AP Physics C: E&MAP

Calculus-based E&M.

Practice

Timed and untimed modes with explanations.

Flashcards

Flip through key concepts and formulas.

Overview

AP Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism is a calculus-based course covering electrostatics, conductors and capacitors, circuits, magnetic fields, and electromagnetism.

Why it matters

Builds a foundation for electrical engineering and advanced physics through Maxwellian concepts.

Skills you’ll build

  • Field & potential modeling
  • Circuit analysis
  • Vector calculus with fields
  • Differential equation applications

Topic Breakdown (Units)

Electrostatics

  • Coulomb's law
  • Electric field & potential

Conductors, Capacitors, and Dielectrics

  • Capacitance
  • Dielectric materials

Electric Circuits

  • DC circuits
  • Transient RC behavior

Magnetic Fields

  • Forces on charges & currents
  • Sources of B-fields

Electromagnetism

  • Faraday's law
  • Inductance
  • LC circuits

Lessons & Notes

Electrostatics

Analyze charge distributions and potentials.

  • Gauss's law (qualitative)
  • superposition

Conductors, Capacitors, and Dielectrics

Energy storage and polarization effects.

  • C = εA/d
  • U = 1/2 CV²

Electric Circuits

Kirchhoff's laws and power in circuits.

  • loop & junction rules
  • τ = RC

Magnetic Fields

Apply Biot–Savart and Ampère's law in context.

  • F = qvB sinθ
  • μ₀I

Electromagnetism

Changing flux induces EMF; energy oscillates in LC.

  • ε = −dΦ/dt
  • U = 1/2 LI²

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