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Course Syllabus for PHY 424 – Electrodynamics I – Fall 2015
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Course Information
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Course Description, including Objectives
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Text: Griffiths, Introduction to Electrodynamics, 4th Edition.
Additional references: see list at end of syllabus
Assessment (Grading) Process
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This course is the first half of a two-semester sequence in Electromagnetics, and deals
with the most fundamental concepts of the laws of electromagnetism. You will learn
about static electric and magnetic fields as well as the properties of conducting
dielectric and magnetic materials.
Pre-requisites: (PHY212 or PHY216) and MAT 397
Textbook
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Title: Electrodynamics 1
Meeting Time & Place: Physics Building 106; T, TH 12:30 – 1:50 pm
Instructor: Prof. Steven Blusk, 327 Physics Building, 443-3158, [email protected]
Office hours: By appt.
Students will be expected to demonstrate proficiency in the topics covered in the course.
Proficiency is demonstrated primarily by scores on 2 midterm exams and one final
exam. Assigned HWs are given only a small weight, since their primary purpose is to
give you ample practice to do well on the exams.
The final grade is based on the following breakdown:.
i. Two midterms: 25% each. Dates: Exam 1: Oct 2, Exam 2: Nov 6
ii. Final Exam (comprehensive): 40%. Date: Thurs, Dec. 11: 5:15 - 7:15 pm
iii. Homework (10%)
If computing a students final letter grade, good attendance in lecture and recitation and
their participation may be used to bump the student up a half letter grade (if he/she is
close).
Topics Covered
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Vector Analysis
Electrostatics: Coulombs Law, Gauss Law, Work, Energy Stored in charge
distributions, Induced charge
Special Techniques: LaPlaces and Poission’s Equations, Method of Images, Boundary
conditions on the electric field and potential, Separation of Variables, Multipole
Expansion, Electric Dipole Moment.
Electric Fields in Matter: Dielectrics, Polarization, Bound charge, Electric
Displacement, Linear Dielectrics, Susceptibility, Dielectric constant, Forces on
dielectrics.
Magnetostatics: Biot-Savart Law, Ampere’s Law, Line, Surface and Volume Currents,
Magnetic Vector Potential, Boundary Conditions on magnetic potential and magnetic
field.
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Magnetic Fields in Matter: Diamagnetism, Paramagnetism, Ferromagnetism,
Hysteresis, Magnetization, Bound Volume and Surface currents, Auxiliary field H,
Magnetic Susceptibility.
Electrodynamics: EMF, Induced EMF, Lenz’s Law, Faraday’s Law, Maxwells’
Equations.
Important Points for this course
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This course will require around 6-9 hours/week of time outside of class. If you are
unable to put in this amount of time, it will be very difficult for you to do well in this
course.
Attending lecture is very important. I do cover a significant amount of material during
class. If you miss a class, it is your responsibility to find out what you missed and get
the notes. I strongly encourage you not to miss classes, unless there is an emergency.
Once you fall behind, it’s almost impossible to catch up.
I encourage you to ask questions during lecture.
Doing HW assignments is very important. Most HW sets will take 2-3 hours at a
minimum. Generally you should expect to have a “think:write” ratio of about 2:1 or
3:1. That is, problems often require you to think hard, read, etc before writing anything.
HWs will be assigned weekly (typically). Late HWs will be accepted up to 1 day late,
and lose 10% of maximum points.
I am well aware that some HW solutions can be found online. Copying them is
considered as academic dishonesty. However, if you cite the solutions in your HW,
and your solution also contains work that is uniquely yours, this is OK.
There are NO MAKEUP exams. Make sure you don’t miss an exam.
I do not expect to curve exams. They will be challenging, but fair.
Don’t underestimate the importance of sleep. You must be able to concentrate during
class and while doing HW.
Additional books on Electromagnetism at the advanced undergraduate level
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ELECTROMAGNETIC THEORY (4th Ed) by Reitz, Milford and Christy
ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM, VOL II, by Edward. Purcell (Berkeley Series)
ELECTRICITY and MAGNETISM by Munir Nayfeh and Morton K. Brussel
ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS & WAVES (3rd Ed) by Lorrain, Corson and Lorrain
ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS by Roald Wangsness
CLASSICAL ELECTRODYNAMICS by Hans C. Ohanian
ELECTROMAGNETIC THEORY by Daniel R. Frankl
INTRODUCTION TO ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS, by C. R. Paul , K. W. White, and S. A. Nasar
FUNDAMENTALS OF ENGINEERING ELECTROMAGNETICS, by D. K. Cheng
ENGINEERING ELECTROMAGNETICS, by W. H. Hayt and J. A. Buck
APPLIED ELECTROMAGNETISM, by L. C. Shen and J. A. Kong
ELECTROMAGNETICS WITH APPLICATIONS, by J. Kraus and D. Fleisch
ELECTROMANGETIC CONCEPTS AND APPLICATIONS, by R. E. DuBroff, S. V. Marshall and G. G.
Skitek
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Academic Integrity policy
Students are expected to demonstrate academic integrity in all work related to this course. Cheating of
any form will not be tolerated. Any incidence of academic dishonesty will result in both course
sanctions and formal notification of the College of Arts & Sciences. See:
http://academicintegrity.syr.edu for the complete Syracuse University Academic Integrity Policy. You
may work together on HWs, but you are expected to write up your solutions on your own. You may
not come up with a “common solution”, and then everyone in the group copies it. This will be treated
also as academic dishonesty. Finding and copying solutions from other source is also considered a
violation of the University’s academic integrity policy, unless you clearly indicate that source on your
homework assignment.