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University 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
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