the nucleus, and radioactivity.

Content

Part A: Laws of Newton, momentum, friction, dynamics, kinetics, equilibrium problems, energy, power, thermodynamics, stress, strain, elasticity, Part B: Basic electromagnetic concepts, circuit elements, DC-circuits, electric and magnetic fields and forces, particle motion in electric and magnetic fields, induction, working principles of a linear DC motor and a linear DC generator. Use of Matlab as a calculation and graph sketching tool. Part C: Mechanical oscillations, wave propagation, mechanical waves, electromagnetic waves, interference and diffraction, geometrical optics, particle-wave duality, atoms and spectra, nuclear structure, nuclear reactions, nuclear energy.

Organisation

The course consists of 3 parts. These parts consist of online lectures and exercises. In the second and third parts there are also mandatory laboratory works that partly are carried out online but also at Campus on two occasions, one each for the sub-courses B and C respectively.

Literature

  • Rune Alphonce, Lars Bergström, Per Gunnvald, Jenny Ivarsson, Erik Johansson, Roy Nilsson: Heureka! Fysik 1 och 2 basåret, teoribok (Natur och kultur) (In Swedish)
  • Rune Alphonce, Lars Bergström, Per Gunnvald, Erik Johansson, Roy Nilsson: Heureka! Fysik 1 och 2 basåret, övningsbok (Natur och kultur) (In Swedish)
  • Hand-outs

Examination including compulsory elements

To pass the course the student must pass an exam for each part and all laboratory works. Completed course corresponds to depth and content at least upper secondary school Physics 2.

The course examiner may assess individual students in other ways than what is stated above if there are special reasons for doing so, for example if a student has a decision from Chalmers about disability study support.

The course syllabus contains changes

  • Changes to examination:
    • 2022-02-01: Examination datetime Examination datetime changed from 2022-05-25 Morning to 2022-05-24 Afternoon by Tommy Gustafsson
      [2022-05-25 4,5 hec, 0320]
    • 2022-02-01: Examination time Examination time changed from Morning to Afternoon by Tommy Gustafsson
      [2022-04-11 6,0 hec, 0220]
    • 2022-02-01: Examination datetime Examination datetime changed from 2022-05-05 Morning to 2022-05-04 Afternoon by Tommy Gustafsson
      [2022-05-05 4,5 hec, 0320]
    • 2021-10-18: Location Location changed from Johanneberg to Distance by moty
      [2021-10-29 7,5 hec, 0120]