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SH112N Preparatory Refresher Course in Physics 7.5 credits

Förberedande kurs i fysik

  • Educational level

    First cycle

  • Academic level (A-D)

    A

  • Subject area

    Physics
    Techonology

  • Grade scale

    P, F

Course offerings

Autumn 13 Vecka 36-45 for single courses students

  • Periods

    Autumn 13 P1 (6.0 credits), P2 (1.5 credits)

  • Application code

    10050

  • Start date

    02/09/2013

  • End date

    2013 week: 45

  • Language of instruction

    Swedish

  • Campus

    -

  • Number of lectures

  • Number of exercises

  • Tutoring time

    Daytime

  • Form of study

    IT based distance

  • Number of places *

    5 - 999

    *) The Course date may be cancelled if number of admitted are less than minimum of places. If there are more applicants than number of places selection will be made.

Autumn 13 Vecka 40-49 for single courses students

  • Periods

    Autumn 13 P1 (1.5 credits), P2 (6.0 credits)

  • Application code

    10051

  • Start date

    30/09/2013

  • End date

    2013 week: 49

  • Language of instruction

    Swedish

  • Campus

    -

  • Number of lectures

  • Number of exercises

  • Tutoring time

    Daytime

  • Form of study

    IT based distance

  • Number of places *

    5 - 999

    *) The Course date may be cancelled if number of admitted are less than minimum of places. If there are more applicants than number of places selection will be made.

Autumn 13 Vecka 45-52 for single courses students - To application

  • Periods

    Autumn 13 P2 (7.5 credits)

  • Application code

    10052

  • Start date

    04/11/2013

  • End date

    2013 week: 52

  • Language of instruction

    Swedish

  • Campus

    -

  • Number of lectures

  • Number of exercises

  • Tutoring time

    Daytime

  • Form of study

    IT based distance

  • Number of places *

    5 - 999

    *) The Course date may be cancelled if number of admitted are less than minimum of places. If there are more applicants than number of places selection will be made.

  • Application

    Apply for this course at antagning.se through this application link.
    Please note that you need to log in at antagning.se to finalize your application.

Autumn 13 Vecka 49-08 for single courses students - To application

  • Periods

    Autumn 13 P2 (2.5 credits)

    Spring 14 P3 (5.0 credits)

  • Application code

    10053

  • Start date

    02/12/2013

  • End date

    2014 week: 8

  • Language of instruction

    Swedish

  • Campus

    -

  • Number of lectures

  • Number of exercises

  • Tutoring time

    Daytime

  • Form of study

    IT based distance

  • Number of places *

    5 - 999

    *) The Course date may be cancelled if number of admitted are less than minimum of places. If there are more applicants than number of places selection will be made.

  • Application

    Apply for this course at antagning.se through this application link.
    Please note that you need to log in at antagning.se to finalize your application.

Autumn 13 Vecka 31-42 for single courses students

  • Periods

    Autumn 13 P0 (2.0 credits), P1 (5.5 credits)

  • Application code

    40030

  • Start date

    29/07/2013

  • End date

    2013 week: 42

  • Language of instruction

    Swedish

  • Campus

    -

  • Number of lectures

  • Number of exercises

  • Tutoring time

    Daytime

  • Form of study

    IT based distance

  • Number of places *

    5 - 999

    *) The Course date may be cancelled if number of admitted are less than minimum of places. If there are more applicants than number of places selection will be made.

Spring 14 Vecka 04-16 for single courses students - To application

  • Periods

    Spring 14 P3 (5.0 credits), P4 (2.5 credits)

  • Application code

    20026

  • Start date

    20/01/2014

  • End date

    2014 week: 16

  • Language of instruction

    Swedish

  • Campus

    -

  • Number of lectures

  • Number of exercises

  • Tutoring time

    Daytime

  • Form of study

    IT based distance

  • Number of places *

    5 - 999

    *) The Course date may be cancelled if number of admitted are less than minimum of places. If there are more applicants than number of places selection will be made.

  • Application

    Apply for this course at antagning.se through this application link.
    Please note that you need to log in at antagning.se to finalize your application.

Spring 14 Vecka 07-19 for single courses students - To application

  • Periods

    Spring 14 P3 (2.5 credits), P4 (5.0 credits)

  • Application code

    20027

  • Start date

    10/02/2014

  • End date

    2014 week: 19

  • Language of instruction

    Swedish

  • Campus

    -

  • Number of lectures

  • Number of exercises

  • Tutoring time

    Daytime

  • Form of study

    IT based distance

  • Number of places *

    5 - 999

    *) The Course date may be cancelled if number of admitted are less than minimum of places. If there are more applicants than number of places selection will be made.

  • Application

    Apply for this course at antagning.se through this application link.
    Please note that you need to log in at antagning.se to finalize your application.

