Chapter 1: Electrostatics (9 Weeks, 9 Lectures)
Week 1 – 25 January
Lecture 1: Electric charge and force
Definition and properties of electric charge.
Types of charge, conservation and quantization.
Coulomb's Law: Force between two point charges.
Electric field concept, properties and superposition
Problem- solving for electric field calculations for point charges systems
Tutorial work: Electric charge
Week 2 – 01 February
Lecture 2: Electric potential
Electric potential due to point charges.
Equipotential surfaces and field lines
Potential energy of system of discrete charges
Tutorial work: Electric force
Week 3 – 08 February
Lecture 3: Electric field & potential in continuous charge distributions
Electric potential due to continuous charge distributions.
Numerical examples and problem solving.
Electric field and electric potential relationship
Tutorial work: Electric field and potential (Discrete case 1)
Week 4 – 15 February
Lecture 4: Flux notion & Gauss’s theorem
Definition and physical meaning of electric flux.
Flux through a closed surfaces
Introduction of the Gauss’s law in point charge case
Statement and applications of Gauss’s theorem.
Symmetry arguments in field calculations.
Examples: Spherical, cylindrical, and planar symmetries.
Tutorial work: Electric field and potential (Discrete case 2)
Week 5 – 22 February
Chapter 2: Conductors in electrostatics equilibrium & capacitors (3 Weeks - 3 Lectures)
Lecture 5: Conductors in electrostatics equilibrium
Properties of conductors in electrostatic equilibrium.
Charge distribution on conductors.
Tutorial work: Electric field and potential (Continuous case 1)
Week 6 – 01 March
Lecture 6: Electrostatics influence
Electrostatic influence phenomenon.
Tutorial work: Electric field and potential (Continuous case 2)
Week 7 – 08 March
Lecture 7: Capacitance of conductors & capacitors
Definition of capacitance.
Capacitance of isolated conductors.
Parallel-plate, spherical and cylindrical capacitor.
Capacitors in series and parallel.
Energy stored in a capacitor.
Tutorial work: Gauss’s law (1)
Week 8 – 15 March
Chapter 2: Electro-kinetics (4 Weeks, 4 Lectures)
Lecture 8: Electric conduction
Microscopic model of conduction.
Drift velocity and current density.
Ohm’s law in local form (microscopic)
Resistance and resistivity.
Power dissipated in resistors and Joule’s law.
Tutorial work: Gauss’s law (2)
Week 9 – 05 April
Lecture 9: Circuit analysis (1)
Basic components of circuits and terminology.
Voltage sources and their characteristics.
Tutorial work: Electric dipole
Week 10 – 12 April
Lecture 10: Circuit analysis (2)
Kirchhoff’s current and voltage laws
Application to circuit analysis.
Examples: Solving multi-loop circuits
Tutorial work: Conductors in equilibrium
Week 11 – 19 April
Chapter 3: Electromagnetism (4 Weeks, 8 Lectures)
Lecture 11: Magnetic field
Definition and properties of magnetic fields.
Lorentz force on a charged particle.
Force on a current-carrying conductor (Laplace force)
Tutorial work: Influence phenomenon in conductors
Week 12 – 26 April
Lecture 12: Biot-Savart law
Biot-Savart Law and applications.
Magnetic field due to simple current configurations.
Ampere’s law and its applications.
Field calculations for symmetric current distributions.
Tutorial work: Capacitors
Week 13 – 03 May
Lecture 13: Induction phenomenon
Faraday’s law of induction.
Lenz’s law and its physical interpretation.
Tutorial work: Circuits analysis
Week 14 – 10 May
Lecture 14: General revision
January 24, 2026
S. Kerrouchi
- Teacher: Slimane KERROUCHI