Information for semester 2024/25/2

Course description

The course consists of 

• Lectures: every Tuesday and Wednesday, 10:15-12:00 (F29)
  Lecturer: Takács, Gábor

​Schedule and topics of lectures
 

• Exercise classes: every Thursday, 10:15-12:00

  Group	Instructor	Room
  T1	Berke, Martin	R501
  T2	Bodócs, Mihály	R506
  T3	Varga, Imre	R508

Teams access

The course has an associated team in the institutional Microsoft Teams, for which the access code is distributed to registered students only via the Neptune system.

Recommended reading

• R. A. Serway and J. W. Jewett: Physics for Scientists and Engineers with Modern Physics (10th Ed.),  Cengage Learning, 2018.

• Supplementary lecture notes (available in Teams)

Course requirements

Homework:

after each exercise class, solution to selected problems can be submitted at the next exercise class for bonus points, which can be earned up to the limit of 90 points. There is no way to submit missed homeworks later.

Conditions for signature: 

attending at least 70% of exercise classes + passing all three problem solving tests separately (individual threshold: 40 points).

Tests:

Problem solving tests:

The dates and places of the three problem solving tests are

For every test there is a repeat occasion:

There will be an extra test opportunity in the week after the semester for those who failed one of the tests. On this occasion, one (and no more than one) of tests 1-3 can be retaken.

Oral exam:

• At the beginning of the exam, students must answer three short preliminary questions in writing. If any answer is incorrect, the exam is failed.
• In the main part of the exam, students get two topics to report on. Preparation time: 30 minutes.   

Evaluation:

The end result is computed from the total score (three problem solving tests, oral exam plus bonus points), divided by 6 and marked using the following limits: