Physics 703 - Fall 2008

Contact Information
Learning Outcomes
Methods of Evaluation
Course Content
Course Schedule

Contact Information

Lectures: MWF 11:15 AM - 12:05 PM
Lecture Room: PSC 205
Professor: Prof. Milind V. Purohit
Office: PSC 609
Office Hour: Tue 4:45-5:45 PM
Phone: 777-6996
Home Page: "Milind V. Purohit's Home Page"

Learning Outcomes

By the end of the term, successful students should be able to do the following:

Students are expected to know electrodynamics at the PHYS 504 level before they take this course. Only students who have done well in PHYS 504 should take this course. Also, students should know mathematical methods of physics.


Methods of Evaluation

Students are evaluated through the semester using class participation, homework, in-class tests as well as a final exam.

Grading: Students turning in less than 70% of homeworks will automatically earn an F grade. For other students, the course score will be calculated as follows:
Homework: 20%, Test 1: 20%, Test 2: 20%, Final Exam: 40%.

Homework:
Homework problem sets will be assigned once every week and will be due one week from when they are distributed.
Homework that is up to one week late earns 50% points; after that no credit will be given.
Attendance: Mandatory!



Course Content:

The course content is derived from a variety of sources, including the texts below.

Texts:

In this course we focus on basic concepts of electrodynamics: electrostatics, multipoles, dielectrics, magnetostatics, Maxwell Equations, electromagnetic waves and waveguides. Thus, we cover most of Chapters 1-8 in the textbook by Jackson.

In the next semester's continuation of this course, i.e., in PHYS 704, we will study a relativistic formulation and also applications of Maxwell's equations to radiation, diffraction and charged particles.



Detailed Course Schedule



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