Physics 1C "Physics for Scientists and Engineers: Magnetism, Electrodynamics, Optics, and Special Relativity," 5 units
Lecture/demonstration, four hours; discussion, one hour. Enforced requisites: courses 1A, 1B, Mathematics 32A, 32B. Enforced corequisite: Mathematics 33A. Magnetic fields, Ampere's law, Faraday's law, inductance, and alternating current circuits. Maxwell's equations, electromagnetic waves, light, geometrical optics, interference and diffraction. Special relativity. P/NP or letter grading.
The topics covered in this class and approximate schedules are listed below. Chapters listed are from Young and Freedman (Sears and Zemansky's) University Physics, 14th edition.
If a course is taught using the online Kudu textbook, homework, and clicker system, the recommended Kudu course is "UCLA Physics 1C", which covers the same topics.
| Week | Chapters | Topics covered | Optional sections |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 27 | Magnetic fields and magnetic forces | 27.9 Hall effect |
| 2 | 28 | Sources of magnetic fields | 28.8 Magnetic materials |
| 3 | 29 | Electromagnetic induction, Faraday's law | 29.8 Superconductivity |
| 4 | 30, 31 | Inductance, alternating current (AC) circuits | |
| 5 | 32 | Electromagnetic waves including Maxwell's equations | 32.5 Standing EM waves |
| 6 | 33 | The nature and propagation of light | 33.6 Scattering of light, 33.7 Huygens's principle |
| 7 | 34 | Geometrical optics | 34.3 Refraction at a Spherical Surface, 34.4 Thin lenses, 34.8 Microscopes and telescopes |
| 8 | 35, 36 | Interference, diffraction | 35.5 The Michelson interferometer, 36.3 Intensity for single slit, 36.5 (Grating spectrograph part), 36.6 X-ray diffraction, 36.7 Circular apertures and resolving power, 36.8 Holography |
| 9 | 37.1-37.5 | Special relativity up to the Lorentz transform | |
| 10 | Special topics (as time/interest of instructor permits), for example:
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