Francesco ROMEO | PHYSICS II

cod. 0612400049

PHYSICS II

	0612400049
	DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING
	EQF6
	ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING
	2024/2025

PERCORSO IN COMMON

	OBBLIGATORIO
	YEAR OF COURSE 1
	YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2018
	SPRING SEMESTER

TEACHING UNITS

	SSD	CFU	HOURS	ACTIVITY	TYPE OF ACTIVITY
	FIS/01	6	60	LESSONS	BASIC COMPULSORY SUBJECTS

	Objectives
	GENERAL OBJECTIVE: THE COURSE AIMS TO PROVIDE KNOWLEDGE AND METHODOLOGIES OF THE PHYSICS OF ELECTROMAGNETIC PHENOMENA. KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING: THE COURSE ENABLES THE ACQUISITION OF THE NECESSARY TECHNICAL TERMINOLOGY. ABILITY TO APPLY KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING: THE COURSE AIMS TO ENABLE STUDENTS TO USE SUCH KNOWLEDGE AND METHODS FOR PROFESSIONAL PURPOSES, IN SOLVING EXERCISES AND PROBLEMS WITHIN THESE FIELDS. MAKING JUDGEMENT: THE STUDENT MUST BE ABLE TO CHOOSE THE APPROPRIATE METHODS FOR ANALYZING THE PROBLEMS TO BE SOLVED. THEY MUST ALSO BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY THE SOLUTION PROCESS AND THE APPROPRIATE MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES. COMMUNICATION SKILLS: THE STUDENT MUST BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE THE CONCEPTS LEARNED DURING THE COURSE IN A RIGOROUS AND EFFECTIVE MANNER. LEARNING SKILLS: THE STUDENT MUST BE ABLE TO APPLY THE KNOWLEDGE LEARNED TO CONTEXTS THAT ARE SEEMINGLY DIFFERENT FROM THE USUAL ONES. THEY MUST ALSO BE ABLE TO THOROUGHLY EXAMINE THE COURSE TOPICS USING VARIOUS AND COMPLEMENTARY APPROACHES.

GENERAL OBJECTIVE: THE COURSE AIMS TO PROVIDE KNOWLEDGE AND METHODOLOGIES OF THE PHYSICS OF ELECTROMAGNETIC PHENOMENA.
KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING: THE COURSE ENABLES THE ACQUISITION OF THE NECESSARY TECHNICAL TERMINOLOGY.
ABILITY TO APPLY KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING: THE COURSE AIMS TO ENABLE STUDENTS TO USE SUCH KNOWLEDGE AND METHODS FOR PROFESSIONAL PURPOSES, IN SOLVING EXERCISES AND PROBLEMS WITHIN THESE FIELDS.
MAKING JUDGEMENT: THE STUDENT MUST BE ABLE TO CHOOSE THE APPROPRIATE METHODS FOR ANALYZING THE PROBLEMS TO BE SOLVED. THEY MUST ALSO BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY THE SOLUTION PROCESS AND THE APPROPRIATE MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES.
COMMUNICATION SKILLS: THE STUDENT MUST BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE THE CONCEPTS LEARNED DURING THE COURSE IN A RIGOROUS AND EFFECTIVE MANNER.
LEARNING SKILLS: THE STUDENT MUST BE ABLE TO APPLY THE KNOWLEDGE LEARNED TO CONTEXTS THAT ARE SEEMINGLY DIFFERENT FROM THE USUAL ONES. THEY MUST ALSO BE ABLE TO THOROUGHLY EXAMINE THE COURSE TOPICS USING VARIOUS AND COMPLEMENTARY APPROACHES.

	Prerequisites
	KNOWLEDGE OF THE BASIC MATHEMATICS TOPICS COVERED IN UPPER SECONDARY SCHOOL COURSES AND IN THE FIRST YEAR OF THE UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAM IS REQUIRED. IN PARTICULAR, KNOWLEDGE OF ELEMENTARY ALGEBRA, SOLUTION METHODS FOR FIRST AND SECOND-DEGREE EQUATIONS AND INEQUALITIES, ELEMENTARY FUNCTIONS AND THEIR PROPERTIES (E.G., LOGARITHMIC, EXPONENTIAL FUNCTIONS, ETC.), AND TRIGONOMETRY IS REQUIRED. FINALLY, AN UNDERSTANDING OF INTRODUCTORY ELEMENTS OF MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS IS REQUIRED. ADDITIONALLY, PASSING “FISICA 1” EXAM IS ALSO REQUIRED.

Prerequisites

KNOWLEDGE OF THE BASIC MATHEMATICS TOPICS COVERED IN UPPER SECONDARY SCHOOL COURSES AND IN THE FIRST YEAR OF THE UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAM IS REQUIRED. IN PARTICULAR, KNOWLEDGE OF ELEMENTARY ALGEBRA, SOLUTION METHODS FOR FIRST AND SECOND-DEGREE EQUATIONS AND INEQUALITIES, ELEMENTARY FUNCTIONS AND THEIR PROPERTIES (E.G., LOGARITHMIC, EXPONENTIAL FUNCTIONS, ETC.), AND TRIGONOMETRY IS REQUIRED. FINALLY, AN UNDERSTANDING OF INTRODUCTORY ELEMENTS OF MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS IS REQUIRED. ADDITIONALLY, PASSING “FISICA 1” EXAM IS ALSO REQUIRED.

	Contents
	ELECTROSTATICS (20 HOURS, INCLUDING 10 HOURS OF EXERCISES OR SUPPLEMENTS) FROM ELECTRIFICATION EXPERIMENTS TO COULOMB'S LAW. MICROSCOPIC ORGANIZATION OF MATTER: THE BOHR ATOM. INTRODUCTION TO THE CONCEPT OF ELECTRIC FIELD. ELECTRIC FIELD GENERATED BY AN ELECTRIC DIPOLE. ELECTRIC FIELD GENERATED BY A FINITE CONFIGURATION (RING, DISK, SEGMENT). GAUSS'S THEOREM. CHARGE DISTRIBUTION ON CONDUCTORS. EXTERNAL ELECTRIC FIELD OF A CHARGED SPHERICAL CONDUCTOR. ELECTRIC FIELD GENERATED BY A UNIFORMLY CHARGED SPHERE. ELECTRIC FIELD GENERATED BY AN INFINITELY LONG UNIFORMLY CHARGED WIRE. ELECTRIC FIELD GENERATED BY AN INFINITELY LARGE UNIFORMLY CHARGED PLATE. THE ELECTRIC POTENTIAL FOR FINITE AND INFINITE DISTRIBUTIONS. FROM ELECTRIC POTENTIAL TO ELECTRIC FIELD. ELECTRIC POTENTIAL GENERATED BY A DIPOLE AT A LARGE DISTANCE. ELECTROSTATIC POTENTIAL ENERGY. FIRST MAXWELL'S EQUATION. POTENTIAL OF A CHARGED CONDUCTING SPHERE. CAPACITANCE OF A CONDUCTOR. CAPACITORS (SPHERICAL, PLANAR, CYLINDRICAL) AND THEIR CONNECTIONS. ELECTROSTATIC ENERGY OF A CAPACITOR. ELECTROSTATIC ENERGY DENSITY. POLARIZATION OF DIELECTRICS. DIELECTRIC BETWEEN THE PLATES OF A PARALLEL-PLATE CAPACITOR. ELECTRIC FIELD IN THE DIELECTRIC AND POLARIZATION CHARGE DENSITY NEAR THE CHARGED CONDUCTOR. ENERGY DENSITY INSIDE A CAPACITOR. ELECTRODYNAMICS (10 HOURS, INCLUDING 2 HOURS OF EXERCISES OR SUPPLEMENTS) OHM'S LAW. ELECTROMOTIVE FORCE. INTERNAL