Undergraduate Courses :: Physics 142

Name:   General Physics 2: Electricity and Magnetism
Description:   Electricity and Magnetism
Format:   3 lectures, 1 discussion session and 2 hours of Lab per week
Prerequisites:   MATH 181; and grade of C or better in either Physics 141 or both Physics 105/106; or consent of the instructor.
Credits:   4 hours.To be properly registered, you must enroll in one lecture and one lab.
Outline:   Electrostatics. Electric currents. DC circuits. Magnetic fields. Magnetic media. Electromagnetic induction. AC circuits. Maxwell's equations. Electromagnetic waves. Reflection and refraction Interference.
Typical Text:   University Physics Volume 2 with Mastering Physics, 11/E
Hugh D. Young, Carnegie-Mellon University
Roger A. Freedman, University of California, Santa Barbara
Webpage:   physicsweb.phy.uic.edu/142
Offered:   Every Spring and Fall Semester