PHYSICS 271          ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM              FALL 2000

Homework Assignments can be found at HW

Text: Halliday, Resnick, Krane: Physics, Volume Two (Extended Version), Fourth Edition

Homework: Specific reading assignments will be given supplementing the lecture material covered in class. Any assigned reading may be the subject of Exam questions, whether or not there has been time to discuss the material in lecture, this includes the worked sample problems in the text.

Homework problems will be assigned regularly. Students may discuss the problems with each other in a general way but should not do the homework as a group effort. No carbon copy homework sets are acceptable. Further, the problem solutions should be clearly and neatly written on one side only of standard size paper. Your fellow students should be able to read, follow and understand the solutions. The quality of the presentation counts towards the grade. The problem sets must include your NAME, PHYS 271, and the DUE DATE in the upper right hand corner of the first page and your NAME and PHYS 271 on each following page; the PROBLEM SET NUMBER on the first page and EACH PAGE NUMBERED. As well, each problem should be clearly numbered and the question written out and then followed by the solution.

The problem sets should be handed in to the recitation instructor at the beginning of the recitation on which they are due. No late homework is accepted. A grade of 0% will be given for a late problem set.

The recitation instructor will discuss the problem sets during the recitation period upon which the assignment is due and after they are turned in. Following that, the instructor will discuss additional questions and problems for the remainder of the period. In addition, there will be unscheduled short quizzes during recitation covering recent homework material. Your recitation grades will be determined from your homework grades and quiz grades. Problem solving is an essential as well as an integral part of this course and your recitation grade will count approximately 20% towards your course grade.

Exams & Grades: There will be two in class exams during the semester and a comprehensive two-hour final exam at the end of the semester.

Your course grade will be based on the scores for the exams and homework sets, with the approximate weights:

Recitation HW+Quizzes   20%

Two exams                      40% (20% each)

Final exam                       40%

The final exam will be scheduled during the week beginning 11 December.

References: Besides our textbook, the following books will be on reserve in the Physics Library.

i) Introductory

1. Giancoli: Physics: Principles with Applications
2. Halliday, Resnick, Krane: Physics Volume Two (Extended Version) Fourth Edition
3. Halliday, Resnick, Walker: Fundamentals of Physics Fifth Edition, Parts 3-4
4. Purcell: Electricity and Magnetism
5. