College Physics II: Syllabus

1. Electric Charge & Static Electric Forces
   1. Conservation of electric charge
   2. Quantization of electric charge
   3. Electric charge in the atom
   4. Insulators and Conductors
   5. Static Electricity & Induced Charge
   6. Coulomb's Law
2. Electric Fields
   1. Electric Forces
   2. Electric Fields
   3. Electric Field Lines:
      1. Point Charges (Monopoles)
      2. Electric Dipole
      3. Capacitors
   4. Electric Field in Conductors
3. Electric Potential & Energy
   1. Electric Field and Electric Potential
   2. Electric Potential & Potential Difference
   3. Equipotential Lines
   4. Electric Potential due to Point Charges
   5. The electron-volt, aka., eV
4. Capacitance
   1. Capacitors & Capacitance
   2. Dielectrics
   3. Storage of Electrical Energy
   4. Capacitors in Series & in Parallel
5. Circuits
   1. Electric Current
   2. Microscopic View of Current
   3. Resistivity & Resistance
   4. Ohm's Law
   5. Non Ohmic Devices
   6. Electric Battery
   7. Work, Energy & EMF
   8. Ammeters & Voltmeters
   9. Direct Current (DC)
   10. Alternating Current (AC)
   11. Resistors in Series & in Parallel
   12. Kirchhoff's Laws
   13. RC Circuits
6. Magnetic Fields
   1. Magnetism
   2. Magnetic Fields & Magnetic Dipoles
   3. Magnets & the Magnetic Field
   4. Magnetic Fields from Electric Currents: Ampère's Law
   5. Magnetic Forces on Moving Charges:
   6. Magnetic Forces on Currents:
7. Electromagnetic Induction
   1. Faraday's Law of Induction
   2. Lenz's Law
   3. Magnets & the Magnetic Field
   4. Electric Generators
   5. Transformers
8. Geometric Optics
   1. Fermat's Principle
   2. Reflection & Refraction
   3. Mirrors
   4. Lenses
   5. Optical Instruments
9. Special Relativity
   1. Postulates of special relativity
   2. Length contraction
   3. Time Dilation
   4. Simultaneity
   5. Rest Energy: E₀=mc²
   6. Relativistic Energy and Momentum
   7. Relativistic Addition of Velocities
10. Wave Nature of Light
    1. Huygens' Principle
    2. Interference
    3. Polarization
11. Quantum Nature of Waves and Matter
    1. Quanta of Light: photons
    2. Photoelectric Effect
    3. Compton Scattering
    4. Wave nature of matter
    5. de Broglie wavelength
12. Quantum Mechanics
    1. The wave function and its interpretation
    2. Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle
    3. The Hydrogen Atom
    4. Pauli's Exclusion Principle
    5. The periodic table
13. Nuclear Physics
    1. Structure and Properties of the Nucleus
    2. Isotopes
    3. Alpha Decay
    4. Beta Decay
    5. The Curve of Binding Energy
14. Elementary Particles and Fields
    1. Quarks and Leptons
    2. Strong, Weak and Electromagnetic Interactions
    3. Beyond the Standard Model