The degree in Physics at the University of Salento aims to train graduates who possess a solid basic preparation and mastery of the scientific method in the fundamental areas of Physics, assuming methodological, experimental and theoretical skills, susceptible to further study in subsequent cycles.
The rapid renewal of production technologies and the fragmentation of the labor market, particularly in the southern reality, leads to focusing mainly (although not exclusively) on basic training, which allows the acquisition of an open and flexible mentality, capable of adapting to external changes, so that the three-year graduate in Physics can access, possibly after a short insertion phase, work activities that require familiarity with the scientific culture and method.
In order to achieve these objectives, a number of training credits significantly higher than those prescribed for the class are dedicated to basic training activities in General Physics, Mathematics, Chemistry and Computer Science.
The activities characterizing are carried out in the following areas:
1) Experimental and applied, which includes laboratory measurements, with data processing, in various fields of Physics, classical and modern, and in the electronic field;
2) Theoretical and foundations of Physics, including activities in Special Relativity, Statistical Mechanics, Quantum Mechanics and Mathematical Methods of Physics;
3) Microphysics and Structure of matter, in which the theoretical-phenomenological foundations of Nuclear and Particle Physics, Atomic, Molecular and Condensed States will be provided.
The knowledge provided will be the subject of further study and integration, within the framework of integrative activities and interdisciplinary training.