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Electric And Magnetic Interactions - Honors

Offering:

Spring, Credits 4

Prerequisites:

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

Description:

Advanced treatment of calculus-based physics course using concepts of electric and magnetic fields and an atomic description of matter to describe polarization, fields produced by charge distributions, potential, electrical circuits, magnetic forces, induction, and related topics, leading to Maxwell's equations and electromagnetic radiation and an introduction to waves and interference. 3-D graphical simulations and numerical problem solving by computer are employed throughout.

Textbook(s) for Spring 2013

Textbooks for Spring 2013
Course Title Author Edition ISBN Publisher
PHYS272H Matter & Interaction   Sherwood & Chabay; Vol. 2  3rd; (January 3, 2010)   0-470-10831-4   Wiley 
PHYS272H WebAssign (Students have the option to purchase WebAssign on-line as soon as they register for the course)          
PHYS272H Matter & Interaction 3E V2 Webassign 1S Set   Chabay & Sherwood  3rd; (January 7, 2010)  9780470597804  Wiley & Sons 
PHYS272H i>Clicker         Bedford/Freeman/Worth 
PHYS272H Physics 272 Labs Available on the Phys 272 Website          
PHYS272H Supplies: 2-D cell batteries