| Title: |
S207, The Physical World |
| Institution: |
Open University, United Kingdom |
Level: |
Diploma, degree. |
| Duration: |
32 weeks |
Description: |
| This course offers a wide-ranging introduction to physics and its applications, covering classical mechanics, thermal physics and fluids, fields, waves and electromagnetism, relativity, quantum physics and the physics of solids. Multimedia materials and computing are used to provide stimulating and interactive teaching of key concepts and skills. An important goal is to improve access to physics for students from a variety of backgrounds, including those who have limited mathematical preparation, and to give an appreciation of the wide relevance of physical principles to the natural and technological worlds. |
Languages: |
English |
Media and methods employed:
Printed text, tutorial support, CDROM, computing, residential schools, video cassettes. |
|
Administrative information: |
| This course can count towards a degree. It is designated S, which means that it can weight your degree towards a BSc. It can also count towards the Diploma in Physics and the Diploma in Natural Sciences, subject to the rule that you may count a course towards only two Open University qualifications. |
Classification: |
070430 PHYSICS
|
| Date: |
27 June 2000 bb
Source: 2000-2001 Prospectus |
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