PHYS*1010
Introductory Electricity and Magnetism
Instructor: Christian Schultz-Nielsen
Course Website | Course OutlineDescription
A course for physical science students on the phenomena of electromagnetism. Topics include electric charges and fields, electric potential, magnetic fields, and electromagnetic waves.
Objectives
This is a course to introduce students to the fundamentals of Electricity and Magnetism. Practical activities such as problem solving, laboratory work, and report writing are important elements of this course. Electricity, including Coulomb's Law, Gauss's Law and electric fields, electric potential, capacitance, currents, resistance, electromotive force and D.C. circuits. Magnetism, including magnetic fields and forces, the laws of Biot and Savart, Ampère's law, displacement current, electromagnetic induction, Faraday's and Lenz's laws. A brief introduction to Maxwell's equations, electromagnetic waves, EM waves.
Material Covered
Electricity, including Coulomb's Law, Gauss's Law and electric fields, electric potential, capacitance, currents, resistance, electromotive force and D.C. circuits. Magnetism, including magnetic fields and forces, the laws of Biot and Savart, Ampère's law, displacement current, electromagnetic induction, Faraday's and Lenz's laws. A brief introduction to Maxwell's equations, electromagnetic waves, EM waves.
Experiments are performed on the following topics:
- Electrostatic Field Mapping
- Ohm's Law
- Kirchoff's Laws
- The Motion of Electrons in a Magnetic Field
Recommended Readings
- University Physics, Eleventh Edition, Volume 2, by Hugh D. Young and Roger A. Freedman (Note: if you have the complete volume of the text, you do not need to buy Volume 2. We will be covering Chapters 21 - 30.)
- Laboratory notebook: required for your experimental work.
Planning Your Program
Who should take this course?
This is a core subject for all B.Sc. students of the hard sciences.
Prerequisites: Math*1080 or MATH*1200, 1 of 4U Physics, OAC Physics, PHYS*1020