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DETAILEDCOURSEDESCRIPTION CourseNumberPHYS431 CourseTitleElectricityandMagnetism TargetaudienceThecourseisdesignedforseniorlevelphysicsmajors;however otherengineeringandsciencemajorswiththecorrectpreparationarevery welcome.Nb:thisisacoursethatismandatoryforallPhysicsMajors.Therefore, thisisacoursewhoseaudienceiscomposedbystudentswhointendtopursue graduatestudies,butalsobystudentswhowillwanttofindajobaftertheBSdegree. Topicsofchoicemusttakethisfactintoconsideration. PrerequisitesPHYS232orPHYS136orPHY138 CatalogdescriptionElectrostaticsandmagnetostaticsinvacuumandinmatter. Time‐dependentelectricandmagneticfields.Maxwell’sEquations.Required courseforallphysicsmajors. (RE)Prerequisite(s):136or138or232. Expectedpreviousknowledge Concepts. Abasicknowledgeofelectricityandmagnetismatthelevelof physicsfreshmancourses(PHY232orPHY136‐138)is expected Skills Familiaritywithcalculusandcalculusconcepts(vectors,vector, differentialandintegralcalculus),linearalgebra(matrices, determinantsetc.),differentialequations(ODE,PDE),vector analysis(i.e.Div,Curl,Grad,DivandStokes’Theorems). CourseObjectives Gain deeper understanding of Electricity and Magnetism. Consolidate the understanding of fundamental concepts in Electricity and Magnetism more rigorouslyasneededforfurtherstudiesinphysics,engineeringandtechnology. Advance skills and capability for formulating and solving problems. Expand and exercisethe students’ physical intuition and thinkingprocess through theunderstandingofthetheoryandapplicationofthisknowledgetothesolutionof practicalproblems. Increasemathematicalandcomputationalsophistication. Learn and apply advanced mathematical techniques and methods of use to physicists in solving problems. Develop some capabilities for numerical/computational methods, in ordertoobtainsolutionstoproblemstoodifficultorimpossibletosolveanalytically. SampleText“IntroductiontoElectrodynamics”,byDavidJ.Griffiths,Pearson MinimumMaterialCovered Electrostatics:Coulomb’slaw,Electrostaticfieldanditscomputation,Gauss’s lawanddivergenceofE,Electrostaticpotential,conductors Electrostaticsinmatter:Polarization,dipolefields,electricdisplacement,Gauss’s lawindielectrics,lineardielectrics(susceptibility,permittivity,dielectric constant) Magnetostatics:Lorentzforce,Biot‐Savartlaw,divergenceandcurlofB, magneticvectorpotential Magnetostaticsinmatter:magnetization,torqueandforcesonamagneticdipole, boundcurrents,theauxiliaryfieldH,Ampere’slawinmatteranditsdifferential form,magneticsusceptibilityandpermeability Electrodynamics:Electromotiveforce,Ohm’slaw,motionalemf,electromagnetic induction,Farady‐Newmann‐Lenz’slaw,inductance Maxwell’sequations