Course Description REA1011 - Physics (2003/2004)

Level	Undergraduate
ECTS Credits	10
Duration	1 semester (Spring)
Language	Norwegian
Prerequisite(s)
Aim	The students are expected to become familiar with the physics of electricity, magnetism, oscillations and waves, at the conceptual and problem-solving level.
Content	Review - vectors; complex exponential functions; Newton's 2nd law Electricity - Coulomb's, Gauss', Ohm's and Kirchhoff's laws; electric fields and potentials Magnetism - Magnetic flux and fields; Lorentz force; Biot-Savart's, Ampere's, Lenz' and Faraday's laws; Ferromagnetism Waves and oscillations - free, damped and forced oscillations, propagating and standing waves Differential equations - first and second order; wave equation
Study Methods	Lectures, Laboratory Work, Arithmetic exercises
Assessment	Written Exam, 5 hours (counts 60%) Assignment(s) (counts 40%)
Grading System	Alphabetical Scale, A (best) - F (fail)
Course Requirements	Laboratory Exercises Lab-reports must be approved before the student is admitted to the final exam
Supplementary Information