Información del Plan Docente

4.1. Methodological overview

The methodology followed in this course is oriented towards the achievement of the learning objectives. A wide range of teaching and learning tasks are implemented, such as lectures, problem-solving sessions, laboratory sessions and tutorials.

4.2. Learning tasks

This course is organized as follows:

• Lectures. The professor will present the essential aspects of the course, including the resolution of numerous practical cases.
• Problem-solving sessions. The students solve the proposed problems with several teachers in the classroom. Also, some problems will be proposed to the students who will present the solution to the professor in tutoring sessions, either in small groups or individually.
• Tutorials.
• Laboratory sessions. Experiments sessions and preparation of the corresponding reports.

4.3. Syllabus

This course will address the following topics:

• Topic 1. Kinematics.
• Topic 2. Dynamics of a particle. Newton's laws. Work and mechanical energy.
• Topic 3. Dynamics of systems of particles. Conservation laws. Collisions.
• Topic 4. Dynamics of rigid bodies.
• Topic 5. Mechanics of deformable solids and fluids.
• Topic 6. Gravitational interactions. Orbits.
• Topic 7. Electrostatics.
• Topic 8. Stationary electrical currents.
• Topic 9. Magnetostatics.
• Topic 10. Time-dependent electromagnetic fields.
• Topic 11. Waves.
• Topic 12. Introduction to the theory of relativity.

4.4. Course planning and calendar

Calendar of classroom sessions:

• The course has 4 face-to-face sessions one hour each per week.
• At least one weekly session will be dedicated to problem solving, with several lecturers in attendance, that will guide the students in the solution of the problems.
• The laboratory sessions will be programmed during the academic year.

Further information concerning the timetable, classroom, office hours, assessment dates and other details regarding this course will be provided on the first day of class or please refer to the Faculty of Sciences website and Moodle.

4.5. Bibliography and recommended resources

1. Sears & Zemansky's University Physics, Vol. 1 and 2, Addison-Wesley.
2. Tipler, P..A, Mosca, G., Physics for Scientists and Engineers, Vol. 1 and 2, W. H. Freeman.
3. Alonso, M., Finn, E., Physics, Addison-Wesley.
4. French, A. P., Newtonian Mechanics, W. W. Norton & Company.
5. Crawford, F. S. Jr., Waves, McGraw-Hill.
6. Kittel, C., Knight, W. D., Mechanics, McGraw-Hill.
7. Purcell, E. M., Electricity and Magnetism, McGraw-Hill.