PHYS 401 - TENTATIVE OUTLINE FOR SPRING 2006:

Week Date Reading TOPICS  
 1.  4 Jan. Quick Review of PHYS 301
Ch. 1-4 Electrostatics
Ch. 5-6 Magnetostatics
 2.  9 Jan. Ch. 7 Electromagnetic Induction
 3. 16 Jan. Ch. 7,8 Maxwell's Equations
 4. 23 Jan. Ch. 10.1 Potentials & Gauges
Ch. 12 Electrodynamics & Relativity
 5. 30 Jan. Ch. 9 Electromagnetic Waves
 6.  6 Feb. First Midterm Examination
Ch. 9 Absorption and Dispersion
13 - 19 Feb. Spring Reading Break
 7. 20 Feb. Ch. 9 Guided Waves
 8. 27 Feb. Ch. 7-9 Catch-Up and/or Review
 9.  6 Mar. Second Midterm Examination
10. 13 Mar. Ch. 10 Retarded Potentials
Point Charges & Liénard-Wichert
11. 20 Mar. Ch. 11 Electromagnetic Radiation
12. 27 Mar. Catch-Up and/or Review
13.  3 Apr. Surprise!
Review
mid-Apr. Final Examination



Jess H. Brewer
Last modified: Sun Jan 29 17:34:38 PST 2006