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Course code: NWSS10011o10
Semester: 2010/2011 winter
Name: Physics
Major: Commodity Science
Study Type: first cycle
Course type: compulsory
Study Semester: 1
ECTS points: 3
Hours (Lectures / Tutorials / Other): 30 / 45 / 0
Lecturer: dr Andrzej Fogt
Language of instruction: Polish


Learning outcomes: Students know the basic methodology of physical measurements and description of relations between physical values, know basic lows and principles of all branches of physics, and examples of their applying in industry and everyday live, are familiar with basics of the mathematical analysis of physical phenomena (including variable quantities with differential and integral calculus), know mechanical, thermal, electrical, magnetic and optical parameters of materials, are acquainted with selected physical measuring methods.

Competences: Students can measure the mechanic, thermodynamic and electric values, can connect simple circuits according to scheme and understand the principles of their operation, Students are able to apply the physical lows they know for solving simple practical problems, are able to analyze physical/natural phenomena referring to all branches of physics. Students present graphically and analytically the results of measurements and relationships between physical values, understand description of dynamic values with the use of differential and integral calculus (without complex calculations) and is able to select materials with desirable physical properties.

Prerequisites: knowledge of basic mathematics and physics at the secondary school level

Course content: An introduction to the mathematical methods in physics ( ideas of differential and integral calculus, rules of drawing the plots); selected problems of kinematics, principles of Newton dynamics and their application to analysis of simple systems, statics and dynamics of fluids; equilibrium thermodynamics, essentials of statistical thermodynamics; description of phenomena at interphases, selected problems of electricity and magnetism, electrical and magnetic properties of matter, electrical measurements and electrical methods for examining materials; elementary description of electromagnetic waves; laws of optics, optical instruments and optical methods for examining materials; current methods for testing of media: spectroscopy, fluorimetry, electron and tunnel microscopy, isotopic tracer methods.

Recommended literature: 1. Fizyka - krótki kurs, Bobrowski Cz., WNT, Warszawa 2003 lub wyd. późniejsze; 2. Elementy fizyki, biofizyki i agrofizyki, Przestalski S., Wyd. UW, Wrocław 2001; 3. Laboratorium fizyki, biofizyki i agrofizyki, Kleszczyńska H., Kilian M., Kuczera J. (red.), Wyd. UP, Wrocław 2008; 4. Otwarte Zasoby edukacyjne AGH w Krakowie, bookmark fizyka: http://open.agh.edu.pl/course/index.php; 5. Fizyka dla przyrodników, Kane J. W., Sternheim M. M., t. 1 - 3, PWN, Warszawa 1988.

Assessment methods: Credits on the basis of tests (at least 3) and written reports on measurements done. Written and oral exam.

Comment: The subject will be carry out in 1 and 2nd semester in assesment: semester 1 - lectures 15 h, exercises 30 h, 3 ECTS; semester 2 - lectures 15 h, exercises 15 h, 5 ECTS. Exam after 2nd semester