Some questions about Physics 1B Analytical

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<p>I'm not a student of Caltech, but I'm studying math and physics by following Caltech's curriculum in order to prepare for the transfer admission. Although I can access to syllabus of many courses, I can't access to Physics 1B Analytical. I know that the required text in 1B Practical is Helliwell's "Special Relativity", but I'm not sure whether or not the students learn things other than the materials covered by this text. For example, Physics 1B Analytical's past (a decade ago) class information gave me an outline of the curriculum, and I found many things not covered by Helliwell's text, such as stoke's theorem as well as electricity and magnetism, which are covered by Purcell's text (1C Analytical's required text).<br>
(This is the class information: <a href="http://www.its.caltech.edu/%7Eforster/ph1/ph1b_06_index.html"&gt;http://www.its.caltech.edu/~forster/ph1/ph1b_06_index.html&lt;/a&gt;) (Is the curriculum totally different from the recent one?</p>

<p>So, I want to know whether the current class of Physics 1B Analytical still uses both Helliwell's and Purcell's texts or just Helliwell's. I also want to know whether there is any other resources necessary for studying. If you tell me some recommended books containing many relevant questions or websites listing the past/current questions/assignments of this class, I'd appreciate it. </p>

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<p>The first half of Ph1b covers special relativity from Helliwell. The second half of Ph1b and all of Ph1c cover electricity and magnetism from Purcell.</p>

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<p>Thanks for solving my question. Then, I suppose Ph 1b covers first 4~5 chapters of Purcell, so I can study them without any special extra materials. Thanks for your help. </p>