RESISTANCE OF A GENERATOR. KIRCHHOFF'S LAWS. RESISTORS IN SERIES AND PARALLEL. JOULE HEATING. RC CIRCUIT. CHARGING AND DISCHARGING OF A CAPACITOR. POWER DEVELOPED BY A GENERATOR. MAGNETISM (20 HOURS, INCLUDING 5 HOURS OF EXERCISES OR SUPPLEMENTS) LORENTZ FORCE. MOTION OF A PARTICLE WITH AN INITIAL VELOCITY IN A MAGNETIC FIELD B. HALL EFFECT. CURRENT-CARRYING WIRES IN THE PRESENCE OF A MAGNETIC FIELD. MECHANICAL TORQUE ON A CURRENT-CARRYING LOOP IN A MAGNETIC FIELD. AMPERE'S LOOP THEOREM. MAGNETIC FIELD B GENERATED BY STATIONARY CURRENTS IN VACUUM (LAPLACE'S FIRST LAW). DETERMINATION OF THE MAGNETIC FIELD FOR VARIOUS CONFIGURATIONS. AMPERE'S LAW. MAGNETIC FIELD AT THE CENTER OF A VERY LONG SOLENOID. THICK STRAIGHT WIRE. VECTOR POTENTIAL. MAGNETISM IN MATERIALS. MAGNETIC POLARIZATION. TIME-VARYING ELECTRIC AND MAGNETIC FIELDS. DIFFERENTIAL FORM OF FARADAY-NEUMANN-LENZ'S LAW. SELF-INDUCTANCE COEFFICIENT. INDUCTANCE OF A SOLENOID. RL CIRCUIT. ENERGY ANALYSIS OF THE RL CIRCUIT. MUTUAL INDUCTION. SERIES AND PARALLEL INDUCTORS AND VARIOUS APPLICATIONS. MECHANICAL ACTIONS ON DIELECTRICS IN CAPACITORS. MECHANICAL ACTIONS ON MATERIALS IN AN INDUCTOR. MAXWELL'S EQUATIONS. LC AND RLC CIRCUITS. STEADY-STATE RESPONSE OF CIRCUIT ELEMENTS TO ALTERNATING CURRENTS. POWER DISSIPATED IN AN RLC CIRCUIT. WAVE PHENOMENA (10 HOURS, INCLUDING 3 HOURS OF EXERCISES OR SUPPLEMENTS) MAXWELL'S EQUATIONS IN VACUUM (IN THE ABSENCE OF CHARGES AND CURRENTS) AND ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE EQUATION. INTENSITY OF ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION. THE POYNTING VECTOR AND ITS PHYSICAL SIGNIFICANCE. SPECTRUM OF ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION. LAWS OF REFLECTION AND REFRACTION. NOTE: CONCURRENTLY WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF PHYSICAL CONCEPTS, THE COURSE INTRODUCES THE NECESSARY TECHNIQUES OF VECTOR CALCULUS, INCLUDING THE DEFINITION OF THE VECTOR DIFFERENTIAL OPERATOR NABLA, AND OPERATIONS SUCH AS GRADIENT, DIVERGENCE, CURL, LAPLACIAN, ETC.

