Fundamentals of Mathematics and Natural SciencesLaajuus (5 cr)

Objective

You can use, reduce and compute different kind of expressions and units of measurement. You can solve basic problems of your professional field with expressions and equations. You can solve fluently the equations between quantities in physics and  change the units of quantities. You can perform basic calculations using vector quantities and determine quantities graphically. You can use the quantity equations of kinematics. You get the basic skills of concepts, calculations and reaction equations of chemistry if you study  environmental engineering or  material technology.

Content

What kind of  operations you can do to  expressions? What are power and roots and how are you calculating with them? How do you use units  and 10th power? How to  form, solve and use the equations of 1st and 2nd grade? How to solve the right-angled triangle using trigonometry? How do you solve the equations between quantities in physics? How can you change the units of quantities? How do you calculate with vector quantities? How can you determine quantities graphically? How can you use the quantity equations of kinematics? What are the basic chemical magnitudes and their units and definitions? How are the chemical equations written and how are they used in chemical calculations?  

Qualifications

No prerequisites.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

a. you can use professional vocabulary systematically c. you can identify interrelated tasks e. you can use the key models, methods, software and techniques of the professional field