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Winter - Spring 2027AP Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism is the calculus-based AP E&M course for students preparing for the College Board exam.
The course follows the current AP Physics C: E&M unit sequence: Electric Charges, Fields, and Gauss's Law; Electric Potential; Conductors and Capacitors; Electric Circuits; Magnetic Fields and Electromagnetism; and Electromagnetic Induction.
Use this path when students need exam-focused practice with calculus-based field models, circuit reasoning, flux, induction, graphs, and free-response explanations.
Aligned to AP Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism Units 8-13 and the PhysicsGraph calculus-based E&M sequence.
AP Physics C: E&M alignment: Coverage follows the AP Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism course framework, exam topics, unit weights, and science practices.
College Board AP Physics C: E&M: Official AP unit weighting and course framing.
AP Physics C: E&M Learning Outcomes
AP Unit 8: Electric Charges, Fields, and Gauss's Law
15-25% of exam
• Model electric charge, Coulomb interactions, electric fields, and field lines.
• Use Gauss's law, symmetry, and flux to solve electric-field problems.
• Move between point charges, continuous charge distributions, and conductors in electrostatic equilibrium.
AP Unit 9: Electric Potential
10-20% of exam
• Connect electric potential energy, potential difference, and electric field.
• Use line integrals, gradients, and equipotential reasoning where calculus gives the cleanest model.
• Analyze potential from point charges, distributions, and energy changes in electric systems.
AP Unit 10: Conductors and Capacitors
10-15% of exam
• Analyze conductors, shielding, surface charge, capacitance, and stored electric energy.
• Model parallel plates, dielectrics, and capacitor networks using field and potential ideas.
• Connect energy density and field behavior to physical capacitor design.
AP Unit 11: Electric Circuits
15-25% of exam
• Analyze current, resistance, power, Kirchhoff relationships, and DC circuit networks.
• Use differential-equation models for RC circuits and transient behavior.
• Connect circuit equations to charge flow, energy transfer, and measurement.
AP Unit 12: Magnetic Fields and Electromagnetism
10-20% of exam
• Model magnetic fields, magnetic forces, and motion of charged particles in fields.
• Use Biot-Savart-style reasoning and Ampere's law for current-produced fields.
• Analyze forces on wires, loops, and current distributions.
AP Unit 13: Electromagnetic Induction
10-20% of exam
• Use magnetic flux, Faraday's law, Lenz's law, motional emf, and induced electric fields.
• Connect changing fields, induced currents, and energy transfer across graphs and equations.
• Analyze inductance and RL-style transient behavior at an introductory calculus level.
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