2020-2021 / PHYS0985-1

General physics I

Duration

45h Th, 40h Pr

Number of credits

 Bachelor in ancient and modern languages and literatures5 crédits 
 Bachelor in ancient languages and literatures : classics5 crédits 
 Bachelor in information and communication5 crédits 
 Bachelor in modern languages and literatures : German, Dutch and English5 crédits 
 Bachelor in history of art and archaeology : general5 crédits 
 Bachelor in history5 crédits 
 Bachelor in modern languages and literatures : general5 crédits 
 Bachelor in history of art and archaeology : musicology5 crédits 
 Bachelor in ancient languages and literatures : Oriental studies5 crédits 
 Bachelor in philosophy5 crédits 
 Bachelor in French and Romance languages and literatures : general5 crédits 
 Bachelor in biology8 crédits 
 Bachelor in geography : general8 crédits 
 Bachelor in geology8 crédits 

Lecturer

Philippe Ghosez

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the second semester

Schedule

Schedule online

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

The course will include four parts. Part 1 : Generic laws of motion (cinematics, dynamics, statics). Part 2 : Complements of mechanics (laws of conservation, elasticity, vibrations). Part 3 : waves. Part 4 : heat and thermodynamics. Part 5 : mechanics of fluids.  

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

The goal of the course is to learn some new fundamental concepts, related to different Physics fields (mechanics of point , mechanics of solids, mechanics of fluids, thermodynamics) and that are relevant for students in Biology, Geology and Geography. The emphasis is placed on an active knowledge and the resolution of exercices.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

Basics in mathematics and physics at the level of high-school.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

The course will include 45 h. of course (23 x 2h), 28 h. of exercices ( 14 x 2h) and 12 h. of laboratories (4 x 3h). Free tutorials will also be proposed. 

Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)

Green code : everything is organized on-site.

Organisational adjustments related to the current health context

Yellow and orange codes : hybrid teaching on-site and on-line. Red code : all teaching on-line. 

Recommended or required readings

Mandatory support : book Physique of Joseph Kane & Morton Sternheim, 4th edition revised by Philippe Ghosez, Marise Hoebeke and Gabriel Llabrès (Dunod, Paris 2018). ISBN 978-2-10-076175-3.

Assessment methods and criteria

Below you will find information on the evaluation methods planned for in-person and remote exams as well as those planned for hybrid sessions. Depending on how the health crisis evolves, the chosen method will be communicated to you no later than one month before the start of the exam session.

Any session :

- In-person

written exam ( open-ended questions )

- Remote

written exam ( open-ended questions )

- If evaluation in "hybrid"

preferred in-person


Additional information:

The evaluation will include a writing exam on theory, a writing exam on exercices and an exam on laboratories. Depdending of the pandemic situation, the exam will be in person or on line but according to the same scheme.

Work placement(s)

Organizational remarks

Contacts

Pr. Philippe GHOSEZ Institut de Physique B5a (3/11) Tél.: 04/366.36.11 E-mail : Philippe.Ghosez@uliege.be