The detailed syllabus can be found here.
Mondays and Wednesdays, 8:30-9:45am in PAIS 1140.
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 and Wednesdays 1:00-2:00pm at my office PAIS
3214 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 Loc Ngo (ngophucducloc1995@unm.edu).
He will be available on Fridays 10-11am for you to
come by in PAIS 3414 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 22 and April 12 during
class time, and the final exam will be held during
exam week on May 10 12:30pm.
There will be 9 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 at
my office on the day they are due. Late
Homework assignments will be accepted but with a 25%
penalty for each day past the deadline. So a
homework handed-in within 24 hrs of the deadline
will carry a 25% penalty, one handed-in within 48
hrs will carry a 50% penalty, as so on. Let me know if you are
planning on submitting your homework late such
that I can delay the posting of the solutions.
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 Wednesday from 4 to 4:50pm in PAIS 1140. 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 Tuesday 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 |
| 01/18 |
Problems
#1 |
Problems #1 Solutions |
| 01/25 |
Problems
#2 |
Problems #2 Solutions |
| 02/01 |
Problems
#3 |
Problems #3 Solutions |
| 02/08 |
Problems
#4 |
Problems #4 Solutions |
| 02/15 | Problems
#5 |
Problems #5 Solutions |
| 02/22 |
Peer-review of Midterm 1 |
|
| 03/01 |
Problems
#6 |
Problems #6 Solutions |
| 03/08 |
Problems
#7 |
Problems #7 Solutions |
| 03/15 |
Spring Break |
|
| 03/22 |
Problems
#8 |
Problems #8 Solutions |
| 03/29 |
Problems
#9 |
Problems #9 Solutions |
| 04/05 |
Problems #10 |
Problems #10
Solutions |
| 04/12 |
Peer-review of Midterm 2 |
|
| 04/19 | Problems #11 |
Problems #11 Solutions |
| 04/26 | Problems #12 |
Problems #12
Solutions |
| 05/03 |
Problems #13 |
Problems #13
Solutions |