Spring 14 Vecka 12-25 for single courses students - To application

  • Periods

    Spring 14 P4 (5.0 credits), P5 (2.5 credits)

  • Application code

    20028

  • Start date

    17/03/2014

  • End date

    2014 week: 25

  • Language of instruction

    Swedish

  • Campus

    -

  • Number of lectures

  • Number of exercises

  • Tutoring time

    Daytime

  • Form of study

    IT based distance

  • Number of places *

    5 - 999

    *) The Course date may be cancelled if number of admitted are less than minimum of places. If there are more applicants than number of places selection will be made.

  • Application

    Apply for this course at antagning.se through this application link.
    Please note that you need to log in at antagning.se to finalize your application.

Spring 14 Vecka 16-30 for single courses students - To application

  • Periods

    Spring 14 P4 (3.0 credits), P5 (4.5 credits)

  • Application code

    20029

  • Start date

    14/04/2014

  • End date

    2014 week: 30

  • Language of instruction

    Swedish

  • Campus

    -

  • Number of lectures

  • Number of exercises

  • Tutoring time

    Daytime

  • Form of study

    IT based distance

  • Number of places *

    5 - 999

    *) The Course date may be cancelled if number of admitted are less than minimum of places. If there are more applicants than number of places selection will be made.

  • Application

    Apply for this course at antagning.se through this application link.
    Please note that you need to log in at antagning.se to finalize your application.

Spring 14 Vecka 20-34 for single courses students - To application

  • Periods

    Spring 14 P4 (2.5 credits), P5 (5.0 credits)

  • Application code

    20030

  • Start date

    12/05/2014

  • End date

    2014 week: 34

  • Language of instruction

    Swedish

  • Campus

    -

  • Number of lectures

  • Number of exercises

  • Tutoring time

    Daytime

  • Form of study

    IT based distance

  • Number of places *

    5 - 999

    *) The Course date may be cancelled if number of admitted are less than minimum of places. If there are more applicants than number of places selection will be made.

  • Application

    Apply for this course at antagning.se through this application link.
    Please note that you need to log in at antagning.se to finalize your application.

Spring 13 Vecka 03-15 for single courses students

  • Periods

    Spring 13 P3 (5.0 credits), P4 (2.5 credits)

  • Application code

    20052

  • Start date

    14/01/2013

  • End date

    2013 week: 15

  • Language of instruction

    Swedish

  • Campus

    -

  • Number of lectures

  • Number of exercises

  • Tutoring time

    Daytime

  • Form of study

    IT based distance

  • Number of places *

    5 - 999

    *) The Course date may be cancelled if number of admitted are less than minimum of places. If there are more applicants than number of places selection will be made.

Spring 13 Vecka 07-19 for single courses students

  • Periods

    Spring 13 P3 (2.5 credits), P4 (5.0 credits)

  • Application code

    20053

  • Start date

    11/02/2013

  • End date

    2013 week: 19

  • Language of instruction

    Swedish

  • Campus

    -

  • Number of lectures

  • Number of exercises

  • Tutoring time

    Daytime

  • Form of study

    IT based distance

  • Number of places *

    5 - 999

    *) The Course date may be cancelled if number of admitted are less than minimum of places. If there are more applicants than number of places selection will be made.

Spring 13 Vecka 12-25 for single courses students

  • Periods

    Spring 13 P4 (5.0 credits), P5 (2.5 credits)

  • Application code

    20054

  • Start date

    18/03/2013

  • End date

    2013 week: 25

  • Language of instruction

    Swedish

  • Campus

    -

  • Number of lectures

  • Number of exercises

  • Tutoring time

    Daytime

  • Form of study

    IT based distance

  • Number of places *

    5 - 999

    *) The Course date may be cancelled if number of admitted are less than minimum of places. If there are more applicants than number of places selection will be made.

Spring 13 Vecka 16-30 for single courses students

  • Periods

    Spring 13 P4 (3.0 credits), P5 (4.5 credits)

  • Application code

    20055

  • Start date

    15/04/2013

  • End date

    2013 week: 30

  • Language of instruction

    Swedish

  • Campus

    -

  • Number of lectures

  • Number of exercises

  • Tutoring time

    Daytime

  • Form of study

    IT based distance

  • Number of places *

    5 - 999

    *) The Course date may be cancelled if number of admitted are less than minimum of places. If there are more applicants than number of places selection will be made.

Spring 13 Vecka 20-34 for single courses students

  • Periods

    Spring 13 P4 (2.5 credits), P5 (5.0 credits)

  • Application code

    20056

  • Start date

    13/05/2013

  • End date

    2013 week: 34

  • Language of instruction

    Swedish

  • Campus

    -

  • Number of lectures

  • Number of exercises

  • Tutoring time

    Daytime

  • Form of study

    IT based distance

  • Number of places *

    5 - 999

    *) The Course date may be cancelled if number of admitted are less than minimum of places. If there are more applicants than number of places selection will be made.

