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2019-2020 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

Prerequisites - PHY 224 with a “C” or higher and MATH 223
Restriction by Major -
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Keywords: physics

Updates: Course Revision 8/2014, change to prereq 7/2014, effective Winter 2015

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