PHYS 201 Intro to Elec & Mag

4 semester hours

Electrostatics. Current, resistance, and D.C. circuits. Magnetism. Induced electromotive force. Electric and magnetic properties of matter. Maxwell’s equations. Laboratory experiments pertaining to electricity and magnetism. Coulomb’s Law, static electricity, electric field plotting, circuits, charge/mass ratio for electron.

Lecture, 3 hours; Laboratory, 2 hours.

Prerequisites: PHYS 101 ; MATH 132 or concurrent enrollment.