6 ECTS credits
150 h study time

Offer 1 with catalog number 1017198BNR for all students in the 2nd semester at a (B) Bachelor - advanced level.

Semester
2nd semester
Enrollment based on exam contract
Impossible
Grading method
Grading (scale from 0 to 20)
Can retake in second session
Yes
Enrollment Requirements
Students who want to enroll for this course, must have passed for 'Mechanics', and must have passed or be enrolled for 'Analytical Mechanics' and 'Electrodynamics and Special Relativity'.
Taught in
Dutch
Faculty
Faculty of Science and Bio-engineering Sciences
Department
Physics
Educational team
Jorgen D'Hondt (course titular)
Sibylle Driezen
Activities and contact hours

26 contact hours Lecture
26 contact hours Seminar, Exercises or Practicals
Course Content

The intention is to provide insights on the introduction level in the quantum description of the microphysical world. The theory will be built from the experimental observations and the historical developments that underlie quantum physics. At the end of the course we reach a quantum mechanical description of the hydrogen atom.

Course material
Digital course material (Required) : Inleiding tot de Kwantumfysica, Nota's en syllabus worden ter beschikking gesteld van de studenten.
Additional info

http://w3.iihe.ac.be/~jdhondt/Website/WebsiteCourses.html

Learning Outcomes

General competencies

The student has a deep comprehension of the foundations and rules of the Quantum Theory.
This covers the abstract mathematical concepts that are necessary for the formulation of the quantum theory as well as the series of crucial experiments and conceptual revolutions that accompanied the genesis of the Quantum Theory.
Last but not least the student must be able to adopt different (classical and quantum) representations of the world.

Grading

The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Oral Exam determines 50% of the final mark.
Written Exam determines 50% of the final mark.

Within the Oral Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:

  • Oral theoretical exam with a relative weight of 1 which comprises 50% of the final mark.

Within the Written Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:

  • Written exercices exam with a relative weight of 1 which comprises 50% of the final mark.

Additional info regarding evaluation

A written exam will test the students ability to solve typical exercises in quantum physics, while an oral exam will test the students ability with respect to the interpretation and use of quantum physical concepts.

Allowed unsatisfactory mark
The supplementary Teaching and Examination Regulations of your faculty stipulate whether an allowed unsatisfactory mark for this programme unit is permitted.

Academic context

This offer is part of the following study plans:
Bachelor of Physics and Astronomy: Default track (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Mathematics and Data Science: Standaard traject (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Teaching in Science and Technology: biologie (120 ECTS, Etterbeek) (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Teaching in Science and Technology: geografie (120 ECTS, Etterbeek) (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Teaching in Science and Technology: chemie (120 ECTS, Etterbeek) (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Teaching in Science and Technology: wiskunde (120 ECTS, Etterbeek) (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Teaching in Science and Technology: ingenieurswetenschappen (120 ECTS, Etterbeek) (only offered in Dutch)