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PHYS 281 - Electricity and Magnetism

★ 3 (fi 6) (either term, 3-0-0) Electric fields; Gauss’ law; electric potential; capacitance and dielectrics; electric current and resistance; DC circuits; magnetic fields; Ampere’s Law; Faraday’s Law; inductance; magnetic properties of matter, AC circuits; Maxwell’s equations; electromagnetic waves. Prerequisite: one of PHYS 124, PHYS 144, or EN PH 131, and one of PHYS 126, PHYS 146, or PHYS 130. Corequisite: MATH 209 or 214 or 217 or equivalent. Credit may normally be obtained for only one of PHYS 230 or 281.