The main objects of the course are: (a) Introduction to the basic laws of electric and magnetic fields (Coulomb, Gauss, Biot-Savart, Ampere, Faraday laws). (b) Introduction to electromagnetic waves. (c) Introduction to Optics, in particular the reflection, refraction and polarization of electromagnetic waves, Young’s experiment and the contribution and diffraction data. Along with teaching, the course includes laboratory training of the students, which aims to better consolidate phenomena developed in theory and to familiarize with basic laboratory methods of analyzing results.

Units: Electric charge. Coulomb’s law. Electrostatic field. Gauss’s law. Electrostatic potential. Equations of Poisson and Laplace. Electrostatic energy. Conductors. Dielectrics. Polarization. Capacitance, capacitors. Moving charges, electric current, Ohm’s law. Magnetic field. Matter in electric and magnetic fields. Lorentz force. Laws of Ampere and Biot-Savart. Induction, Faraday’s law. Displacement current. Maxwell’s equations. Electromagnetic waves: propagation, polarization, interference, diffraction. Geometrical optics. Basic laws of optics: reflection, refraction. Lens, prism. Dispersion, optical spectrum. Optical instruments. Spectroscopes, spectrographs.