Kniga prednaznachena dlya prepodavateley, vedushchikh distsiplinu. Ona mozhet byt' ispol'zovana studentami ochnoy, zaochnoy i sokrashchyennoy form obucheniya, a takzhe dlya samostoyatel'nogo izucheniya distsipliny. Privedeny glossariy, rabochaya programma, teksty lektsiy, opisaniya laboratornykh rabot, prakticheskikh zanyatiy i zadaniya dlya kontrol'noy i raschyetnoy raboty dlya ochnoy, zaochnoy i sokrashchyennoy form obucheniya. Predlozheny metodiki vypolneniya laboratornykh rabot i prakticheskikh zanyatiy, a takzhe formy tekushchego i itogovogo kontrolya, v tom chisle i dlya realizatsii modul'noy i kreditnoy sistemy (ECTS). Privedeny kratkie instruktsii pol'zovatelyu programmnymi sredstvami dlya soprovozhdeniya razlichnykh vidov zanyatiy.