Contents

ELECTROSTATICS (20 HOURS, INCLUDING 10 HOURS OF EXERCISES OR SUPPLEMENTS)
FROM ELECTRIFICATION EXPERIMENTS TO COULOMB'S LAW. MICROSCOPIC ORGANIZATION OF MATTER: THE BOHR ATOM. INTRODUCTION TO THE CONCEPT OF ELECTRIC FIELD. ELECTRIC FIELD GENERATED BY AN ELECTRIC DIPOLE. ELECTRIC FIELD GENERATED BY A FINITE CONFIGURATION (RING, DISK, SEGMENT). GAUSS'S THEOREM. CHARGE DISTRIBUTION ON CONDUCTORS. EXTERNAL ELECTRIC FIELD OF A CHARGED SPHERICAL CONDUCTOR. ELECTRIC FIELD GENERATED BY A UNIFORMLY CHARGED SPHERE. ELECTRIC FIELD GENERATED BY AN INFINITELY LONG UNIFORMLY CHARGED WIRE. ELECTRIC FIELD GENERATED BY AN INFINITELY LARGE UNIFORMLY CHARGED PLATE. THE ELECTRIC POTENTIAL FOR FINITE AND INFINITE DISTRIBUTIONS. FROM ELECTRIC POTENTIAL TO ELECTRIC FIELD. ELECTRIC POTENTIAL GENERATED BY A DIPOLE AT A LARGE DISTANCE. ELECTROSTATIC POTENTIAL ENERGY. FIRST MAXWELL'S EQUATION. POTENTIAL OF A CHARGED CONDUCTING SPHERE. CAPACITANCE OF A CONDUCTOR. CAPACITORS (SPHERICAL, PLANAR, CYLINDRICAL) AND THEIR CONNECTIONS. ELECTROSTATIC ENERGY OF A CAPACITOR. ELECTROSTATIC ENERGY DENSITY. POLARIZATION OF DIELECTRICS. DIELECTRIC BETWEEN THE PLATES OF A PARALLEL-PLATE CAPACITOR. ELECTRIC FIELD IN THE DIELECTRIC AND POLARIZATION CHARGE DENSITY NEAR THE CHARGED CONDUCTOR. ENERGY DENSITY INSIDE A CAPACITOR.
ELECTRODYNAMICS (10 HOURS, INCLUDING 2 HOURS OF EXERCISES OR SUPPLEMENTS)
OHM'S LAW. ELECTROMOTIVE FORCE. INTERNAL RESISTANCE OF A GENERATOR. KIRCHHOFF'S LAWS. RESISTORS IN SERIES AND PARALLEL. JOULE HEATING. RC CIRCUIT. CHARGING AND DISCHARGING OF A CAPACITOR. POWER DEVELOPED BY A GENERATOR.
MAGNETISM (20 HOURS, INCLUDING 5 HOURS OF EXERCISES OR SUPPLEMENTS)
LORENTZ FORCE. MOTION OF A PARTICLE WITH AN INITIAL VELOCITY IN A MAGNETIC FIELD B. HALL EFFECT. CURRENT-CARRYING WIRES IN THE PRESENCE OF A MAGNETIC FIELD. MECHANICAL TORQUE ON A CURRENT-CARRYING LOOP IN A MAGNETIC FIELD. AMPERE'S LOOP THEOREM. MAGNETIC FIELD B GENERATED BY STATIONARY CURRENTS IN VACUUM (LAPLACE'S FIRST LAW). DETERMINATION OF THE MAGNETIC FIELD FOR VARIOUS CONFIGURATIONS. AMPERE'S LAW. MAGNETIC FIELD AT THE CENTER OF A VERY LONG SOLENOID. THICK STRAIGHT WIRE. VECTOR POTENTIAL. MAGNETISM IN MATERIALS. MAGNETIC POLARIZATION. TIME-VARYING ELECTRIC AND MAGNETIC FIELDS. DIFFERENTIAL FORM OF FARADAY-NEUMANN-LENZ'S LAW. SELF-INDUCTANCE COEFFICIENT. INDUCTANCE OF A SOLENOID. RL CIRCUIT. ENERGY ANALYSIS OF THE RL CIRCUIT. MUTUAL INDUCTION. SERIES AND PARALLEL INDUCTORS AND VARIOUS APPLICATIONS. MECHANICAL ACTIONS ON DIELECTRICS IN CAPACITORS. MECHANICAL ACTIONS ON MATERIALS IN AN INDUCTOR. MAXWELL'S EQUATIONS. LC AND RLC CIRCUITS. STEADY-STATE RESPONSE OF CIRCUIT ELEMENTS TO ALTERNATING CURRENTS. POWER DISSIPATED IN AN RLC CIRCUIT.
WAVE PHENOMENA (10 HOURS, INCLUDING 3 HOURS OF EXERCISES OR SUPPLEMENTS)
MAXWELL'S EQUATIONS IN VACUUM (IN THE ABSENCE OF CHARGES AND CURRENTS) AND ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE EQUATION. INTENSITY OF ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION. THE POYNTING VECTOR AND ITS PHYSICAL SIGNIFICANCE. SPECTRUM OF ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION. LAWS OF REFLECTION AND REFRACTION.
NOTE: CONCURRENTLY WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF PHYSICAL CONCEPTS, THE COURSE INTRODUCES THE NECESSARY TECHNIQUES OF VECTOR CALCULUS, INCLUDING THE DEFINITION OF THE VECTOR DIFFERENTIAL OPERATOR NABLA, AND OPERATIONS SUCH AS GRADIENT, DIVERGENCE, CURL, LAPLACIAN, ETC.

