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Course Description
Course Title
Course
Code
Electricity and
231 Phys
Number of Study Hours
Theoretical
Laboratory
Credit
3
2
4
Year
Level
Prerequisites
2
3
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Magnetism
A.
Brief Course Description
The course aims to discuss the details of some topics in electricity and magnetism
such as: Electric fields and their applications, capacitance and dielectrics, current and
electric circuits, Ohm’s law, Kirchhoff’s law, magnetic fields and their applications
and magnetic induction.
B.
Course Objectives
1- Study the basics of electricity and magnetism and their applications.
2- Explanation of some phenomena included in the fields of electricity and
magnetism
3- Acquirement of some experimental skills in the field of electricity and
magnetism
C. Course Contents
 Electric charge and Coulomb’s law
 Electric field and Gauss’s law
 Electric potential and capacity, dielectrics
 Electrical circuits and Kirchhoff’s law
 Magnetic fields and their applications
 Magnetic induction
(4) Assessment Criteria
 Periodic Exams: 20 %
 Oral, student activity and Essay:
 Laboratory Exam: 20 %
 Final Exam: 50 %
10 %
(5) Course Teaching Strategies
Lectures, Paper Assignments, Homework, Web-based Assignment.
(6) Text Book:
University Physics; H. Young and R. Freedman, Addition-Wesley Publishing
Company, Inc., 9th Edition, 1996.
(7) Reference Books:
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Electric Circuit Analysis; M. Taber and E. Silgalis, H. Mifflin, Company
Boston, 1990.
Basic Electronics for Scientists; James J. Brophy, McGraw-Hill Kogakusha
Ltd, 2nd Edition, 1990.