Course Synopses

Prerequisites: 01:750:227 or 272 and 01:640:CALC3 AND permission of This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.; . Only offered in Fall semesters.

This course is required for all Astrophysics and Physics - Professional option majors and is an option for Physics - Applied Option majors, as well as well-prepared students.  All our majors, and prospective majors, are encouraged to meet at least once a semester with the Undergraduate Program Director This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. At this advising meeting, you can discuss special permission to take this course. 

This is the first semester of a two-part intermediate course (Physics 385 & 386) for physics and astrophysics majors and others who wish a thorough discussion of the fundamental laws of electromagnetism, including electric and magnetic fields and potentials, conductors, dielectrics and capacitors, inductance, Maxwell's equations, and electromagnetic radiation. It is intended as an integral part of the sequence for physics and astrophysics majors who intend to pursue PhD studies. The emphasis will be on the physical concepts and mathematical methods for describing electromagnetism, with less attention to practical applications.