These lecture notes were written for the 2002 version of this course, and do not correspond directly to the calendar in the syllabus.
| LEC # | TOPICS |
|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction; Electric Charge (PDF) |
| 2 | Fundamental Forces; Coulomb’s Law; Electrostatic Induction (PDF) |
| 3 | Coulomb’s Law (cont.); Induction (PDF) |
| 4 | Electric Field (PDF) |
| 5 | Electric Field (cont.) (PDF) |
| 6 | Electric Flux; Gauss’s Law (PDF) |
| 7 | Electric Flux (cont.); Gauss’s Law (cont.) (PDF) |
| 8 | Kelvin Water Drop Generator; Electric Potential Energy; Electric Potential (PDF) |
| 9 | Conductors, Isolators, and Semi-Conductors (PDF) |
| 10 | Review for Quiz 1 (PDF) |
| 11 | Electric Field and Electric Potential; Capacitors (PDF) |
| 12 | Capacitors as Energy Storage; Capacitors in Circuits (PDF) |
| 13 | Dielectrics; Electrostatic Force Experiment (PDF) |
| 14 | Electric Current; Resistivity and Resistance; Ohm’s Law (PDF) |
| 15 | Electric Power; Electromotive Force; Circuits; Kirchoff’s Rules (PDF) |
| 16 | DC and RC Circuits (PDF) |
| 17 | Review for Quiz 2 (PDF) |
| 18 | Electrical Breakdown Experiment; Ionization (PDF) |
| 19 | Magnetism (PDF) |
| 20 | Charged Particles in a Magnetic Field; Sources of Magnetic Fields (PDF) |
| 21 | Biot-Savart Law; Ampere’s Law (PDF) |
| 22 | Review for Quiz 3 (PDF) |
| 23 | Inductance; RL Circuits; Energy Storage in Inductors (PDF) |
| 24 | RLC Circuits (PDF) |
| 25 | LC Circuits; Displacement Current; Maxwell’s Equations (PDF) |
| 26 | Electromagnetic Waves (PDF) |
| 27 | Properties of EM waves (PDF) |
| 28 | Review (PDF) |
| 29 | Microwave Experiment; Polarization (PDF) |
| 30 | Polarization; Superposition; Scattering of Light (PDF) |
