PHYS2220

Continuation of PHYS 2210. A calculus based physics course designed to give science and engineering students a thorough understanding of electricity and magnetism. Topics include electrostatics, electric fields and potentials, magnetic fields and Faradays' law; current flow, resistance, capacitance and inductance; electric circuits and electromagnetic oscillations; electromagnetic waves, geometric and physical optics. All topics are covered in one, two, and three spatial dimensions. Three lectures and two recitations weekly. Those wishing to take this course as a lecture-laboratory course should register concurrently for PHYS 2225.

Prerequisites: "C-" or better in (MATH 1210 OR 1215 OR 1250 OR 1310 OR 1311 OR AP Calc AB 4+ OR AP Calc BC 3+ OR CLEP 64+) AND (PHYS 2210 OR AP Phys C: Mech 4+).
Corequisites: MATH 1220 OR 1260 OR 1320 OR 1321.

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