The aim of the course is given to students the instruments to observe and understand natural phenomena. The students will be able to use physics laws, variables and to do a plot that describes the studied phenomena. The course is part of the educational objectives of the degree course. The course helps students to improve and enhance their observation capability and to understand the physical phenomena through math and statistics. The students will use the learned knowledge applied to multi-disciplinal problems to solve them. At the end of the course, the students will be able to: - observe physical phenomena and explained them with physics laws. - solve simple problems, using math and graph to explain the results and relationships between variables. - present a physic topic using scientific language and math expressions.
Course Prerequisites
To understand the course topics and to do the foreseen activities, it is required to students to have the following capability acquired in the Math course of the first semester: -basic notion of Math (algebra, trigonometry, basics of differential and integral calculus). -basic notion of statistic and data analysis. -capability to understand the graph of a function.
Teaching Methods
The course is composed of two parts: -frontal lectures (32 hours): during the lectures, the lecturer starts will introduce the different fields of physics. The lecturer will provide the students with notes. -exercises (24 hours): the lecturer and the students will solve exercises to apply in a critical way what the lecturer showed during the lectures. Furthermore, a graphical representation of the physic variables will be required. These exercises include also two assessment tests to be used in the final evaluation.
Assessment Methods
The learning assessment consists of a two-phase process. - during the course: two assessment tests will be assigned, composed of questions and exercises similar to those previously carried out in class. By successfully passing these two tests, students will be granted direct access to the optional oral session of the exam. - at the end of the course: * written exam for students who either did not pass or complete the assessment tests, consisting of questions and exercises similar to those previously carried out in class. * optional oral exam, which will start from a topic chosen either by the students, in case they passed the assessment tests, or by the lecturer.
Contents
INTRODUCTION
KINEMATICS AND DYNAMICS
ENERGY AND CONREVATION LAWS
FLUIDDYNAMICS
THERMODYNAMICS
OPTICS
ELECTROSTATICS
MAGNETISM
Course Language
Italian
More information
In case further information is needed, feel free to contact the lecturer: alessandro.lupi@uninsubria.it
