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Course Prerequisites: PHYSCS 162 or PHYSCS 174, and MATH 254.
| Required texts: | Introduction to Electrodynamics,, Griffiths, 3rd edition |
| (available at Text Rental) |
Other materials: You will need a calculator and a table of integrals. You may purchase a table of integrals from the bookstore. You may order a larger math handbook like the one I use or you may choose a smaller, less expensive Pocket Book of Integrals by CRC press. You may also wish to purchase Div, Grad, Curl, and All That by H. M. Schey, a helpful reference on vector calculus.
Course Description: This course will cover approximately the first 5 chapters of the text, and has the following objectives:
Attendance: It is a disadvantage to miss any lectures. Homework assignments are due at the start of the class period. Assignments submitted within the next 24 hours will be graded at half credit and zero credit thereafter. Excuses for late assignments must be communicated to me before the assignment is due, either by phone, email, or a message to the department secretary. It is your responsibility to prepare and submit your assignments on time. Late exams are not allowed, but in special cases you may take an exam early.
Grading policy: The course grade is based upon homework
assignments and five exams, weighted approximately as follows:
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Exams: Midterm exams are scheduled to occur on February 13, March 4, April 3, and April 22. These dates may change but it's not likely. The final exam, part of which will be comprehensive, is scheduled for Monday, May 13 at 7:45 am.
Homework: A few example problems will be assigned regularly, often at each lecture. You should not believe that the homework problems are sufficient practice for the exam. Instead I recommend that you work out a few additional problems for each chapter from the text, and work through some example problems in the text (actually writing it out is better than simply reading it). I have the complete solution manual to the text, and there are several other E&M texts in the library with other example problems, homework problems, and solutions. Practice helps alot!
Tentative Course Schedule:
Special needs statement: Students with special needs should
contact the instructor to make appropriate arrangements.
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