PHYS& 222 Engineering Physics II with Lab

5 credits

This course covers the basic principles of electromagnetism including: Coulomb’s law, the electric and potential fields, Gauss’s law, capacitance, current, resistance, DC circuit theory, magnetism, the magnetic field, Biot-Savart & Ampere’s law, and Faraday’s law. Laboratory work is included.

Prerequisites: MATH& 151 and PHYS& 221

Course Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

Expand and improve quantitative/symbolic manipulation capabilities
Apply the paradigms of classical E&M to problem solving in the engineering context
Measure, record, and analyze signals using A/D converters with various sensors interfaced to computers using appropriate software
Explain both the power and limitations of a Maxwell’s equations approach in the conceptualization and design of engineered creations

Total Hours: 60 Theory (Lecture) Hours: 40 Guided Practice (Lab or Clinical) Hours: 20