Mar 28, 2024  
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PHY 301 - Electricity and Magnetism


4 Hour(s)
Physical principles underlying modeling of charges and currents, including circuit elements and fundamentals of analog electrical circuits are explored through lecture and laboratory. Topics will include the following: Maxwell’s equations, electric and magnetic fields in vacuum and in matter, potentials and the uniqueness theorem, current and voltage sources, resistors, Ohm’s Law, Kirchhoff’s Laws, Thevenin and Norton theorems.

Four hours of lecture/discussion and three hours of laboratory per week.
(Required course fee)
SP, even years
Prerequisite(s): PHY 204 , MAT 207 



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