Welcome to Physics 114, Introduction to Electromagnetism

On this page, you can find:

  • the syllabus
  • links to all of our weekly course material, in the table below
  • helpful resources

office hours:

  • Monday 3:30-4:30pm SENG 306
  • Wednesday 11am-12pm SENG 208b
  • Friday 11am-12pm and 2-3pm SENG 208b

Key due dates:

  • Attend each class to complete the in-class activity for credit.
  • Homework is due Friday at 11:59pm weekly. Available at Physics LE.
  • Midterm exams on Monday 10/5 and Friday 11/6.
  • Final exam Friday 12/11 8am-11am in Library Lecture Hall 205.

Materials

Date Topic Lecture OpenStax Homework
9/2/26 Intro L1    
9/4/26 Electric Charge L2 5.1 HW0, due 9/11
9/9/26 Conductors and Insulators L3 5.2  
9/11/26 Electric Force L4 5.3 HW1, due 9/18
9/14/26 Electric Force L5 5.3  
9/16/26 Electric Field L6 5.4  
9/18/26 Electric Field L7 5.5 HW2, due 9/25
9/21/26 Electric Field L8 5.5  
9/23/26 Electric Field and Flux L9 5.5, 6.1-2  
9/25/26 Gauss’s Law L10 6.1-2 HW3, due 10/2
9/28/26 Gauss’s Law L11 6.3  
9/30/26 canceled      
10/2/26 Conductors in Equilibrium L12 6.4 study for the midterm!
10/5/26 Midterm 1      
10/7/26 Electric Potential L13 7.1  
10/9/26 Electric Potential L14 7.2 HW4, due 10/16
10/13/26 Electric Potential L15 7.3-4  
10/14/26 Electric Potential L16 7.4-5 potential and energy problems, soln
10/16/26 Capacitors L17 8.1,8.3 HW5, due 10/23
10/19/26 Capacitors L18 8.3-8.5  
10/21/26 Capacitors L19 8.3-8.5 capacitor problems, soln
10/23/26 Circuits L20 9.1, 9.3-9.4 HW6, due 10/30
10/26/26 Circuits L21 10.1-10.3  
10/30/26 Circuits L22 10.3 midterm 2 practice, soln
11/2/26 Circuits L23 10.5  
11/4/26 Magnetic Forces L24 10.5, 11.2  
11/6/26 Midterm 2     HW7, due 11/13
11/9/26 Magnetic Forces L25 11.3