Physics

The exam includes a written test, followed by an oral test. The written test includes four problems to be carried out in two hours, of difficulty similar to that of those proposed during the exercises. The written test is valid for one year. On the website of the teaching there is a collection of exam problems. Students taking the teaching have the opportunity to replace the written test with two on-going tests, which take place during the mid-course break and at the end of the course. To access the oral exam, students must have obtained the sufficiency in both the on-going tests. The ongoing tests consist of some problems similar to those carried out during the teaching, and of difficulty comparable with those of the written test.
The oral test has an approximate duration of 10-15 minutes and consists of the discussion of a topic chosen by the student from those covered during the teaching, followed by questions about other parts of the program. The ability to describe the phenomenology of the physical processes under discussion and the ability to correctly reproduce the related descriptive models are assessed. The ability of critical reasoning in applying physical laws to real problems in the naturalistic field is also assessed.