PHYS department

PHYS 2B. Physics—Electricity and Magnetism (4 units)

Link to catalog page: https://catalog.ucsd.edu/courses/PHYS.html#phys2b

Description

Continuation of PHYS 2A covering charge and matter, the electric field, Gauss’s law, electric potential, capacitors and dielectrics, current and resistance, electromotive force and circuits, the magnetic field, Ampere’s law, Faraday’s law, inductance, electromagnetic oscillations, alternating currents and Maxwell’s equations. Students continuing to PHYS 2C will also need MATH 20C or 31BH. Prerequisites: PHYS 2A or 4A and MATH 20B or 20C or 31BH. Recommended preparation: prior or concurrent enrollment in MATH 20C or 31BH.

Prerequisite courses

Successor courses

PHYS 2B is a prerequisite of the following 35 courses:

• ASTR 18
• ASTR 20A
• ASTR 101
• ASTR 120
• ASTR 122
• ASTR 123
• ASTR 124
• ASTR 130
• ASTR 131
• ASTR 150
• ASTR 152
• ASTR 154
• ASTR 155
• BENG 130
• BENG 140A
• CHEM 104
• ECE 107
• ECE 187
• EDS 105
• MAE 40
• MAE 105
• NANO 101
• NANO 107
• PHYS 1C
• PHYS 1CL
• PHYS 2CL
• PHYS 2D
• PHYS 4C
• PHYS 4D
• PHYS 4E
• PHYS 111
• PHYS 139
• PHYS 170
• SIO 111
• SIO 135