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The aims of a course based to train students:

1. provide students with an experience that develops their interest in
physics and builds the knowledge, skills and attitudes necessary for them
to become scientifically literate citizens who are well-prepared for the
challenges of the 21st century.

2. develop in students the understanding, skills, ethics and attitudes
relevant to the Practices of Science, including the following:

2.1 understanding the nature of scientific knowledge
2.2 demonstrating science inquiry skills
2.3 relating science and society

3. develop in students an understanding that a small number of basic
principles and core ideas can be applied to explain, analyse and solve
problems in a variety of systems in the physical world.