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APSC 114  Electricity and Magnetism  Units: 3.30  
This course continues from APSC 111 to introduce electricity and further develope fundamental ideas of mechanics in the context of engineering applications. Leture topics include: oscillations and waves, electric charge, electrical current and sestance, EMF, D.C. circuits and electrical measurements, electric field and potential, magnetic fields and their origin, and electromagnetic induction.
(Lec: 2.8, Lab: 0, Tut: 0.5)
Requirements: Prerequisites: APSC 111 and APSC 171 Corequisites: Exclusions:   
Offering Term: W  
CEAB Units:    
Mathematics 0  
Natural Sciences 30  
Complementary Studies 0  
Engineering Science 10  
Engineering Design 0  
Course Equivalencies: APSC 112 & APSC 114  
Offering Faculty: Smith Engineering  

Course Learning Outcomes:

  1. Calculate and describe the motion of systems in simple harmonic motion such as mass-spring systems and simple pendulums.
  2. Describe and calculate the motion of transverse and longitudinal waves, and work with basic wave phenomena such as superposition, reflection, standing waves, beats and the Doppler effect.
  3. Calculate the electric field due to discrete charges and, using integrals calculate the electric fields due to continuous charge distributions.
  4. Calculate electric potential energy and electric potential for discrete and continuous charge distributions.
  5. Understand the behaviour of current in circuits, and calculate currents and potentials in simple DC circuits.
  6. Understand and describe magnetic fields. Calculate forces and torques on particles and loops in a magnetic field.
  7. Understand the sources of magnetic fields, and calculate the magnetic fields produced by current carrying wires.
  8. Understand and describe magnetic induction, and calculate electromotive forces in circuits due to changing magnetic flux.