- Trigonometry - Linear Algebra - Calculus I - Physics I (mechanics)

Upon successful completion of this subject, students will be able to: 1. Have knowledge and understanding of the physical principles of electricity and magnetism. 2. Have the ability to apply their knowledge and understanding to identify, formulate and solve problems of electricity and magnetism using established methods. 3. To have the ability to design and carry out experiments on electricity and magnetism, to interpret the data obtained and draw conclusions from them. 4. Have skills in handling laboratory equipment for data collection in electricity and magnetism practices. 5. Have the ability to select and use appropriate tools and methods to solve problems of electricity and magnetism. 6. Have the ability to combine theory and practice to solve problems of electricity and magnetism.

1. Coulomb's Law. The Electric Field. 1.1 Electric charge. 1.2 Coulomb's Law. Dimensions and Units. The Superposition Principle. 1.3 Definition of the Electric Field. 1.4 Electric Field of Point Charges. 1.5 Superposition Principle. Electric Field Lines. 2. Gauss's Law. 2.1 Charge Densities. Electric Field due to different Charge Distributions. 2.2 Electric Flux. 2.3 Gauss's Law. 2.4 Application of Gauss's Law to Calculate Electric Fields. 3. Electric Potential. 3.1 The work done by an electric field on a moving point charge. 3.2 Electric Potential Difference and Electric Potential. 3.3 Electric Potential due to different Charge Distributions. 3.4 Relationship between Electric Field and Electric Potential. Equipotential surfaces. 3.5 Electrostatic Energy of Point Charges. 4. Conductors. 4.1 Conductor and Insulator materials; microscopic interpretation. 4.2 Properties of conductors in Electrostatic Equilibrium. 4.3 Charge distribution. Electric Field and Electric Potential in a conductor. 4.4 Electric Fields inside charged conductors. Conductors with charge inside a cavity. 5. Dielectrics: Capacitance and Energy Storage in electric Fields. 5.1 Dielectrics and dielectric constant. 5.2 Definition of Capacitor. 5.3 Calculation of capacitance. 5.4 Combination of Capacitors. 5.5 Capacitors with Dielectrics. 5.6 Storing energy in a Capacitor. Energy density of the electric Field. 6. Electric Current 6.1 Electric Current: Intensity and Current Density. 6.2 Ohm's Law. Electric Resistance. Conductivity and resistivity of materials. 6.3 Joule-s Law. Power Dissipated in an Electric Conductor. 6.4 Electromotive Force (emf). RC circuits. Charging and discharging a capacitor. 7. Magnetic Forces and Magnetic Fields. 7.1 Definition of a Magnetic Field. Lorentz-s Force. 7.2 Charged Particle Movement in a uniform Magnetic Field. Applications: Velocity selector, Mass Spectrometer. 7.3 Magnetic Force on a dipole and on a Current-Carrying conductor wire. 7.4 Torque on a dipole and Current Loop in a constant magnetic field, Permanent Magnets. Magnetic Moment. 8. Sources of Magnetic Field and Magnetic Materials. 8.1 Sources of the Magnetic Field: Current elements. Biot-Savart Law. 8.2 Forces Between Two Current-Carrying parallel wires. 8.3 Magnetic Flux. 8.4 Ampère-s Law. 9. Faraday's Law of Induction. 9.1 Faraday's Law of Induction. Lenz-s Law. Applications. 9.2 Motional Electromotive Force. Examples of Electromagnetic Induction. 9.3 Mutual Induction and Self-Induction. Energy Stored in a Solenoid. 9.4 Energy Stored in a Magnetic Field. 10. Oscillations. Maxwell's Equations: Electromagnetic Waves 10.1 Introduction to the oscillatory movement. Mathematical description of the oscillatory systems. 10.4 Displacement Current: Gauss´s Law for Magnetism: Maxwell's Equations. Plane Electromagnetic Waves. Energy Flux Density of an Electromagnetic Wave.

THEORETICAL PRACTICAL CLASSES. Knowledge and concepts students must acquire. Receive course notes and will have basic reference texts. Students partake in exercises to resolve practical problems. The format will be: 1) Theoretical lessons. 2) Small lessons groups. LABORATORY SESSIONS. Subjects with 6 credits have 8 lab hours. TUTORING SESSIONS. Individualized attendance (individual tutoring) or in-group (group tutoring) for students with a teacher, acording to University rules. STUDENT INDIVIDUAL WORK OR GROUP WORK. Subjects with 6 credits have 98 hours.