Knowledge of mathematics and physics as basis for studies in engineering sciences
2020
Sergejeva, N., Latvia Univ. of Life Sciences and Technologies, Jelgava (Latvia) | Aboltins, A., Latvia Univ. of Life Sciences and Technologies, Jelgava (Latvia)
Statistical data in recent years show stable interest in engineering sciences at higher schools in Latvia. In the present academic year, in the programs of engineering sciences and natural sciences in total about 7 thousand first year students have been enrolled, which is approximately the same as last year. At the same time, every year also large numbers of students leave the studies already in the first year. The teachers working with the first year students (including the teachers of Higher mathematics and Physics) often meet with the problem that the new students do not have equal level of preliminary knowledge. It is due to the different number of lessons in Mathematics and Physics at the secondary schools in different education programs. Qualitative engineering studies are not possible without profound preparation in mathematics. In turn, the course in Physics is like a bridge between Mathematics and Engineering science. Analysing the results of the tests of the first year LLU students, which were performed at the beginning of studies after finishing the secondary school, and the achievements of the students in the courses of Mathematics and Physics after the first semester, it was concluded that, if there is a wish to maintain the number of students in engineering sciences, there must be a repetition course in Mathematics, as well as in Physics.
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