Lecture Timeline · SC134
The course in chronological order (semester 2, Tue/Thu lectures — this wiki covers the first half, electricity & magnetism through electromagnetic waves; optics and modern physics follow the midterm). Each row links the wiki pages that grew out of that lecture.
| Lecture | Week | Topics | Wiki pages |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lec 1 | 1 | Electric charge, conductors & insulators, charging | Electric charge · Conductors & insulators · Electric current (preview) |
| Lec 2 | 1 | Coulomb's law, electric force | Coulomb's law · Electric force · Coulomb's law (eq.) |
| Lec 3 | 2 | Electric field, field lines, dipoles | Electric field · Electric dipole · Field of point charges (eq.) |
| Lec 4 | 2 | Electric flux, Gauss's law and applications | Electric flux · Gauss's law · Gauss's law (eq.) |
| Lec 5 | 3 | Work of the electric force, electric potential, equipotentials | Electric potential · Equipotential surfaces · Potential (eq.) |
| Lec 6 | 3 | Capacitance, dielectrics, field energy | Capacitance · Dielectrics |
| Lec 7–8 | 4 | Current, resistance, Ohm's law, DC circuits, Kirchhoff's rules, RC circuits | Current & resistance · Electric current · DC circuits · RC circuits |
| Lec 9 | 4–5 | Magnetic force on charges and wires | Magnetic force · Magnetic field |
| Lec 10 | 5 | Sources of B: Biot–Savart, Ampère's law, magnetism of matter | Biot–Savart law · Ampère's law |
| Lec 11 | 6 | Magnetic flux, Gauss for magnetism, Faraday's law, Lenz's law | Magnetic flux · Gauss's law for magnetism · Faraday's law · Faraday (eq.) |
| Lec 12–13 | 6–7 | Inductance, magnetic energy, RLC & AC circuits, resonance | Faraday's law (continued) · RC/RLC circuits · RLC circuit lab |
| Lec 14 | 7/9 | Maxwell's equations, electromagnetic waves, Poynting vector | Maxwell's equations · Electromagnetic waves |
| — | 8 | Midterm examination | try the quizzes first |
| — | 9–15 | Optics & modern physics (second-half instructors) | — |
Studying for the midterm
Work backwards: quizzes → follow wrong answers into concept pages → check the concept graph for prerequisites you skipped. The E&M field explorer is the fastest way to make field lines and equipotentials intuitive.