Student, who passed the course satisfactorily will be able to:

• solve 1D second order ordinary differential equations
• understand complex numbers and how it relates to oscillations
• understand what oscillations are and solutions to what type equations result in oscillations
• understand the phenomenon of resonance in oscillations
• understand the phenomenon of waves and the theory behind the wave equation
• Understand what are travelling, standing, transverse and longitudinal waves
• understand the role of harmonic functions and how they relate to all types of travelling and standing disturbances in space
• realize Fourier formalism of pulses
• understand electromagnetic waves and how they relate to Maxwell's equations
• understand polarization, concepts such as phase and group velocity, and superposition
• understand diffraction and interference phenomena
• understand basic geometrical optics relations