Classical Electromagnetism I

3 credits · Undergraduate

This is the first part of a two-semester course in classical electromagnetism. Topics include the electric field and the scalar potential, Coulomb’s and Gauss’s laws, Poisson’s and Laplace’s equations, boundary-value problems in electrostatics, electric multipoles, electrostatic energy and forces, dielectric materials and continuity conditions, the magnetic field and the vector potential, Ampere’s law, magnetic fields in matter and magnetic materials, magnetic energy and forces, Faraday's law and electromagnetic induction, electrodynamics, and Maxwell's equations. Prerequisite(s): MATH 204-3 and PHYS 202-4