Course Topics

Unit 1: Introduction to Electricity and Magnetism
- Electric charge and electric force
- Electric fields and electric potential
- Conductors and insulators
- Gauss's Law and its applications
Unit 2: Electric Fields and Circuits
- Electric field due to point charges and continuous charge distributions
- Electric potential and voltage
- Capacitance and capacitors
- Electric current and resistance
- DC circuits and Ohm's Law
- RC circuits and time-dependent behavior
Unit 3: Magnetic Fields and Forces
- Magnetic field and magnetic force on moving charges
- Sources of magnetic fields: magnets and currents
- Magnetic field due to straight and curved wires
- Ampere's Law and its applications
Unit 4: Electromagnetic Induction
- Faraday's Law and Lenz's Law
- Induced electric fields and EMF
- Self-inductance and inductors
- RL circuits and time-dependent behavior
- Transformers and energy transfer
Unit 5: Electromagnetic Waves
- Maxwell's equations
- Electromagnetic spectrum
- Properties of electromagnetic waves
- Electromagnetic wave propagation
Unit 6: Light and Optics
- Geometrical optics: reflection, refraction, lenses, and mirrors
- Interference and diffraction of light
- Polarization of light
Unit 7: Review and Advanced Topics
- Review of key concepts
- Special relativity and electromagnetism
- Modern applications of electricity and magnetism

Physics II – Electricity & Magnetism