PHYSICS 004B - Electricity, Magnetism, and Waves

    Recent Professors
    Jiaxin Zhao
    Recent Semesters
    Fall 2026
    Class Size
    24 students
    Credits
    4
    Prerequisite
    PHYSICS 004A - Classical Mechanics
    Fall 2026 Sections
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    Transfers To
    UC and CSUCal-GETC Area 5C · Cal-GETC Area 5A · IGETC Area 5C · IGETC Area 5A · CSU GE Area B3 · CSU GE Area B1
    Description
    PHYSICS 004B is the calculus-based study of electric charge and Coulomb’s law, the electric field and Gauss’s law, electric potential, capacitance and dielectrics, DC circuit analysis and network theorems, the Lorentz force law, Ampere’s law and the Biot-Savart law, Faraday’s law, inductance, AC circuit analysis, Maxwell Equations, magnetic properties of matter, propagation of waves in elastic media, standing waves and interference, and electromagnetic waves.
    Usually Held
    Tue 1:00pm–2:15pm, Wed 1:00pm–3:50pm