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10016 Basic Physics
Danish title: Grundlæggende fysik
Language: Danish Credit points: 5
Type: Open University
Language: Danish

Previous course: C1516
No credit points with: C1518/C1516/10002/10010/10032
Recommended semester: 1st - 4th semester
Scope and form: 2 modules with classroom lectures and 2 hours of problem solving per week
Examination: Written exam (13-scale)
Remarks: For some of the students, the course is part of the Preliminary Course.
Contact person: Preben Østergaard Sørensen, Building 309

Department: Department of Physics
Aim: The course is specially designed for students without A-level physics from the high school. It provides an introduction to elementary notions of mechanics with emphasis on modelling by simple applications of vector analysis and calculus.
Contents: Kinematic notions. Newton's laws. Work and energy. Angular momentum and motion of rigid bodies.