AP Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism is a calculus-based, collegelevel physics course, especially appropriate for students planning to specialize or major in physical science or engineering. The course explores topics such as electrostatics; conductors, capacitors, and dielectrics; electric circuits; magnetic fields; and electromagnetism. Introductory differential and integral calculus are used throughout the course.

Students should have taken or be concurrently taking calculus.

1. Electrostatics
   
   1. Electrostatics: Charge and Coulomb's Law
   2. Electrostatics: Electric Field and Electric Potential
   3. Electrostatics: Electric Potential Due to Point Charges and Uniform Fields
   4. Electrostatics: Gauss's Law
   5. Electrostatics: Fields and Potentials of Other Charge Distributions
2. Conductors, Capacitors, Dielectrics
   
   1. Conductors, Capacitors, Dielectrics: Electrostatics with Conductors
   2. Conductors, Capacitors, Dielectrics: Capacitors
   3. Conductors, Capacitors, Dielectrics: Dielectrics
3. Electric Circuits
   
   1. Electric Circuits: Current and Resistance
   2. Electric Circuits: Current, Resistance, and Power
   3. Electric Circuits: Steady-State Direct-Current Circuits with Batteries and Resistors Only
   4. Electric Circuits: Gauss's Law
4. Magnetic Fields
   
   1. Definition of Conservation of Energy
   2. Resistivity and Resistance
   3. Resistance and Capacitance
   4. Kirchhoff's Loop Rule
   5. Kirchhoff's Junction Rule and The Conservation of Electric Charge
5. Magnetism and Electromagnetic Induction
   
   1. Magnetic Systems
   2. Magnetic Permeability and Magnetic Dipole Moment
   3. Vector and Scalar Fields
   4. Monopole and Dipole Fields
   5. Magnetic Fields and Forces
   6. Magnetic Forces
   7. Forces Review
   8. Magnetic Flux
6. Geometric and Pysical Optics
   
   1. Waves
   2. Electromagnetic Waves
   3. Periodic Waves
   4. Refraction, Reflection, and Absorption
   5. Images from Lenses and Mirrors
   6. Interference and Diffraction
7. Quantum, Atomic, and Nuclear Physics
   
   1. Systems and Fundamental Forces
   2. Radioactive Decay
   3. Energy in Modern Physics (Energy in Radioactive Decay and E = mc²)
   4. Mass-Energy Equivalance
   5. Properties of Waves and Particles
   6. Photoelectric Effect
   7. Wave Functions and Probability

The exam is 1 hour and 30 minutes long and includes 35 multiple choice questions and 3 free-response questions. A four-function, scientific, or graphing calculator is allowed on both sections of the exam.

Format of Assessment

Section I: Multiple-choice | 35 Questions | 45 Minutes | 50% of Exam Score

■ Science Practices 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, and 7 are assessed.
■ Science Practice 3 is not assessed.

Section II: Free-response | 3 Questions | 45 Minutes | 50% of Exam Score

■ All Science Practices are assessed.
■ One of the three questions will include an experimental or labbased component.