Physics II: Electricity and Magnetism

Class Topics

WEEK #	SES #	ACTIVITIES	TOPICS
1	1	Class	Introduction to TEAL; Fields; Review of gravity; Electric field
	2	Class	Electric charge; Electric fields; Dipoles; Continuous charge distributions
	3	Problem solving	Coordinate systems; Gradients; Line and surface integrals
2	4	Class	Working in groups, electric potential, E from V
	5	Class	Electric potential, equipotentials
	6	Problem solving	Continuous charge distributions
3	7	Class	Gauss’s law
	8	Problem solving	Gauss’s law (cont.)
4	9	Class	Conductors and capacitors
	10	Class	Capacitors
	11	Problem solving	Capacitors (cont.)
5	12	Class	Current, Resistance, and DC circuits
	13	Class	Exam 1 information
6	14	Class	Magnetic fields: Creating magnetic fields - Biot-Savart
	15	Class	Magnetic fields: Creating magnetic fields - Ampere’s Law
	16	Problem solving	Ampere’s law
7	17	Class	Magnetic fields: Feeling magnetic fields - charges and dipoles
	18	Class	Magnetic levitation; Magnetic forces on dipoles
	19	Problem solving	Magnetic fields: Force and torque on a current loop
8	20	Class	Faraday’s law
	21	Class	Faraday’s law (cont.)
	22	Problem solving	Mutual inductance and transformers; Inductors
9	23	Class	Inductors and magnetic energy; RL circuits
	24	Class	Exam 2 information
10	25	Class	RC and RL circuits
	26	Problem solving	RC and RL circuits (cont.)
11	27	Class	LC, and undriven LRC circuits
	28	Class	Driven LRC circuits
	29	Problem solving	Driven LRC circuits (cont.)
12	30	Class	Maxwell’s equations, EM radiation and energy flow
	31	Class	Maxwell’s equations, EM radiation and energy flow (cont.)
	32	Problem solving	EM radiation
13	33	Class	Generating EM radiation
	34	Class	Exam 3 information
14	35	Class	Interference
	36	Class	Final exam