The exam consists in the solution of a problem and an oral test. The student may choose to deal with the exam separately for the two modules or to face a single test on the full program at the end of the second module. In the first part (for each module) the student will be asked to frame one or more problems concerning topics presented in each module. This test allows to verify the ability of the student to understand a problem, to identify the physical mechanism at the basis of the phenomenon and to set up a simple model for the quantitative interpretation of the problem. Later, the successful student will undergo an oral exam where he/she will be asked to present a general topic of the course. This second part allows to verify if the student deeply understood the physical mechanisms at the basis of the phenomena discussed in the course.
In order to pass the exam (for each module) the student must be able to frame the problem in the first part and to master in a sufficient way the topics discussed in the oral test. In order to successfully pass the exam the student must be able to solve correctly the problem and master the topics discussed in the oral test. Full marks will be granted to the student who is able to solve correctly the problem and to answer in an exhaustive way the questions posed in the oral test. The final mark will be the average of the marks obtained in each module.