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 2023/2024 Spring semester

Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.

lecturer of 2024/2025 Autumn semester

Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.

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

Study programmes containing that course

Physics (with Minor Field of Study) (MLFB/08.LT)