	Teaching Methods
	THE COURSE IS ORGANIZED INTO THEMATIC LECTURES ON THE FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS OF ELECTROMAGNETISM. EACH LECTURE IS DEDICATED TO THE FORMAL DISCUSSION OF ONE OR MORE CONCEPTUAL CORES. THE THEORETICAL TREATMENT IS ALWAYS ACCOMPANIED BY EXAMPLES AND APPLICATIONS THAT SERVE AS A USEFUL COMPLEMENT TO THE THEORY AND CLARIFY ITS SCOPE OF APPLICATION AND TYPICAL METHODOLOGIES. THE MATHEMATICAL TOOLS REQUIRED FOR THE FORMAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE THEORY ARE INTRODUCED CONCURRENTLY WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PHYSICAL CONCEPTS. THE HOURS DEDICATED TO THE PRESENTATION OF THE FORMAL DEVELOPMENTS OF THE THEORY AMOUNT TO 40, WHILE THE REMAINING 20 HOURS ARE RESERVED FOR GUIDED PROBLEM SOLVING, THE DISCUSSION OF RELEVANT EXAMPLES, OR SEMINAR-LIKE DEEP DIVES OF A COMPLEMENTARY NATURE. INCLUDED IN THESE COMPLEMENTARY SEMINAR-LIKE ACTIVITIES ARE CERTAIN FORMAL MANIPULATIONS NECESSARY FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE THEORY BUT CHARACTERIZED BY A CERTAIN LABORIOUSNESS. IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE LECTURER TO SIGNAL THE COMPLEMENTARY NATURE OF CERTAIN CONTENTS. THESE INCLUDE, FOR EXAMPLE, THE DEVELOPMENT OF MULTIPOLE EXPANSIONS IN ELECTROSTATICS, SOME CONSIDERATIONS ON SOLVING LAPLACE'S EQUATION PREPARATORY TO THE INTRODUCTION OF DIRAC'S DELTA FUNCTION, FORMAL DEVELOPMENTS LEADING TO THE INTRODUCTION OF POLARIZATION CHARGE DENSITIES IN DIELECTRICS, FORMAL DEVELOPMENTS THAT PROGRESS FROM THE CONCEPT OF VECTOR POTENTIAL TO ITS DEFINITION THROUGH THE SOLUTION OF APPROPRIATE LAPLACE EQUATIONS FOR THE COMPONENTS, DEVELOPMENTS RELATED TO AMPERE'S MICROCURRENTS AND THE CLASSICAL ORIGIN OF MAGNETISM IN MATTER, AND THE DEMONSTRATION OF THE VALIDITY OF CERTAIN IDENTITIES OF VECTOR CALCULUS.

Teaching Methods

THE COURSE IS ORGANIZED INTO THEMATIC LECTURES ON THE FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS OF ELECTROMAGNETISM. EACH LECTURE IS DEDICATED TO THE FORMAL DISCUSSION OF ONE OR MORE CONCEPTUAL CORES. THE THEORETICAL TREATMENT IS ALWAYS ACCOMPANIED BY EXAMPLES AND APPLICATIONS THAT SERVE AS A USEFUL COMPLEMENT TO THE THEORY AND CLARIFY ITS SCOPE OF APPLICATION AND TYPICAL METHODOLOGIES. THE MATHEMATICAL TOOLS REQUIRED FOR THE FORMAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE THEORY ARE INTRODUCED CONCURRENTLY WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PHYSICAL CONCEPTS. THE HOURS DEDICATED TO THE PRESENTATION OF THE FORMAL DEVELOPMENTS OF THE THEORY AMOUNT TO 40, WHILE THE REMAINING 20 HOURS ARE RESERVED FOR GUIDED PROBLEM SOLVING, THE DISCUSSION OF RELEVANT EXAMPLES, OR SEMINAR-LIKE DEEP DIVES OF A COMPLEMENTARY NATURE. INCLUDED IN THESE COMPLEMENTARY SEMINAR-LIKE ACTIVITIES ARE CERTAIN FORMAL MANIPULATIONS NECESSARY FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE THEORY BUT CHARACTERIZED BY A CERTAIN LABORIOUSNESS. IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE LECTURER TO SIGNAL THE COMPLEMENTARY NATURE OF CERTAIN CONTENTS. THESE INCLUDE, FOR EXAMPLE, THE DEVELOPMENT OF MULTIPOLE EXPANSIONS IN ELECTROSTATICS, SOME CONSIDERATIONS ON SOLVING LAPLACE'S EQUATION PREPARATORY TO THE INTRODUCTION OF DIRAC'S DELTA FUNCTION, FORMAL DEVELOPMENTS LEADING TO THE INTRODUCTION OF POLARIZATION CHARGE DENSITIES IN DIELECTRICS, FORMAL DEVELOPMENTS THAT PROGRESS FROM THE CONCEPT OF VECTOR POTENTIAL TO ITS DEFINITION THROUGH THE SOLUTION OF APPROPRIATE LAPLACE EQUATIONS FOR THE COMPONENTS, DEVELOPMENTS RELATED TO AMPERE'S MICROCURRENTS AND THE CLASSICAL ORIGIN OF MAGNETISM IN MATTER, AND THE DEMONSTRATION OF THE VALIDITY OF CERTAIN IDENTITIES OF VECTOR CALCULUS.

