Academic Year:
2025/26
430 - Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering
29606 - Physics II
Teaching Plan Information
Academic year:
2025/26
Subject:
29606 - Physics II
Faculty / School:
110 - Escuela de Ingeniería y Arquitectura
Degree:
430 - Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering
ECTS:
6.0
Year:
1
Semester:
107-Second semester
430-First semester o Second semester
Subject type:
Basic Education
Module:
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1. General information
The subject introduces the basic concepts of electromagnetic theory, which support most of the subjects of the degree in electrical engineering.
Its transversal objective is to train students in the systematization of study and scientific work.
Therefore, after taking the subject the student will improve their ability to:
- Pose some physical problems in mathematical form and schematize them graphically.
- Use mathematics as a tool to express some physical ideas
- Apply the laws of electromagnetism to problems of their specialty, especially electrical machines, lines and electrical installations
- Simplify some practical problems to their elementary physical basis.
It is convenient to have a mathematical basis in differential and integral calculus, for this reason we recommend taking Mathematics I and Physics I before taking this one.
2. Learning results
- Knows the fundamental concepts and laws of fields, waves and electromagnetism and their application to basic engineering problems
- Analyse problems that integrate different aspects of physics, recognizing the physical fundamentals underlying a technical application, device or real system.
- Know the units, orders of magnitude of defined physical quantities and solve basic engineering problems, expressing the numerical result in the appropriate physical units.
- Correctly use basic methods of experimental measurement or simulation and treat, present and interpret the data obtained, relating them to the appropriate physical magnitudes and laws.
- Use bibliography, by any of the means currently available, and use clear and precise language in their explanations of physics questions
- Correctly apply the fundamental equations to various fields of physics and engineering in the field of electromagnetism and waves
- Know the main properties of electric and magnetic fields, the classical laws of electromagnetism that describe and relate them, their meaning and their experimental basis
- Know and use the concepts related to capacitance, electric current, and mutual induction and self-induction, as well as basic electrical and magnetic properties of materials.
- Know the wave equation, the characteristic parameters of its basic solutions and their energetic aspects. Recognize the properties of electromagnetic waves, the basic phenomena of propagation and superposition, the electromagnetic spectrum.
3. Syllabus
Part I: Electrostatics
1. Electric field of charged objects. Gauss's Law
2. Electrical potential difference
3. Calculation of capacitor capacitance
4. Dielectric breakdown
Part II: Conduction and static magnetic field
1. Electric current density and intensity
2. Resistance calculation
3. Electromotive force of a generator
4. Magnetic field calculation using Ampère's Law
5. Magnetic force
Part III: Electromagnetism and waves
1. Magnetic field flux
2. Faraday and Lenz Law
3. Self-induction
4. Maxwell's equations
5. Introduction to waves
6. Electromagnetic waves
4. Academic activities
Master classes of theory: 20 hours
Theoretical-practical sessions with experiments in which the contents of the subject will be explained.
Master problems: 10 hours
Solving sample problems to illustrate the application of the theory.
Problem Workshops: 12 hours
Problem solving through teamwork.
Laboratory practices: 12 hours
Experimental set-ups and measurements for the verification of various aspects of the theory.
Continuous evaluation tests: 12 hours.
Personal study. 84 hours.
5. Assessment system
Students can choose between two options for the evaluation of the subject
Option 1: (Overall evaluation)
As a general rule for students who follow the subject independently of the development of the classes or do not wish to participate in the proposed activities, the final grade will be obtained in the exams of the official calls.
Option 2: (Continuous evaluation)
It is an evaluation system, linked to the active/cooperative teaching/learning procedure used. For this purpose, it is necessary to follow the activities proposed in class.
In this case the final grade will be composed as follows:
Final grade = 60 % Class_Activities_grade + 40 % Final_subject_exercise_grade
It will be necessary to obtain a minimum of 4 points out of ten in the final exercise in order to pass the subject.
6. Sustainable Development Goals
4 - Quality Education