FY527: Physics A
Study Board of Science
Teaching language: Danish or English depending on the teacher
EKA: N500053112, N500053102
Assessment: Second examiner: None, Second examiner: Internal
Grading: Pass/Fail, 7-point grading scale
Offered in: Odense
Offered in: Spring
Level: Bachelor
STADS ID (UVA): N500053101
ECTS value: 5
Date of Approval: 06-11-2023
Duration: 1 semester
Version: Approved - active
Entry requirements
The course cannot be chosen by students who have passed FT500 Mechanics and thermodynamics (10 ECTS).
Academic preconditions
Students taking the course are expected to:
- Have basic knowledge of vectors and calculus.
- Be able to use the fundamental laws of arithmetic on abstract symbols (do calculations using letters rather than numbers)
Course introduction
The aim of the course is to enable the student to do calculations and make predictions in classical mechanics and electromagnetism, which prepares the students for their future courses and gives them essential practice with the mathematical tools they will use in the future.
The course builds on the knowledge acquired in high school and forms the foundation for their future studies in chemistry.
In relation to the competence profile of the degree it is the explicit focus of the course to:
- provide the necessary, theoretical basic knowledge for later courses and more advanced techniques, including physical chemistry.
Expected learning outcome
The learning objective of the course is that the student demonstrates the ability to:
- Perform simple mathematical derivations.
- Identify the most relevant components of a physical system.
- Describe a physical system with a mathematical model.
- Apply Newton’s laws to predict the future behaviour of a physical system on the basis of a mathematical model.
- Compute the electric and magnetic fields from simple charge distributions and currents.
- Analyse the motion of charged particles in electric and magnetic fields.
Content
The following main topics are contained in the course:
- Physical quantities and units.
- Motion and kinematics.
- Newton’s laws, forces and momentum.
- Mechanical energy, work and power.
- The motion of rigid bodies and rotation.
- Basic electromagnetism.
Literature
Eric Mazur: Principles and Practice of Physics, Pearson, 2015.
See itslearning for syllabus lists and additional literature references.
See itslearning for syllabus lists and additional literature references.
Examination regulations
Exam element a)
Timing
Spring
Tests
Mandatory assignments
EKA
N500053112
Assessment
Second examiner: None
Grading
Pass/Fail
Identification
Full name and SDU username
Language
Normally, the same as teaching language
Examination aids
To be announced during the course
ECTS value
1
Exam element b)
Timing
Spring
Tests
Written online exam
EKA
N500053102
Assessment
Second examiner: Internal
Grading
7-point grading scale
Identification
Full name and SDU username
Language
Normally, the same as teaching language
Duration
4 hours
Examination aids
All common aids are allowed e.g. books, notes, computer programmes which do not use internet etc.
Internet is not allowed during the exam. However, you may visit the course site in itslearning to open system "DE-Digital Exam". If you wish to use course materials from itslearning, you must download the materials to your computer the day before the exam. During the exam you cannot be sure that all course materials is accessible in itslearning. The online version of the textbook will also be allowed via the Academic books/VitalSource Bookshelf.
ECTS value
4
Additional information
The exam takes place over Zoom with Exam Monitor.
With 12 or fewer students the reexam will be an oral exam with internal second examiner.
The oral exam will be without preparation and will be 15 minutes excl. voting.
With 12 or fewer students the reexam will be an oral exam with internal second examiner.
The oral exam will be without preparation and will be 15 minutes excl. voting.
Indicative number of lessons
Teaching Method
At the faculty of science, teaching is organized after the three-phase model ie. intro, training and study phase.
These teaching activities are reflected in an estimated allocation of the workload of an average student as follows:
These teaching activities are reflected in an estimated allocation of the workload of an average student as follows:
- Intro phase (lectures, class lessons) - 20 hours
- Training phase: 26 hours, including 26 hours of tutorials
The intro phase consists primarily of lectures with a focus on involving the students through questions and discussions.
In the training phase, the students will solve and review problems based on the theory introduced in the intro phase.
Activities during the study phase:
In the study phase it is expected that the students work independently with the material including examples and problems in the book and to study the study phase notes that will be distributed. It is also expected that the students will study the take-home problems that are all important elements of the study phase.
The students can expect to receive feedback from an instructor. Finally it is expected that the students will spend part of the time to catch up and refresh their minds on the problems they have solved in the skills training phase.
Teacher responsible
Timetable
Administrative Unit
Team at Educational Law & Registration
Offered in
Recommended course of study
Transition rules
Transitional arrangements describe how a course replaces another course when changes are made to the course of study.
If a transitional arrangement has been made for a course, it will be stated in the list.
See transitional arrangements for all courses at the Faculty of Science.