Physics 2

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Course teacher

Associate teachers

Status of the course

Course objectives

- Introducing students to the knowledge and principles of physics in the fields of electromagnetism, optics and elementary quantum physics
- 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 Pysics II

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

After the course, the student is expected to have mastered
- The principles of electromagnetism and electromagnetic radiation
- The principles of geometrical and physical optics
- The basic principles of quantum physics
- The application of the obtained knowledge in concrete physics examples
- The application of the obtained knowledge in solving professional problem tasks
- Recognition of the application of the knowledge of physics in everyday situations

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

1st week: Electric charges, electrostatic force and electrostatic field. Vector field flux and Gauss’s law. Application of Gauss law. (3 hours)
Seminar: Solving the numerical examples pertaining to the theoretical content addressed during the course. (1 hour)
2nd week: Electric potential and potential difference. Moving and storing electric charges, electric circuits. (3 hours)
Seminar: Solving the numerical examples pertaining to the theoretical content addressed during the course (1 hour)
3rd week: Charges in motion and their interactions, electric current. (3 hours)
Seminar: Solving the numerical examples pertaining to the theoretical content addressed during the course (1 hour)
4th week: Magnetic field. Gauss law. Ampere’s law. (3 hours)
Seminar: Solving the numerical examples pertaining to the theoretical content addressed during the course (1 hour)
5th week: Time depending electric and magnetic fields. Faraday’s law. Inductivity. Induction generators. (3 hours)
Seminar: Solving the numerical examples pertaining to the theoretical content addressed during the course (1 hour)
Partial assessment (1st preliminary test) related to seminars and theory addressed during the course.
6th week: Vector field circulation. Applications. (3 hours)
Seminar: Solving the numerical examples pertaining to the theoretical content addressed during the course (1 hour)
7th week: Maxwell equations. (3 hours)
Seminar: Solving the numerical examples pertaining to the theoretical content addressed during the course (1 hour)
8th: week: Alternating currents. Electromagnetic oscillating circuit and radiation. (3 hours)
Seminar: Solving the numerical examples pertaining to the theoretical content addressed during the course (1 hour)
9th week: Energy of electric and magnetic fields. Electromagnetic waves and nature of light. (3 hours)
Seminar: Solving the numerical examples pertaining to the theoretical content addressed during the course (1 hour)
10th week: Electric and magnetic field in matter. (3 hours)
Seminar: Solving the numerical examples pertaining to the theoretical content addressed during the course (1 hour)
Partial assessment (2nd preliminary test) related to seminars and theory addressed during the course.
11th week: Physical optics (3 hours)
Seminar: Solving the numerical examples pertaining to the theoretical content addressed during the course (1 hour)
12th week: Geometric optics. (3 hours)
Seminar: Solving the numerical examples pertaining to the theoretical content addressed during the course (1 hour)
13th week: Optical systems and instruments. Eye physics. (3 hours)
Seminar: Solving the numerical examples pertaining to the theoretical content addressed during the course (1 hour)
14th week: Wave properties of matter. Concepts of quantum physics (3 hours)
Seminar: Solving the numerical examples pertaining to the theoretical content addressed during the course (1 hour)
15th week: Concepts of quantum physics - applications. (3 hours)
Seminar: Solving the numerical examples pertaining to the theoretical content addressed during the course (1 hour)
Partial assessment (3rd preliminary test ) related to seminars and theory addressed during the course

Format of instruction:

Student responsibilities

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

D. Halliday, R. Resnick, Fundamentals of Physics, John Wiley, New York 2003.
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)