Electricity and Magnetism

PHYS 102.1x serves as an introduction to electricity and magnetism, following the standard second-semester college physics sequence. Part 1 begins with electric charge in the matter, the forces between charges, the electric field, Gauss’s Law, and the electric potential. Electric current and resistance are introduced, and then DC circuits are described, including time-dependent behavior with resistors and capacitors. PHYS 102.1x consists of 5 weekly learning sequences, each with ~1.5 hours of video lectures, conceptual lecture problems, and online homework questions. The course concludes with an online exam during the 6th week.