The electric field is introduced as the mediator of electrostatic interactions: objects generate the field which permeates all of space, and charged objects in the field experience a force with magnitude proportional to their charge. Several instructive examples are given, including the field of an electric dipole and the notion of the electric dipole and dipole moment. The notion of field lines is introduced.

1. Electrostatics
2. Electric Fields
3. Gauss's Law I
4. Gauss's Law and Application to Conductors and Insulators
5. The Electric Potential and Conservation of Energy
6. Capacitors
7. Resistance
8. Circuits and Magnetism I
9. Magnetism II
10. Ampere's Law
11. Lenz's and Faraday's Laws
12. LCR Circuits: DC Voltage
13. LCR Circuits: AC Voltage
14. Maxwell's Equations and Electromagnetic Waves I
15. Maxwell's Equations and Electromagnetic Waves II
16. Ray or Geometrical Optics I
17. Ray or Geometrical Optics II
18. Wave Theory of Light
19. Quantum Mechanics I: Key experiments and wave-particle duality
20. Quantum Mechanics II
21. Quantum Mechanics III
22. Quantum Mechanics IV: Measurement theory, states of definite energy
23. Quantum Mechanics V: Particle in a box
24. Quantum Mechanics VI: Time-dependent Schrodinger Equation
25. Quantum Mechanics VII: Summary of postulates and special topics

This is a continuation of Fundamentals of Physics, I (PHYS 200), the introductory course on the principles and methods of physics for students who have good preparation in physics and mathematics. This course covers electricity, magnetism, optics and quantum mechanics.

Course Structure:
75 minute lectures, twice per week