College of Science

PHYS272 Spring 2008

Electric And Magnetic Interactions

Current session: Spring 2008

Offering: Fall, Spring 4 Credits

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

Description: 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.

Instructor(s):
HAUGAN, MARK P.

Email:
haugan@purdue.edu

Class times and locations

Textbook(s) for Spring 2008
Course Title Author Edition ISBN Publisher
PHYS272 i>Clicker 0-7167-7939-0 Bedford/Freeman/Worth
PHYS272 Supplies: 2-D cell batteries
PHYS272 Matter & Interactions Chabay & Sherwood Vol. 2 w/WebAssign Set 0-470-13609-X Wiley-Interscience
PHYS272 Physics 272 Laboratory Manual 2008 "Boiler Copy Maker" in the Union RM157