Physics

The course provides a study of the major principles and types of rheology and how these can be applied to give the required structure, texture, and viscosity in processed biomaterials. Major topics include viscosity of Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluids, viscoelastic properties of weak and strong gels, transient responses of a wide range of food and pharmaceutical products, and theoretical/empirical modelling of mechanical properties.

This course introduces astronomy. it begins by looking at stars as the beuty and wonder of the universe and important astronomical phenomena. Other topics include the moon and planetary phases; solar and lunar eclipses; ancient Chinese astronomy; history of astronomy in Europe; comests meteorites, and meteor showers; and modern astronomical observation techniques. This courses is conducted in Chinese, but uses an English textbook by Carl Sagan.

This course introduces general physics and provides basic understanding of classical mechanics, rotation, wave, and thermodynamics. Topics include units; linear and circular motion; gravity; wave, and thermal physics. 

This course provides the necessary mathematical skills for other physics courses. Topics include: complex numbers and hyperbolic functions; single-variable calculus; Taylor series; first order and second order ordinary differential equations; vectors and matrices; eigenvalues and eigenvectors; partial differentiation; multiple integrals; and physical applications. The course requires students to take prerequisites.