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PHY 192 Competencies
  1. Analyze electric fields and forces:
    1. Analyze the Coulomb force.
    2. Describe atomic structure.
    3. Analyze the electric fields and forces.
    4. Analyze the electric potential, potential difference, and potential energy.
    5. Analyze the movement of charge on conductors and dielectric materials.
    6. Analyze capacitance.
  2. Analyze magnetic fields and forces:
    1. Analyze the magnetic forces.
    2. Analyze the torque exerted on a magnetic dipole in a magnetic field.
    3. Analyze the magnetic field produced by a simple current distribution.
    4. Calculate the magnitude and direction of an induced EMF.
    5. Define inductance, diamagnetism, paramagnetism, and ferromagnetism.
  3. Analyze simple DC and AC circuits:
    1. Analyze Ohm's Law.
    2. Calculate the energy dissipated in an ohmic device.
    3. Analyze resister networks.
    4. Analyze Kirchhoff’s junction and loop rules
    5. Analyze galvanometers, voltmeters, ammeters, and transformers.
    6. Calculate the root-mean-square potential, the current, and the phase angle.
  4. Analyze Maxwell's Equations:
    1. Identify Maxwell's equations.
    2. Analyze sources of electromagnetic waves.
    3. Identify common parts of the electromagnetic spectrum by wavelength.