Mastering Electricity and Magnetism (Physics)

From understanding the concepts to mastering physics through focused lectures and worked example practice problems

What you'll learn
- Apply superposition, Gauss's law and integration to determine electric fields of charge distributions
- Determine the electric potential for a class of problems involving charged objects and charge distributions
- Understand how conductors, capacitors and dielectrics work
- Know the main components of electric circuits and how to apply Kirchhoff's and Ohm's laws
- Understand magnetic fields and electromagnetism, and how to apply Ampere's law and the Biot-Savart law
- Understand electromagnetic induction and how to apply Faraday's law

Requirements
- Basic calculus and algebra
- Basic understanding of introductory physics (mechanics)

Description
This course makes learning Physics (Electricity and Magnetism) easy. It provides focused lectures and extensive worked examples to give you a solid foundation while enhancing your understanding in key Physics topics.

The course is ideal for:

Physics students who have taken mechanics

First year university students who are taking Physics or Engineering

Students who want to improve their understanding and problem solving skills in Physics

Any person who has a basic background in mechanics and wants to advance their level in Physics

At the end of this course, you will have a strong foundation to tackle a more advanced course such as Special Relativity or Electrical Engineering. I welcome any questions and aim to respond to you in a timely manner. I look forward to teaching you this course and will provide plenty of support so you get the most out of it.

The course covers the following core units and topics of Electricity and Magnetism:

1) Electric Charges, Fields and Gauss's Law

a) Electric charge, force, Coulomb's law, superposition

b) Conservation of electric charge, induction, grounding

c) Electric fields, maps, superposition, electrostatic equilibrium

d) Electric fields of charge distributions

e) Electric flux

f) Gauss's law

2) Electric Potential

a) Electric potential energy

b) Electric potential

c) Conservation of electric energy

3) Conductors and Capacitors

a) Conductors, electrostatics

b) Charge redistribution between conductors, grounding

c) Capacitors (capacitance, electric field, voltage)

d) Dielectrics

4) Electric Circuits

a) Electric current, electromotive force, current density, drift velocity

b) Simple electric circuits (open, closed and short circuits)

c) Resistance, resistivity and Ohm's law

d) Electric power

e) DC circuits, resistors in series and parallel, batteries

f) Kirchhoff's loop rule, electric potential vs position graphs

g) Kirchhoff's junction rule

h) Resistor-capacitor (RC) circuits, charging and discharging, capacitors in series and parallel, ODE

5) Magnetic Fields and Electromagnetism

a) Intro to magnetism, magnetic fields, magnetic dipoles, permeability

b) Magnetism and moving charges

c) Biot-Savart law, magnetic fields, and electric current

d) Ampere's law, solenoids, superposition

6) Electromagnetic induction

a) Magnetic flux

b) Faraday's law, electromagnetic induction

c) Induced current and magnetic forces

d) Inductance, energy stored in inductor

e) Inductor-resistor (LR) circuits, charging and discharging, ODE

f) (Inductor-capacitor (LC) circuits, ODE

Who this course is for:
- Current physics students who are looking to get ahead
- First year university physics and engineering students
- Students who want to improve their understanding and problem solving skills in physics
- People who have taken physics a while ago and want to refresh their knowledge quickly
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