Pathway Physics 2 7.5 credits

The course includes the following elements: <br> The course covers topics in the field of physics, including two-dimensional motion in gravitational and electric fields, torque, waves, electromagnetism and signals, orientation to current models and theories that explain the development and structure of the universe, models and theories as simplifications of reality, the nature of physics and mathematical methods of physics. It also contains scientific modelling, simulation, and numerical analysis. The course content includes and corresponds to, but is not limited to, the Swedish upper secondary school course Fysik 2. The horizontal aim is to develop and strengthen student skills for participating in higher education, life-long learning and global citizenship through group work, social engagement, peer learning, reflective learning and autonomous learning whilst developing agency, ability to reconcile tensions and dilemmas, intercultural communication skills, metacognitive skills, information and digital literacy and critical thinking. <br> The course includes the following topics: - Torque with application to static balance - Motion in two dimensions; projectile motion, circular motion and the centripetal force - Mechanical oscillations and waves; springs, pendulums, resonance - Sound and properties of sound waves, sound level - Electric and magnetic fields; capacitance and the capacitor, magnetic flux and magnetic field strength, charged particles in magnetic fields, the Biot- Savart law, electromagnetic induction, Lenz’ law, coils, electromotive force, Faraday’s law of induction - Alternating currents; the generator, the transformer, AC circuits with capacitor and coil, self inductance - Light as electromagnetic waves; the electromagnetic spectrum, reflection, refraction and Snell’s law, diffraction, interference - Atomic physics; photons, propertied of atomic electron structure, absorption and emission, emission spectra, the photoelectric effect