Main items:
i) Basic laws of classical electromagnetic theory in vacuum;
ii) mathematical connection (Maxwell’s equations) between sources (charges and currents) and observables (fields and potentials);
iii) application to simplified models to describe the behaviour of systems related to Chemistry (atoms, molecules);
iv) hint at electric and magnetic properties of media;
v) inference from field equations of the wave nature of light as well as of the main laws of geometrical and physical optics

Educational aims:
i) achievement of basic knowledge in electromagnetism being preparatory to higher-level courses;
ii) development of numerical computation skills of the most significant physical quantities, even resorting to suitable approximations;
iii) qualitative and quantitative understanding of related phenomena.