ECTS
30 credits
Training Structure
College of Sciences
List of Courses
General Physics
6 credits54hAlgebra I: Linear Systems
5 creditsElectronics 1
4 creditsReasoning and Set Theory
2 creditsMath Remediation
3 creditsEnglish S1
1 creditGeometry in the Plane, in Space, and in the Complex Plane
4 creditsAnalysis I: Functions of a Single Variable and Sequences
5 credits
General Physics
Level of Education
One year of college
ECTS
6 credits
Training Structure
College of Sciences
Number of hours
54h
Time of year
Fall
The main objective of this course is to teach you how to formulate and solve simple physics problems. The areas of application are the mechanics of a point particle and geometric optics.
Mechanics of the Material Point:
- Statics: Analysis of Mechanical Systems in Equilibrium.
- Kinematics: the study of the motion of bodies, independent of the causes that produce it.
- Dynamics: the relationships between the causes of motion and motion itself.
- Work and Energy: Work Done by Forces (Conservative and Non-Conservative), the Kinetic Energy Theorem, the Mechanical Energy Theorem, and Their Applications.
Geometric Optics:
- Light Propagation (Fermat's Principle, Snell-Descartes' Laws, refractive index),
- Image Formation and Optical Systems (stigmatism, Gaussian approximation, mirrors, thin lenses, dispersive systems, centered systems, optical instruments).
Algebra I: Linear Systems
ECTS
5 credits
Training Structure
College of Sciences
This course is an introduction to linear algebra (formalized in S2) based on intuition drawn from plane and solid geometry. It includes an introduction to matrix algebra.
The EU is also introducing the basic language of polynomials.
Electronics 1
ECTS
4 credits
Training Structure
College of Sciences
Time of year
Fall
Reasoning and Set Theory
ECTS
2 credits
Training Structure
College of Sciences
Math Remediation
ECTS
3 credits
Training Structure
College of Sciences
English S1
ECTS
1 credit
Training Structure
College of Sciences
Time of year
Fall
Geometry in the Plane, in Space, and in the Complex Plane
ECTS
4 credits
Training Structure
College of Sciences
This unit aims to explore plane geometry, its objects, and proofs. The unit also aims to introduce complex numbers. The sections on geometry and complex numbers each make up half of the unit.
- objects in plane geometry: points, lines, vectors, angles, circles, triangles, etc.
- Geometric transformations of the plane: symmetries, homotheties, rotations, translations.
- work on mathematical proofs
- Introduction to complex numbers, geometric interpretation, calculations with complex numbers
Analysis I: Functions of a Single Variable and Sequences
ECTS
5 credits
Training Structure
College of Sciences
The purpose of this unit is to clarify the concepts of limits of sequences and functions, to explore sequences and functions in greater depth, to examine the concepts of continuity and differentiability of functions, and to introduce the main “common” functions.