Physics 1

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Status of the course

Course objectives

- Introducing students to the knowledge and principles of physics in the field of mechanics
- Forming the proper view towards the interpretation of physics phenomena and their application
- Developing the level of cognitive processing required for further studies

Course enrolment requirements and entry competences required for the course

Enrolled in or passed the course Exercises in Physics I

Learning outcomes expected at the level of the course (4 to 10 learning outcomes)

After the course, the student is expected to have mastered:
- Physical quantities, units and dimensional analysis;
- The characteristics of the exact approach to phenomena in both micro and macro world;
- The principles of the classic general mechanics;
- The basic principles of the special mechanics (mechanics of oscillations, waves and fluids);
- The use of calculus in mechanics contents;
- The application of the laws of mechanics in concrete physics examples;
- The application of the obtained knowledge in solving problem tasks;
- The application of the knowledge in professional situations.

Course content broken down in detail by weekly class schedule (syllabus)

1st week: Space, time, matter. Physical quantities, Laws of Physics. Plane and space geometry, using of vector algebra, differential and integral calculus.
Seminar: Solving the numerical examples pertaining to the theoretical content addressed during the course.
2nd week: Kinematics of particles
Seminar: Solving the numerical examples pertaining to the theoretical content addressed during the course
3rd week: Particles dynamics
Seminar: Solving the numerical examples pertaining to the theoretical content addressed during the course
4th week: Work and energy
Seminar: Solving the numerical examples pertaining to the theoretical content addressed during the course
5th week: Conservative and nonconservative forces
Partial assessment (1st preliminary test) ) related to seminars and theory addressed during the course
Seminar: Solving the numerical examples pertaining to the theoretical content addressed during the course
6th week: Conservation of energy law
Seminar: Solving the numerical examples pertaining to the theoretical content addressed during the course
7th week: Systems of particles.
Seminar: Solving the numerical examples pertaining to the theoretical content addressed during the course
8th week: Collisions; Conservation laws
Seminar: Solving the numerical examples pertaining to the theoretical content addressed during the course
9th week: Rigid body mechanics. Conservation laws. Restrictions of rigid body approximations and the theory of elasticity.
Seminar: Solving the numerical examples pertaining to the theoretical content addressed during the course.
10th Equilibrium. Restrictions of rigid body approximations and the theory of elasticity.
Seminar: Solving the numerical examples pertaining to the theoretical content addressed during the course
Partial assessment (2nd preliminary test) ) related to seminars and theory addressed during the course
11th week: Oscillations and waves
Seminar: Solving the numerical examples pertaining to the theoretical content addressed during the course
12th week: Many particle physics: gasses, liquids and solids. Internal energy, heat and heat disorder. Transport phenomena. Phase transition phenomena.
Seminar: Solving the numerical examples pertaining to the theoretical content addressed during the course
13th week: Fluid mechanics: statics
Seminar: Solving the numerical examples pertaining to the theoretical content addressed during the course
14th week: Fluid mechanics: dynamics
Seminar: Solving the numerical examples pertaining to the theoretical content addressed during the course
15th week: Elastic waves. Sound.
Seminar: Solving the numerical examples pertaining to the theoretical content addressed during the course.
Partial assessment (3rd preliminary test ) related to seminars and theory addressed during the course

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Student responsibilities

Optional literature (at the time of submission of study programme proposal)

D. Halliday, R. Resnick, J. Walker, Fundamentals of Physics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1993;
Janko Herak, Osnove kemijske fizike, Farmaceutsko-biokemijski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, 2001.
V. Lopac, P. Kulišić, M. Pavičić, Zbirka zadataka iz fizike, FGZ Zagreb, 1983.

Quality assurance methods that ensure the acquisition of exit competences

Quality assurance will be performed at three levels:
(1) University Level; (2) Faculty Level by Quality Control Committee; (3) Lecturer’s Level.

Other (as the proposer wishes to add)