Introduction to the Area of Specialisation
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Course code
MLR6002.LT
old course code
MLR6002
Course title in Estonian
Sissejuhatus erialasse
Course title in English
Introduction to the Area of Specialisation
ECTS credits
3.0
Assessment form
graded assessment
lecturer of 2024/2025 Autumn semester
Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.
lecturer of 2024/2025 Spring semester
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Course aims
To introduce the student to the notion of physical research and the methodological principles of experimental and theoretical physics. To explore connections between physics as science and physics as a subject of study and connections between physics and other natural sciences. To search and systematise information, using the language and logic of physics.
Brief description of the course
During the course an overview of the methodological basics of experimental and theoretical physics will be given. The place of physics in the system of knowledge will be discussed. An overview of the history of physics as science and physics as a subject of study will be given. Lectures will interchange with seminars in the computer laboratory where various physical phenomena will be investigated using computer simulations, and methods for using the Internet as a source of knowledge will be studied.
Learning outcomes in the course
Upon completing the course the student:
Loengutes diskussioonid, referaatide ettekanded. Seminarides ja praktikumides iseseisev töö ning rühmatöö simulatsioonide uurimisel ja etteantud probleemidele lahenduste otsimine. Iseseisva tööna valitud teemadel referaatide koostamine.
Teacher
vanemteadur Tõnu Laas
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