The detailed syllabus can be found here.
Tuesdays and Thursdays, 1:00-2:15pm on Zoom. If the COVID
situation improves and students are comfortable coming
to class, we might meet in PAIS 1140. If you don't
hear from me, assume that the class will take place
online.
Textbook for the class
Introduction
to Electrodynamics (4th Edition) by D. J.
Griffiths. Older editions of the book are likely fine
as well. The course will cover Chapters 1-6.
Additional resource
Electricity
and Magnetism by E. Purcell and D. Morin.
Instructor
Tuesdays 3:00-4:00pm and Thursdays 10:00-11:00am on Zoom. These are my preferred
"office" hours. If you can't make my regular office
hours, or if your questions cannot wait, please send
me an email to set up an appointment.
Teaching assistant
The teaching assistant is Ali Kazemi (akazemins@unm.edu).
He will be available on Thursdays 3:30-4:30pm for
you to call in (Zoom)
and discuss any homework grading issues you may
have. If you need to schedule an appointment outside
of the TA's office hours please send him an email.
The grading in the course will be based on your performance in homework assignments, two midterm exams, and a final exam. The contribution to the final grade is as follows:
The midterm exams are tentatively scheduled for
February 18 and April 1 during
(extended) class time, and the final exam will be held
during exam week.
There will be 11 assignments during the semester.
The assignments will be posted in the tentative schedule
about 7-10 days before they are due. The login
information necessary to access the homework PDFs
will be provided in the first class. The homework must be submitted on
the UNM Learn
platform at 5pm on the day they are due.
Late homework policy: homework returned in the next
24 hours after the due date will be accepted but
with 25% penalization. After these 24 hours the corresponding
solutions will be posted here, and
homework assignments submitted after solutions
post will not be graded.
While I strongly
encourage you to discuss the homework
assignments with your classmates, the work you
hand in must be entirely yours.
Listed officially as PHYS 415, this is a very important adjunct to the main lecture class, taking place every Fridays from 9 to 9:50am on Zoom. It will provide you additional practice with solving problems beyond the homework assignments and self study. Furthermore, the class will also give you a valuable opportunity to bring to my attention your difficulties with any concepts covered in the lecture class so I can address them in a group setting. The problem sheets would be posted here on the Wednesday before the problem class. The corresponding solutions will be posted after the class. You will receive credit for the problems class as long as you register and show up for more than 10 sessions. Even if you don't register for the class, I encourage you to attend anyway, just to get the extra practice.
You can find the calendar for the course in the tentative schedule.
| Date | Problems | Solutions |
| 01/22 |
Problems #1 |
Problems #1
Solutions |
| 01/29 |
Problems #2 |
Problems #2 Solutions |
| 02/05 |
Problems #3 |
Problems #3
Solutions |
| 02/12 |
Problems #4 |
Problems #4
Solutions |
| 02/19 | Practice Midterm |
Practice Midterm
Solutions |
| 02/26 |
Problems #5 |
Problems #5 Solutions |
| 03/05 |
Problems #6 |
Problems #6
Solutions |
| 03/12 |
Problems #7 |
Problems #7
Solutions |
| 03/19 |
Spring break |
|
| 03/26 |
Problems #8 |
Problems #8
Solutions |
| 04/02 |
Midterm Discussion |
|
| 04/09 |
Problems #9 |
Problems #9 Solutions |
| 04/16 |
Problems #10 | Problems #10
Solutions |
| 04/23 | Problems
#11 |
Problems
#11 Solutions |
| 04/30 | Problems #12 |
Problems
#12 Solutions |
| 05/07 |
Problems
#13 |
Problems
#13 Solutions |
