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Physics (PHYS)

PHYS 400 Intermediate Electricity and Magnetism I (3) Electrostatics, steady-state magnetic field; electrical and magnetic properties of matter; Maxwell's equations, boundary-value problems, and wave propagation.

PHYS 400 Intermediate Electricity and Magnetism I (3)

A second undergraduate course in electricity and magnetism, required of all physics majors who typically take it in their fifth/sixth-semester. The course includes a review of vector calculus, and in-depth discussions of electrostatics, magnetostatics, time varying electric and magnetic fields, and electromagnetic waves. Students are encouraged to take the MATH 405 and 406 sequence while they are in Physics 400.

This course is a prerequisite only for Physics 401 which is a second-semester extension.


General Education: None
Diversity: None
Bachelor of Arts: None
Effective: Spring 2007
Prerequisite: MATH 250 orMATH 251;MATH 230 orMATH 231;PHYS 212, PHYS 213 andPHYS 214
Concurrent: MATH 230 OR MATH 231 ; PHYS 204

Note : Class size, frequency of offering, and evaluation methods will vary by location and instructor. For these details check the specific course syllabus.