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PHYS 299: Introduction to Electricity, Magnetism, and Light – Course Overview and Study Guide

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Coulomb's Law (Electric Force)

Electric Field

Gauss' Law

Capacitors & Capacitance

Electric Potential Energy

Electric Potential

Intro to Current

Resistors and Ohm's Law

Power in Circuits

Combining Resistors in Series & Parallel

Kirchhoff's Junction Rule

Kirchhoff's Loop Rule

Magnets and Magnetic Fields

Force on Moving Charges & Right Hand Rule

Magnetic Field Produced by Moving Charges

Magnetic Field Produced by Straight Currents

Magnetic Force on Current-Carrying Wire

Magnetic Field Produced by Loops and Solenoids

Biot-Savart Law with Calculus

Ampere's Law (Calculus)

Intro to Induction

Magnetic Flux

Faraday's Law

Lenz's Law

Motional EMF

Transformers

Mutual Inductance

Self Inductance

Inductors

LR Circuits

LC Circuits

LRC Circuits

Alternating Voltages and Currents

RMS Current and Voltage

Power in AC Circuits

Phasors

Resistors in AC Circuits

Phasors for Resistors

Capacitors in AC Circuits

Phasors for Capacitors

Inductors in AC Circuits

Phasors for Inductors

Impedance in AC Circuits

Series LRC Circuits

Resonance in Series LRC Circuits

Intro to Electromagnetic (EM) Waves

The Electromagnetic Spectrum

Intensity of EM Waves

Wavefunctions of EM Waves

Polarization & Polarization Filters

Ray Nature Of Light

Reflection of Light

Refraction of Light & Snell's Law

Total Internal Reflection

Ray Diagrams For Mirrors

Mirror Equation

Index of Refraction

Ray Diagrams For Lenses

Thin Lens And Lens Maker Equations

Diffraction

Diffraction with Huygen's Principle

Young's Double Slit Experiment

Single Slit Diffraction