AP Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism
Get ready to dive deep into the forces that electrify and magnetize in AP Physics C: E & M. You’ll investigate the unseen fields and forces of electricity and magnetism. You’ll study circuitry and the relationship between magnetic fields and current. This is a single-semester course.
COURSE PREREQUISITES:
- Calculus (Required)
- AP Physics C: Mechanics or an Introductory Physics course (Required)
- Chemistry (Recommended)
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ONE-SEMESTER COURSE
Unit 1: Electrostatics
- Electric Charges and Coulomb's Law
- Electric Fields
- Electric Potential
- Gauss's Law
Unit 2: Conductors, Capacitors, and Dielectrics
- Electrostatics with Conductors
- Capacitors
- Dielectrics
Unit 3: Electric Circuits
- Current, Resistance, Power
- DC Circuits with Batteries and Resistors
- Capacitors in Circuits
Unit 4: Magnetostatics
- Forces on Moving Charges
- Forces on Current-carrying Wires in Magnetic Fields
- Fields of Long, Current-carrying Wires
- Biot-Savart and Ampere's Law
Unit 5: Electromagnetism
- Electromagnetic Induction
- Inductance
- Maxwell's Equations