Degree | Type | Year | Semester |
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2504235 Science, Technology and Humanities | FB | 1 | 1 |
There are no previous requirements.
The general objective of the subject is to provide students with knowledge about the laws of the universe. It will be shown that all the processes in the universe respond to four fundamental laws. A description will be given of the components of the universe and the laws that govern their behavior. In particular, emphasis will be placed on concepts of gravitation, electromagnetism, optics, and thermodynamics, relating them to the main discoveries in each of the fields.
1. A universe to understand.
2. Movement.
3. Mechanics.
4. Electromagnetism.
5. Waves. Light and sound.
6. Energy. Type, conservation, and transformation.
7. The atom and nuclear physics.
8. Beyond classical physics.
The methodology of the course will consist of theory and problem classes, which will be held in the classroom, and individual student work. Problem classes will be in flexible formats and adaptable to the characteristics of each topic.
Annotation: Within the schedule set by the centre or degree programme, 15 minutes of one class will be reserved for students to evaluate their lecturers and their courses or modules through questionnaires.
Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Type: Directed | |||
Practical lectures | 16.5 | 0.66 | 1, 2, 3 |
Theory classes | 33 | 1.32 | 1, 4, 6, 7 |
Type: Supervised | |||
Essays supervision | 4.25 | 0.17 | 1, 2, 4, 6, 7 |
Type: Autonomous | |||
Student studying time | 85.75 | 3.43 | 1, 2, 4, 6, 3 |
Tests of short duration, made in the class schedule (4 points).
Delivery of problems and / or short essays (2 points).
Written exam at the end of the semester (4 points).
There will be a resit exam with a maximum of 10 points.
In the event of a student committing any irregularity that may lead to a significant variation in the grade awarded to an assessment activity, the student will be given a zero for this activity, regardless of any disciplinary process that may take place. In the event of several irregularities in assessment activities of the same subject, the student will be given a zero as the final grade for this subject.
Title | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Delivery of problems and/or brief essays | 20% | 6 | 0.24 | 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 3 |
Exam | 40% | 1.5 | 0.06 | 2, 4, 6, 5, 7 |
Tests of short duration, in the class schedule | 40% | 3 | 0.12 | 1, 4, 6, 7, 3 |
Detailed bibliography will be provided throughout the course, and will include selected research and / or dissemination articles. Some works that will be used for the course contents are:
Paul A. Tipler, Gene Mosca. Fïsica para la ciencia y la tecnología. Barcelona: Reverté, 2010.
J. Trefil, R. M. Hazen. Physics Matters: An Introduction to Conceptual Physics. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 2004.
R. H March. Physics for Poets. New York: McGraw Hill, 1978.
E. Hecht. Physics in Perspective. Boston: Addison-Wesley, 1980.
E. Segrè. From Falling Bodies to Radio Waves: Classical Physicists and Their Discoveries. New York: Freeman, 1984.
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