Information for semester 2025/26/2

Course description

The course consists of 

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

​Schedule and topics of lectures
 

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

  Group	Instructor	Room
  T1	Berke, Martin	TBA
  T2	Bodócs, Mihály	TBA
  T3	Varga, Imre	TBA

Moodle access

The course has an associated Moodle module, which can be accessed by registered students using the BME eduid login.

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 certain exercise classes, bonus problems will be announced for which the solution can be submitted at next week's exercise class. There is no way to submit missed homeworks later. The maximum points that can be earned by solving bonus problems is 60.

Conditions for signature: 

attending at least 70% of exercise classes + passing all two 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 in the following way:

final points = (tests+homework bonus)/4+exam

marked using the following limits: