FIZ 102E - Physics II

Course Objectives

1. To learn the fundamental concepts and laws of electricity and magnetism,
2. To gain the ability of calculating electric and magnetic fields for some simple charge and current distributions,
3. To learn how electric charges are affected by electric and magnetic fields,
4. To understand the basic properties of electromagnetic waves using Maxwell’s equations.

Course Description

This is an introductory level physics course on electricity, magnetism and electromagnetism. The main topics are: Coulomb’s law and electrical field, Gauss’s law, electrical potential, capacitance, electrostatic energy and properties of dielectrics, current and resistance, direct current circuits, magnetic field, sources of magnetic field, Faraday’s law, inductance, Maxwell’s equations and electromagnetic waves.