	Verification of learning
	ACHIEVEMENT OF THE COURSE OBJECTIVES IS CERTIFIED THROUGH THE COMPLETION OF AN EXAM GRADED OUT OF THIRTY POINTS. THE EXAM CONSISTS OF A WRITTEN TEST (WHICH MAY BE DIVIDED INTO TWO INTERIM ASSESSMENTS) AND AN ORAL EXAMINATION HELD ON DIFFERENT DAYS, ACCORDING TO A PREDETERMINED SCHEDULE. ACCESS TO THE ORAL EXAM IS GRANTED TO STUDENTS WHO HAVE PASSED THE WRITTEN TEST. IN THE WRITTEN TEST, STUDENTS MUST DEMONSTRATE THEIR UNDERSTANDING OF THE FUNDAMENTALS OF ELECTROMAGNETISM BY DISCUSSING AND SOLVING TWO PROBLEMS RELATED TO TOPICS COVERED IN THE COURSE. THE TEST LASTS TWO HOURS AND IS GRADED OUT OF THIRTY POINTS. IT IS PREPARATORY TO THE ORAL EXAM AND IS CONSIDERED SUFFICIENT IF PASSED WITH A SCORE OF AT LEAST 15/30, CORRESPONDING TO THE CORRECT RESOLUTION OF AT LEAST ONE PROBLEM. THE WRITTEN TEST AIMS TO ASSESS KNOWLEDGE OF ELECTROMAGNETISM AND THE ABILITY TO APPLY TYPICAL METHODS OF THIS FIELD TO PROBLEM-SOLVING. THE ORAL EXAM IS INTENDED TO VERIFY THE STUDENT'S ABILITY TO CRITICALLY DISCUSS SIMPLE SITUATIONS RELATED TO ELECTROMAGNETISM OR OPTICS. THE ABILITY TO FORMULATE MODELS AND DISCUSS THEIR IMPLICATIONS IN LIGHT OF THE CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK PRESENTED DURING THE COURSE IS SUBJECT TO EVALUATION. THE ABILITY TO COMMUNICATE THE CONCEPTS LEARNED IN A RIGOROUS AND EFFECTIVE MANNER WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE ASSESSMENT. THE FINAL GRADE IS DERIVED FROM THE AVERAGE OF THE TWO TESTS. THE MINIMUM PASSING GRADE FOR THE EXAM IS 18/30, CORRESPONDING TO A KNOWLEDGE OF THE FOUNDATIONAL CORES OF THE DISCIPLINE AND RELATED BASIC APPLICATIONS. HONORS (“LODE”) MAY BE AWARDED TO STUDENTS WHO ACHIEVE A GRADE OF 30/30 AND DEMONSTRATE THE ABILITY TO INDEPENDENTLY USE KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS ACQUIRED EVEN IN CONTEXTS DIFFERENT FROM THOSE PRESENTED DURING THE COURSE. KNOWLEDGE OF THE TOPICS DISCUSSED IN THE SEMINAR PART OF THE COURSE ALSO CONTRIBUTES TO THE AWARDING OF HONORS. EXAM ASSESSMENTS CAN BE UNDERTAKEN ACCORDING TO THE FOLLOWING MODALITIES: (A) INTERIM WRITTEN TESTS (RESERVED FOR FIRST-YEAR STUDENTS) AND A FINAL ORAL EXAM, ADMISSION TO WHICH REQUIRES A MINIMUM SCORE OF 15/30 IN EACH OF THE TESTS. (B) PERIODIC WRITTEN TESTS WITH A CORRESPONDING ORAL EXAMINATION ACCORDING TO THE SCHEDULE SET BY THE TEACHING COUNCIL FOR THOSE WHO HAVE NOT TAKEN AND/OR PASSED THE INTERIM TESTS. CANDIDATES WHO HAVE ACHIEVED A SCORE OF AT LEAST 15/30 ARE ADMITTED TO THE ORAL EXAM.

