Physics Preparatory C
7.5 PECThe course includes the following:
- Harmonic oscillation, resonance, mechanical waves, acoustics.
- Light, reflection, refraction, interference and diffraction, polarisation.
- Einstein's postulate, time dilation, and relativistic energy.
- Accounts of the structure of atoms, relations between energy levels and atomic spectra, and knowledge about the photon concept.
- The structure of the atom and the nucleus of the atom.
- Absorption and emission of electromagnetic radiation, energy quantisation.
- Wave particle duality.
- Nuclear reactions, ionised radiation, and calculation of radiation dose.
- Laboratory work related to the above.
Instruction is in the form of lectures, exercises, and laboratory sessions.
- Harmonic oscillation, resonance, mechanical waves, acoustics.
- Light, reflection, refraction, interference and diffraction, polarisation.
- Einstein's postulate, time dilation, and relativistic energy.
- Accounts of the structure of atoms, relations between energy levels and atomic spectra, and knowledge about the photon concept.
- The structure of the atom and the nucleus of the atom.
- Absorption and emission of electromagnetic radiation, energy quantisation.
- Wave particle duality.
- Nuclear reactions, ionised radiation, and calculation of radiation dose.
- Laboratory work related to the above.
Instruction is in the form of lectures, exercises, and laboratory sessions.
Education level:
Preparatory level
Admission requirements
General entry requirements and upper secondary level Physics 1 or previous enrollment in Physics Preparatory B (7.5 ECTS credits), and upper secondary level Mathematics 3 or previous enrollment in Mathematics Preparatory B (7.5 ECTS credits), or equivalent
Selection:
Selection is usually based on your grade point average from upper secondary school or the number of credit points from previous university studies, or both.
This course is included in the following programme
- Preparatory year (Technical and Natural Science Subjects) (studied during year 1)