Lecture Material

Syllabus
Background mathematics
Topic 1 - Coulomb's Law	Lecture Handout	PowerPoint
Topic 2 - Electric Field	Lecture Handout	PowerPoint	Example calculation (from lecture)
Topic 3 - Gauss's Law	Lecture Handout	PowerPoint
Topic 4 - Electrostatic Potential	Lecture Handout	PowerPoint
Topic 5 - Capacitors	Lecture Handout	PowerPoint
Topic 6 - Resistance	Lecture Handout	PowerPoint
Topic 7 - Circuits	Lecture Handout	PowerPoint
Course Summary	Lecture Handout

This course, along with other first year Physics lectures, uses the common course textbook: Young and Freedman "University Physics with Modern Physics" 13th edition, ISBN 0-8053-8684-X, published by Pearson Addison-Wesley.

Appropriate sections of the book for the Electricity & Magnetism I course are as follows:

• Topic 1 Coulomb's Law & Electrostatics: Sections 21.1 to 21.3
• Topic 2 Electric Fields & Dipoles: Sections 21.4 to 21.7
• Topic 3 Gauss's Law: Chapter 22
• Topic 4 Electrostatic Potential: Chapter 23
• Topic 5 Capacitors & Dielectrics: Sections 24.1 to 24.5
• Topic 6 Resistance & Resistivity: Sections 25.1 to 25.3 & 25.6
• Topic 7 Circuits: Sections 25.4 to 25.5, 26.1 to 26.2 & 26.4

Past Examinations

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