After completing the plasma physics course the students  should be able to

- define plasma state, give examples of different kinds of plasma and explain the parameters characterizing them

- analyze the motion of charged particles in electric and magnetic fields

- explain the concept of quasineutrality and describe plasma interaction with surfaces

- formulate kinetic and fluid descriptions of plasma, and understand the applicability of the appropriate approximations (ideal MHD, single fluid description, many fluid model).

- discuss plasma resistivity and diffusion in plasma based on the charged particle motion

- linearize equations describing plasma and derive differential equations for various types of waves in plasma and their dispersion relation

- explain the properties of the most important wave modes in plasma: dispersion relation, polarization and motion of the charged particles

-  explain  the theory of electromagnetic wave propagation in plasma

- explain the concept of plasma instability, and analyze the instabilities based on the dispersion relation

- make estimates of various parameters in plasmas