Duration
25h Th, 15h Pr
Number of credits
| Bachelor in geology | 4 crédits |
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
The course is an introduction to optics and thermodynamics.
Optics :
- Light: nature, production, detection
- Propagation in matter
- Geometric optics
- Wave optics
- Quantum optics
- Temperature, thermal expansion
- Ideal gas law, kinetic theory
- Heat, work and the first law of thermodynamics
- Cycles and heat engines
- Heat transfer
- Phase changes
- Entropy and the second law
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
See french version
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Physics course of first year.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Face-to-face course with active participation of the students and independent practical works.
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)
Optics: face-to-face with active participation of the students (15h) and practical works (9h).
Thermodnamics: face-to-face (10h) and practical works (6h).
Recommended or required readings
"Optique: première approche" by A. SERET, Presses Universitaires de Liège (2015). A pdf file with short solutions to the exercices proposed in this book is also downloadable via eCampus.
"Physique thermique: première approche" by A. SERET, Presses Universitaires de Liège (2016).
Assessment methods and criteria
The exam is divided in two parts: an oral test covering theory and a written and oral test for the exercices and practical parts.
Theory accounts for 60 % of the final mark, and exercice and practice for 40 %.
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
The secretary of the Department of geology is in charge of the schedule.
The Faculty of sciences is in charge of the schedule of the exams. No change is possible.
Contacts
Alain SERET - Phone: +32-4-3663705 - E-mail: aseret@uliege.be
Université de Liège - Institute of Physics B5a
Quartier Agora - Allée du Six Aout 19 - Sart Tilman - 4000 Liège - BELGIUM.