Physics and Astronomy - Course Details

PHYS241: Electricity and Optics (PAST/FUTURE SEMESTER)

Offering:

Fall, Spring and Summer, Class 4, cr. 3

Prerequisites:

Prerequisite: PHYS 172; Corequisite: MA 162. Authorized equivalent courses or consent of instructor may be used in satisfying course pre- and co-requisites.

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Description:

Electrostatics, current electricity, electromagnetism, magnetic properties of matter. Electromagnetic waves, geometrical and physical optics.


To view the lectures: In Blackboard, use the link on the left labeled "BoilerCast" to access the videos of the lectures.

For the online recitations sections use the following link to access the online classroom:
https://purdue.webex.com/

Note: Click on "Announcements" in the right-hand menu for additional information about Recitations.

Piazza:
We will use Piazza for class discussions to assist you in getting help fast and efficiently from your classmates and the teaching assistants. Rather than emailing questions to the teaching staff, you are encouraged to post your questions on Piazza. You can sign up for a Piazza account and enroll in our class page at: https://piazza.com/purdue/summer2018/phys241/home.

YouTube:
Cyrus Vandrevala has created a YouTube playlist where he goes through many common recitation problems in PHYS 241. This playlist is constantly expanding, so please email him at cvandrev@purdue.edu to suggest new videos to add to the site. The link to his site is: http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIOz4UFF7XhpxLoSeihwJTQ/videos

Instructor(s):

Saxena, Virendra (coord) - Daniel, John (coord)

Email:

Saxena, Virendra | Daniel, John

Textbook(s) for Summer 2017

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