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PCS 228

Electricity and Magnetism

Fundamentals of Classical Electromagnetism. Electrostatics: charges, electrostatic force, electric field, electric flux, Gauss's law, electric potential, electrostatic energy, properties of conductors. Magnetostatics: Magnetic field, magnetic flux, electric current and Ampere's Law. Faraday's Law of electromagnetic induction. Maxwell equations: electromagnetic waves and the nature of light.
Weekly Contact: Lab: 1 hr. Lecture: 3 hrs. Tutorial: 1 hr.
GPA Weight: 1.00
Course Count: 1.00
Billing Units: 1

Prerequisites

(PCS 130 and MTH 330) or (PCS 125 and PCS 211 and MTH 312) or (PCS 125 and PCS 211 and MTH 425)

Co-Requisites

None

Antirequisites

None

Custom Requisites

None

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