PHYS 3500
Electromagnetic Fields I
examines the laws of electrostatic and magnetostatic fields based on vector calculus and a local formulation. Topics covered include Gauss's law, potentials, energy and work, the multipole expansion, Laplace's equation and boundary conditions, linear dielectrics, electric polarization, electric displacement, capacitance, magnetic fields B and H, vector potentials, Lorentz force, magnetization and Maxwell's equations.
Prerequisites & course information
CR: Electrical and Computer Engineering 5700, the former Engineering 5812 PR: PHYS 2055 and Mathematics 3202
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027