I. Topical Outline: (*denotes optional topic):
A. Charge and Matter
1. Electrical charge
2. Conductors and insulators
3. Coulomb's Law
B. The Electrical Field
1. Electric field strength
2. A point charge in an electrical field
*3. A dipole in an electrical field
4. Flux of the electric field
5. Gauss' Law
C. Electric Potential.
1. Electric potential
2. Potential and field strength
3. Potential due to a point charge
4. Electric potential energy
D. Capacitors and Dielectrics.
1. Calculation of capacitance
2. Dielectrics
3. Electric fields in matter
4. Energy storage
E. Current and Resistance.
1. Current and current density
2. Resistance, resistivity and conductivity
3. Ohm's law
4. Energy storage
F. Electromotive force and circuits
1. Electromotive force
2. Potential differences
3. Kirchoff's rules
4. RC circuits
G. Magnetic Field
1. The definition of magnetic field
2. Magnetic force
* 3. Torque on a current loop
4. Magnetic lines of induction
H. Faraday's Law and Inductance.
1. Faraday's law of induction
2. Lenz's law
3. Time-varying magnetic fields
4. Inductance
5. L R circuits
6. Energy storage
I. Alternating Current Circuits.
1. Circuit components
2. Impedances
3. Series LRC circuits
* 4. Resonance
5. Power
J. The Nature and Propogation of Light.
1. Light and the electromagnetic spectrum
2. Speed of light
