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2017-2018 Undergraduate Catalog

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PHY 350 - Electricity and Magnetism I

An introductory course dealing mainly with electrostatics and magnetostatics. The following topics will be covered: vector calculus; Coulomb’s law; Gauss’s and Ampere’s law; electric and magnetic fields; potentials and potential energies; solution of Laplace’s equation for rectangular, cylindrical and spherical geometries in the presence of conductors, dielectrics and magnetic materials; electric and magnetic susceptibilities; resistance; capacitance; inductance; electromotive force; and electromagnetic induction.

Credit 3 hrs May not be repeated for additional credit
Grade Mode Normal (A-F) Course Rotation Winter

Prerequisite(s) (at least a C or better in PHY 224) and MATH 223
Updates Course Revision 8/2014, change to prereq 7/2014, effective Winter 2015

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