Approximate Syllabus

Phy351 (Spring, 2008)

Prof. Fulin Zuo
Office: JLK 314
Phone: 8-7114, 284-2323x5
Class Hours: MWF 1:25-2:15pm, rm: 203
R: 5:00pm-5.50pm, rm: 110
Office Hour: W 2:15-3:15pm

  

Two weeks

Chapter 5: Magnetostatics

Two weeks

Chapter 6: Magnetic field in matter

Two weeks

Chapter 7: Electrodynamics

2/27

Midterm

One week Chapter 8 : Conservation Laws
Two weeks Chapter 9: Electromagnetic Waves
One week Chapter 10: Potentials and Fields
Two weeks Chapter 11: Radiation

Two weeks

Chapter 12: Electrodynamics and Relativity

5/1

Final Exam

 

Textbooks required:

Introduction to Electrodynamics by Griffiths, Third Edition, Prentice Hall

Books recommended:

Div grad curl and all that by H.M.Schey, second edition, Norton

Vector analysis by Murray R. Spiegel, Schaum's Outline Series, McGraw-Hill

Grade policy:

Homework will be assigned and students are asked to show his/her work individually or in class, with the total counted as one midterm. The final exam is counted as two midterms. Final grade will be based on the total of four midterms. Attendance may affect your final grade.