Lecturer: Giancarlo Reali  

Course name: Fisica II
Course code: 502126
Degree course: Ingegneria Elettronica e delle Telecomunicazioni, Ingegneria Informatica
Disciplinary field of science: FIS/01
L'insegnamento costituisce attività di base per: Ingegneria Elettronica e delle Telecomunicazioni, Ingegneria Informatica
University credits: CFU 9
Course website: n.d.

Specific course objectives

The aim of the course is to give the basic notions of electromagnetism and optics, and provide theoretical and practical background for helping problem solving

Course programme

Electrostatics and stationary currents

Magnetostatics

Electromagnetic induction and alternating currents

Electromagnetic waves and optics

Electric and magnetic fields in matter

Course entry requirements

Fisica 1, Mathematical Analysis, and Linear Algebra and Geometry should have been given. Very important is a working knowledge of the notions of vector algebra and calculus (grad, div, rot, vectorial identities, and Gauss and Stokes theorems)

Course structure and teaching

Lectures (hours/year in lecture theatre): 59
Practical class (hours/year in lecture theatre): 17
Practicals / Workshops (hours/year in lecture theatre): 0

Suggested reading materials

A textbook title is provided as a comprehensive reference, where all topics are dealt with systematically. Note that the course will not follow necessarily the same sequence of the textbook. Finally, there are lots of physics textbooks covering the same material but with different, and sometimes complementary, presentation from that of the textbook. All of them could work equally well

Serway-Jewett. Fisica per Scienze ed Ingegneria, 4a ed . EdiSES . This is an elementary textbook; for more technical topics, additional notes will be provided.

Testing and exams

The exam will be in two parts: one written plus an oral completion. Rules and dates for the written tests are provided in the webpage of the course