Professional orientation of engineering specialties within special course in physics

The article highlights the peculiarities of teaching physics to the students of Astrakhan Technical University during a special course “Operation of marine electrical equipment and means of automatics” within the framework of technical creativity workshop “Applied physics” organized under the Department of Physics. The given special course can promote realization of a variative part of the direction, according to the curriculum. The content of the special course meets didactic principles: integration, continuity and succession of training, fundamentality and professional orientation of interdisciplinary links. It was theoretically proved that such content is most fully satisfied by the special course on physics “Bases of electromagnetism and electromagnetic compatibility elements” based on integration of physical theories with technical ones in the frame of the elective disciplines “Bases of electromagnetic compatibility” which helps to form professional orientation of knowledge and abilities on physics. There is examined a theoretical component of the special course and particular tasks and solutions are given: practical problem connected with professional activity of the future specialist; the research problem, allowing to predict the expected result and to learn how to conduct the research work; the creative problem satisfying the conditions of industrial teaching. Diagrams of a DC electric circuit, a graph of dynamic loops of remagnetization of a coil, illustrations of the block “Properties of gases”, the laboratory complex “Electricity and Magnetism”, a block of generators, a diagram and model of the Brovin Kacher device, as well as its components are given as part of the exemplary tasks for students. The experience of non-contact energy transfer is illustrated. Conclusions are drawn about the practical significance of the special course in the framework of the work of the workshop of technical creativity at the Department of Physics of Astrakhan State Technical University.