Measurements in Physics (5 cr)
Code: 5021212-3005
General information
Enrollment
01.06.2021 - 09.09.2021
Timing
30.08.2021 - 17.12.2021
Number of ECTS credits allocated
5 op
Mode of delivery
Contact teaching
Unit
Engineering and Business
Teaching languages
- Finnish
Degree programmes
Teachers
- Patric Granholm
Teacher in charge
Patric Granholm
Groups
-
MKEMIS20
Objective
After completing the course the student can:
- read optical characteristics
- recognise physical possibilities and limitations
- use measuring equipment
- do suitable measuring arrangement for a problem and complete the measurements
- estimate uncertainty of measurements and determine uncertainty for the results in simple cases
- make and analyse graphical presentations
- keep a laboratory notebook
- report results orally and in writing
- work safely at a laboratory
- work safely with different kinds of radioactive radiation
- handle waste developed in laboratory
Content
- optics
- safety at laboratory work
- physical modeling
- radioactive radiation
- measuring, evaluating errors of measurements, processing and analyzing results
- graphical presentations and reporting
- handling laboratory waste
Materials
Inkinen, Manninen, Tuohi, Momentti 2, Otava
Openstax books https://openstax.org/details/books/university-physics-volume-2 ja https://openstax.org/details/books/university-physics-volume-3
MATLAB
Teaching methods
Lectures, exercises and laboratory work
Exam schedules
13.12.2021 two re-takes
International connections
Active teaching methods, individual and group tasks
Completion alternatives
No alternatives
Student workload
Lectures 15%
Laboratory work 30%
Exercises 50%
Exam 5%
Content scheduling
- optics
- safety at laboratory work
- physical modeling
- radioactive radiation
- measuring, evaluating errors of measurements, processing and analyzing results
- graphical presentations and reporting
- handling laboratory waste
Evaluation scale
H-5
Assessment methods and criteria
Exam 30%, activity during exercises and laboratories, laboratory reports 70%
Assessment criteria, fail (0)
Less than 50% of the scores or partly done course.
Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1-2)
50 - 70%
Assessment criteria, good (3-4)
70- 90%
Assessment criteria, excellent (5)
> 90%