• To describe and calculate electric fields, electric forces, and electric potentials due to point charges, continuous distributions of charge and charged conductors using Coulomb's Law and Gauss's Law
• To understand the electrical porpeties of resistors and capacitors and determine properties of cirect current circuits containing them
• To understand the sources of magnetic fields. Tocalculate magnetic field from moving charges using Ampere's Law.
• To understand the concept of induction and calculate induced emf using Faraday's Law
• To understand the electrical properties of inductors and determine properties of direct current circuits containing them.
• To determine properties of alternating current circuits containing resistors, capacitors and inductors
• To describe the nature of light and other electromagnetic waves using concepts such as reflection, refraction, dispersion, diffraction and interference
• To calculate the properties of lenses and combinations of lenses
• To understand the concept of relativity and its consequences
• To understand wave-particle duality and its consequences in areas such as the blackbody radiation, photoelectric effect, and atomic spectra

Textbook: Serway & Beichner, Physics for Scientists and Engineers, 5th Ed. We will cover chapters 23-40 as shown on the class schedule. This is a generic course schedule; the actual calendar schedule will be determined by the instructor.

Prerequisites:Math 2211 and Math 2212 or equivalent.

Laboratory: All labs are held in Room 210 of the Science Center. Manuals must be purchased at the Prinshop, 6 Decatur St. Your lab grqde will be the average of your best 12 lab scores. In order to pass the course you must perform and turn in acceptable write-ups on time for at least ten labs.

Grading: Laboratory is 25% of course grade. Values of all other parts of the course (e.g. exams, quizzes, homework) are determined by the instructor.