On successful completion of this course, the students should be able to:

1. Construct (C) verbal description of a problem into the language of physics.

2. Outline (a) an experimental setup and sketch (a) a graph to analyze (A) its data in terms of the known and unknown physical quantities, and carry out unit algebra.

3. Understand (K) fundamental principles of physics governing electricity and magnetism. Utilize these principals to express (C) mathematical equations governing electric charge or current behavior for any given problem, and then solve (a) them for the unknown physical quantities.

4. Distinguish (A) and categorize (A) materials based on their electrical and magnetic properties.

5. Construct (C) a simple electrical circuit with components such as resistors and capacitors. Understand (K, U) the basics of electricity and power.

6. Recognize (K) charges and its interactions with each other. Likewise, recognize (K) magnets and their interaction with each other.   Label (K) fields produced by them. Label (K) the difference between the electric field lines and magnetic field lines.

7. Relate (a, U) the Faraday’s law to the experimental evidence based on the induced emf in a loop due to changing magnetic flux through the loop. Differentiate (A) between the electric field generated by a change in magnetic flux and that produced by a distribution of charges.

8. Describe (K, U) wave behavior and express (U) the wave equation in space and time and reconstruct (C) its solution.

9. Identify (K) different parts of the EM spectrum and Compare (E, U) by performing simple calculations using estimates of order of magnitudes in wavelength, wave number, energy, power etc.

10. Employ (a) Maxwell’s equations to predict (E) the speed of light.

Bloom’s Taxonomy Levels:

(K) Knowledge, (U) Understand, (a) Apply, (A) Analyze, (E) Evaluate, (C) Create.