Spring 13 Vecka 25-35 for single courses students

  • Periods

    Spring 13 P5 (7.5 credits)

  • Application code

    40017

  • Start date

    17/06/2013

  • End date

    2013 week: 35

  • Language of instruction

    Swedish

  • Campus

    -

  • Number of lectures

  • Number of exercises

  • Tutoring time

    Daytime

  • Form of study

    IT based distance

  • Number of places *

    5 - 999

    *) The Course date may be cancelled if number of admitted are less than minimum of places. If there are more applicants than number of places selection will be made.

Spring 13 Vecka 23-35 for single courses students

  • Periods

    Spring 13 P5 (7.5 credits)

  • Application code

    40016

  • Start date

    03/06/2013

  • End date

    2013 week: 35

  • Language of instruction

    Swedish

  • Campus

    -

  • Number of lectures

  • Number of exercises

  • Tutoring time

    Daytime

  • Form of study

    IT based distance

  • Number of places *

    5 - 999

    *) The Course date may be cancelled if number of admitted are less than minimum of places. If there are more applicants than number of places selection will be made.

Spring 13 Vecka 26-35 for single courses students

  • Periods

    Spring 13 P5 (7.5 credits)

  • Application code

    40018

  • Start date

    24/06/2013

  • End date

    2013 week: 35

  • Language of instruction

    Swedish

  • Campus

    -

  • Number of lectures

  • Number of exercises

  • Tutoring time

    Daytime

  • Form of study

    IT based distance

  • Number of places *

    5 - 999

    *) The Course date may be cancelled if number of admitted are less than minimum of places. If there are more applicants than number of places selection will be made.

Learning outcomes

Motivate students for higher education

Prepare students for studies in technology/natural science

After completing the course the student should be able to:

  • Explain basic concepts and connections within the areas of mechanics, electricity, magnetism, electromagnetic radiation, heat and modern physics
  • Identify problems and motivate the use of mathematical models. The base being concrete physical problems
  • Identify problems and motivate the use of mathematical models. The starting point is a concrete physical problems
  • Separate reality from theoretical constructions. Understand that the connection between observable occurrences or results and mathematical models are generalized. Be aware of the limitations, idealizations and conditions the connections have.

Course main content

The course includes five parts and one final exam

1. Thermodynamics

  • Heat and temperature
  • Materials shape, phases and their properties, phase transitions
  • The principal clauses of thermodynamics
  • Energy supply
  • Pressure and density
  • Ideal law of gas

2. Statics

  • Introduction to mechanics
  • Elemental vectoralgebra
  • Forces, fundamental reciprocal action, force sum
  • Force moment, force system, resultant
  • Masscentre och force of gravity
  • Equilibrium, friction och hydrostatics

3. Partical Dynamics

  • Scheduled movement
  • Two-dimensional movement
  • Newton’s second law (Force equation)
  • Work and energy for particles and particle systems
  • Amount of movement, impulse and shock
  • Circular- and harmonic oscillation  

4. Electricity and electromagnetism

  • Charges in movement, isolators and conductors
  • Electrical circuits, Ohms law
  • Electrical energy and effect
  • Alternating currents, inductance and capacitance
  • Electromagnetic waves and optics

5 Modern physics

  • Relativity
  • Four different forces
  • Waves and particles
  • The Atom
  • The Atomic nucleus

The course ends with an assignment the students solve in groups.

Eligibility

  • General requirements i.e. completed upper secondary education including documented proficiency in Swedish and English (for courses given in Swedish) or including documented proficiency in English (for courses given in English).
  • Specific requirements: knowledge of Mathematics corresponding to Mathematics D/Mathematics 3c, Physics corresponding to Physics B/Physics 2 and Chemistry corresponding to Chemistry A/Chemistry 1 is required.

Literature

Heureka! Fysik för gymnasieskolan, kurs A och kurs B, Bergström-Johansson-Nilsson-Alphonce-Gunnvald. Bokförlaget Natur och Kultur, 2005. ISBN 91-27-56721-4 respektive ISBN 9127-56722-2. Kursmaterial och hänvisningar till kompletterande kursmaterial finns tillgängligt på kursens hemsida.

Examination

  • MOM1 - Thermodynamics, 1.5 credits, grade scale: P, F
  • MOM2 - Statics, 1.5 credits, grade scale: P, F
  • MOM3 - Particle Dynamics, 1.5 credits, grade scale: P, F
  • MOM4 - Electricity and Electromagnetism, 1.5 credits, grade scale: P, F
  • MOM5 - Modern Physics and Final Exam, 1.5 credits, grade scale: P, F

Requirements for final grade

Basic exams are examined separately for each part of the course. The final exam is handed in jointly by those students who have been grouped together. The examination of the final exam is done via e-mail and Ping Pong- LMS (Learning Management System, bilda.kth.se). All communication is handled via e-mail and Ping Pong.

Offered by

SCI/Undergraduate Physics

Contact

Resurscentrum för nätundervisning (RCN): info@rcn.kth.se, 08-790 60 60

Examiner

Torbjörn Bäck <back@kth.se>

Version

Course plan valid from: Autumn 13.
Examination information valid from: Autumn 10.