Physical and Mathematical Fundamentals of Nature
- Faculty
Faculty of Agricultural Science and Landscape Architecture
- Version
Version 2 of 27.01.2025.
- Module identifier
44B0667
- Module level
Bachelor
- Language of instruction
German
- ECTS credit points and grading
5.0
- Module frequency
only summerterm
- Duration
1 semester
- Brief description
The module teaches the physical principles of nature and technology as well as the related simple descriptions in the form of scalars, vectors, models and the necessary basics for calculation.
- Teaching and learning outcomes
Physical-mathematical foundations of nature
1. units, quantities, scalars, vectors
2. basic laws of nature
2.1 Particles and motion
2.2 Mass and charge
2.3 Conservation of momentum, conservation of angular momentum
2.4 Conservation of energy
3. acceleration fields (gravitational field and electric field)
4. light and photons
5. heat and temperature
6. water and humidity
7. pressure, general gas law
- Overall workload
The total workload for the module is 135 hours (see also "ECTS credit points and grading").
- Teaching and learning methods
Lecturer based learning Hours of workload Type of teaching Media implementation Concretization 35 Practice Online - 25 Lecture Online - Lecturer independent learning Hours of workload Type of teaching Media implementation Concretization 40 Preparation/follow-up for course work - 35 Exam preparation -
- Further explanations
This is a course with synchronous and asynchronous lecture elements.
- Graded examination
- Written examination or
- oral exam
- Remark on the assessment methods
The standard type of examination is the written exam (in case of deviation, the alternative type of examination mentioned will be selected by the examiner and announced at the beginning of the course).
- Exam duration and scope
written exam, 2 hours
- Recommended prior knowledge
none
- Knowledge Broadening
Students will be able to recognize and describe relationships, laws and basic physical rules in natural and technical processes.
- Knowledge deepening
Students can understand and apply the basics of texts and knowledge documents (e.g. Wikipedia texts on physics or physical-technical textbooks).
- Knowledge Understanding
Die Studierenden entwickeln ein kritisches Verst?ndnis für die physikalisch-mathematischen Grundlagen der Natur.
- Application and Transfer
After successfully completing the module, students will be able to set up energy balance equations with correct and appropriate physical dimensions.
- Academic Innovation
Students can evaluate and interpret research results against the background of physical and mathematical principles.
- Communication and Cooperation
Students can discuss and interpret fundamental relationships in nature and technology at a basic level.
- Academic Self-Conception / Professionalism
Students in this module have gained the confidence to work with correct units and physical-mathematical quantities for their professional life.
- Literature
Richard P. Feynman: QED – Die seltsame Theorie des Lichtes und der Materie.16. Aufl., Piper, München
Tipler, Mosca: Physik für Wissenschaftler und Ingenieure. 7. Aufl., SpringerSpektrum. Heidelberg
Papula: Mathematische Formelsammlung für Ingenieure und Naturwissenschaftler.10. Aufl., Viehweg/Teubner
Wiesbaden
- Linkage to other modules
The skills promoted in the module form the basis for successful participation in all subsequent modules with plant modules with plant cultivation experiments. Which modules these are can be found in the study plan in the respective valid study regulations.
- Applicability in study programs
- Pflanzentechnologie in der Agrarwirtschaft
- Pflanzentechnologie in der Agrarwirtschaft B.Sc.
- Person responsible for the module
- Rath, Thomas
- Teachers
- Rath, Thomas
- Further lecturer(s)
N.N.