The aim of this course is to provide insights and basic knowledge on Mechanics and Electromagnetism.

01. Introduction to the course
01.01 The experimental method
01.02 The role of formalism in Physics
01.03 Fundamental forces
01.04 Physical quantities
01.05 Units of measurement
01.06 Scalar quantities and vector quantities
01.07 Measurement operations
01.08 Measurement errors

02. Mechanics: KINEMATICS
02.01 Uniform rectilinear motion
02.02 Uniformly accelerated rectilinear motion
02.03 Motion in two and three dimensions
02.04 Uniform circular motion

03. Mechanics: DYNAMICS
03.01 Force and motion
03.02 Kinetic energy and work
03.03 Potential energy and the principle of conservation of mechanical energy
03.04 Systems of material points
03.05 Momentum or momentum
03.06 Conservation of momentum
03.07 Collisions
03.08 Rotation
03.09 Momentum of a force and angular momentum
03.10 Newton's second law in angular form
03.11 Angular momentum of a system of particles
03.12 Angular momentum of a rigid body rotating around a fixed axis
03.13 Principle of conservation of angular momentum.

04. Mechanics: STATICS
04.01 Equilibrium.

05. GRAVITATION
05.01 Law of universal gravitation.
05.02 Kepler's laws.
05.03 Conservation laws and Kepler's laws

06. PERIODIC MOTIONS
06.01 Oscillations
06.02 The ideal pendulum and the real pendulum

07. MECHANICAL WAVES
07.01 Basic concepts
07.02 Propagation of waves

08. THERMODYNAMICS
08.01 Heat and temperature.
08.02 Gases and equation of state of ideal gases.
08.03 Thermodynamic transformations.
08.04 First law of thermodynamics.
08.05 Second law of thermodynamics.

09. ELECTROMAGNETISM
09.01 Electric charges and their properties.
09.02 Coulomb's law.
09.03 Electric field.
09.04 Gauss's law for the electric field
09.05 Electric potential.
09.06 Electric currents.
09.07 Electromotive force.
09.08 Resistance.
09.09 Magnetic field.
09.10 Gauss's law for the magnetic field
09.11 Electric charges in a magnetic field.
09.12 Wires carrying current.
09.13 Currents in a magnetic field.
09.14 Faraday-Lenz Law
09.15 Ampère-Maxwell Law
09.16 Maxwell's Equations
09.17 Electromagnetic Waves
09.18 Propagation of Electromagnetic Waves and Poynting Vector
09.19 Spectrum of Electromagnetic Waves
09.20 The Speed of Light
09.21 From Classical Physics to Modern Physics

There are no mandatory prerequisites for this exam.

Knowledge and understanding:

The students will be able to understand the laws of mechanics and electromagnetism to an appropriate level of difficulty appropriate to the number of teaching hours.

Applying knowledge and understanding:

The student will be able to apply the laws of mechanics and electromagnetism to case studies of  an appropriate level of difficulty following from the number of teaching hours.

Making judgements:

The students will be able to apply their knowledge to case studies different from those discussed during the teaching hours.

Communication skills:

Each student is  more than recommended to ask questions during this course and to participate to discussions in order  to improve  his/her ability to present his/her work.

At the end of the course the students will be able to present and discuss case studies of Mechanics and Electromagnetism with proper language and basic mathematical formalism required by the topics.

Learning skills:

At the end of the course the students will be able to solve unknown case studies of Mechanics and Electromagnetism.

The teaching material prepared by the lecturer in addition to recommended textbooks (such as for instance slides, lecture notes, exercises, bibliography) and communications from the lecturer specific to the course can be found inside the Moodle platform › blended.uniurb.it

The supporting material prepared by the lecturer in addition to recommended textbooks and communications from the lecturer specific to the course can be found inside the Moodle platform › blended.uniurb.it

During the course the students will solve exercises to test their preparation.

Teaching

Theoretical lessons and applications.

Teaching is delivered in a mixed mode, that is, lessons are held in the classroom and are simultaneously transmitted remotely within the Moodle platform.

There are no intermediate tests. The assessment tests are the same for attending and non-attending students.

Attendance

Although recommended, the course attendance is not mandatory.

Course books

For both theory and problems:

J. Walker, D. Halliday and R. Resnick and  "Fondamenti di fisica", Casa Editrice Ambrosiana, 2004. [URL]

Assessment

Oral exam only.  In the oral test the students can show their ability  in logically connecting different parts of the program (making judgements, communication skills). On the other hand applications to case studies will require applying knowledge and understanding.

The oral exam consists of not less than three questions randomly extracted from the program. Applications to case studies may be requested. To each question is assigned a maximum numerical value of 10, for a maximum of 30.  The oral test can be considered passed if the mark is 18/30 or more. 

About oral interviews to assess the student's knowledge of the discipline, we will evaluate:

Knowledge of concepts:

  roughly describes the concepts and has poor understanding of them (insufficient)
  describes the concepts acceptably and has an acceptable understanding of them (sufficient)
  describes the concepts precisely and has a good understanding of them (good)
 perfectly describes the concepts and has a full understanding of them (excellent)

Technique applications and methods:
  has a rough understanding of techniques for applications to case studies (insufficient)
  has an acceptable knowledge of the techniques and an acceptable application skills (sufficient)
  has a good knowledge of techniques and good application skills (good)
  has an excellent knowledge of the techniques and an excellent ability to apply (excellent)

Mastery of scientific language:
                 uses a common, non-scientific language (insufficient)
                 demonstrates limited language properties. Use of only a few specific terms (sufficient)
  demonstrates good expression skills and uses a good number of specific terms (good)
  demonstrates excellent language skills (excellent).

Disability and Specific Learning Disorders (SLD)

Students who have registered their disability certification or SLD certification with the Inclusion and Right to Study Office can request to use conceptual maps (for keywords) during exams.

To this end, it is necessary to send the maps, two weeks before the exam date, to the course instructor, who will verify their compliance with the university guidelines and may request modifications.

Teaching

Same as for attending students

Course books

Same as for attending students

Assessment

Same as for attending students

Disability and Specific Learning Disorders (SLD)

Students who have registered their disability certification or SLD certification with the Inclusion and Right to Study Office can request to use conceptual maps (for keywords) during exams.

To this end, it is necessary to send the maps, two weeks before the exam date, to the course instructor, who will verify their compliance with the university guidelines and may request modifications.

Same requirements and  criteria will be applied to test the knowledge of students following or not following the course.