Basic engineering physics and chemistry (5 cr)

Objective

You are able to systematically use the concepts of mechanics to solve physical and technical problems both theoretically and experimentally.

You master the basic concepts and calculations of chemistry and are able to apply your skills to your professional studies and requirements of working life.

Content

What are the key phenomena, quantities, units, definitions and laws of nature in mechanics? How can you use them to solve problems related to physics and technical engineering? How can you measure physical quantities, study the laws of nature and report the measurements?

What are the basic chemical quantities, units, definitions and natural laws? How is matter constructed? What happens when a chemical reaction occurs? What is the difference between inorganic and organic compounds? How are the chemical compounds divided into groups and how are they named? What are the properties of chemical substances?

Course material

On Learn platform

Study forms and methods

Scheduled track:
You will attend teaching and guidance sessions as specified in the weekly schedule.
Your study routine is determined by the scheduled group sessions and by the self-study assignments.

Independent track:
You can speed up your studies by, for example, choosing independent modes of completing assignments, e.g. online, or by selecting courses from the schedule of another group.
Independent learning assignments require more self-study of the subject field compared with the learning route that is based on a working week.

Timing of exams and assignments

Two resits allowed

Student workload

135 h, of which about 20 hours are lectures in a classroom and exams. Ten hours are measurements in laboratory. Homeworks, exam preparations and report writing takes the rest of the time.
Chemistry part is about 20 hours lectures in a classroom and exams.

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment methods and criteria

Participating to the course work, homework assignments and hands on excercises on campus.

Assessment criteria, good (3-4)

a. osaat käyttää johdonmukaisesti ammattikäsitteitä
c. osaat hahmottaa tehtäväkokonaisuuksia
e. osaat käyttää keskeisiä oman alan malleja, menetelmiä, ohjelmistoja ja tekniikoita