Verification of learning

ACHIEVEMENT OF THE COURSE OBJECTIVES IS CERTIFIED THROUGH THE COMPLETION OF AN EXAM GRADED OUT OF THIRTY POINTS. THE EXAM CONSISTS OF A WRITTEN TEST (WHICH MAY BE DIVIDED INTO TWO INTERIM ASSESSMENTS) AND AN ORAL EXAMINATION HELD ON DIFFERENT DAYS, ACCORDING TO A PREDETERMINED SCHEDULE. ACCESS TO THE ORAL EXAM IS GRANTED TO STUDENTS WHO HAVE PASSED THE WRITTEN TEST.
IN THE WRITTEN TEST, STUDENTS MUST DEMONSTRATE THEIR UNDERSTANDING OF THE FUNDAMENTALS OF ELECTROMAGNETISM BY DISCUSSING AND SOLVING TWO PROBLEMS RELATED TO TOPICS COVERED IN THE COURSE. THE TEST LASTS TWO HOURS AND IS GRADED OUT OF THIRTY POINTS. IT IS PREPARATORY TO THE ORAL EXAM AND IS CONSIDERED SUFFICIENT IF PASSED WITH A SCORE OF AT LEAST 15/30, CORRESPONDING TO THE CORRECT RESOLUTION OF AT LEAST ONE PROBLEM. THE WRITTEN TEST AIMS TO ASSESS KNOWLEDGE OF ELECTROMAGNETISM AND THE ABILITY TO APPLY TYPICAL METHODS OF THIS FIELD TO PROBLEM-SOLVING.
THE ORAL EXAM IS INTENDED TO VERIFY THE STUDENT'S ABILITY TO CRITICALLY DISCUSS SIMPLE SITUATIONS RELATED TO ELECTROMAGNETISM OR OPTICS. THE ABILITY TO FORMULATE MODELS AND DISCUSS THEIR IMPLICATIONS IN LIGHT OF THE CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK PRESENTED DURING THE COURSE IS SUBJECT TO EVALUATION. THE ABILITY TO COMMUNICATE THE CONCEPTS LEARNED IN A RIGOROUS AND EFFECTIVE MANNER WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE ASSESSMENT.
THE FINAL GRADE IS DERIVED FROM THE AVERAGE OF THE TWO TESTS. THE MINIMUM PASSING GRADE FOR THE EXAM IS 18/30, CORRESPONDING TO A KNOWLEDGE OF THE FOUNDATIONAL CORES OF THE DISCIPLINE AND RELATED BASIC APPLICATIONS. HONORS (“LODE”) MAY BE AWARDED TO STUDENTS WHO ACHIEVE A GRADE OF 30/30 AND DEMONSTRATE THE ABILITY TO INDEPENDENTLY USE KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS ACQUIRED EVEN IN CONTEXTS DIFFERENT FROM THOSE PRESENTED DURING THE COURSE. KNOWLEDGE OF THE TOPICS DISCUSSED IN THE SEMINAR PART OF THE COURSE ALSO CONTRIBUTES TO THE AWARDING OF HONORS.
EXAM ASSESSMENTS CAN BE UNDERTAKEN ACCORDING TO THE FOLLOWING MODALITIES:
(A) INTERIM WRITTEN TESTS (RESERVED FOR FIRST-YEAR STUDENTS) AND A FINAL ORAL EXAM, ADMISSION TO WHICH REQUIRES A MINIMUM SCORE OF 15/30 IN EACH OF THE TESTS.
(B) PERIODIC WRITTEN TESTS WITH A CORRESPONDING ORAL EXAMINATION ACCORDING TO THE SCHEDULE SET BY THE TEACHING COUNCIL FOR THOSE WHO HAVE NOT TAKEN AND/OR PASSED THE INTERIM TESTS. CANDIDATES WHO HAVE ACHIEVED A SCORE OF AT LEAST 15/30 ARE ADMITTED TO THE ORAL EXAM.

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	MAIN TEXTBOOK: P. MAZZOLDI, M. NIGRO, C. VOCI, FISICA VOL. II - ELETTROMAGNETISMO E ONDE, EDISES EDIZIONI, NAPOLI, 2021 REFERENCE TEXTS: R. DE LUCA, F. ROMEO, FISICA IN 48 ORE, EDISES EDIZIONI, NAPOLI, 2023

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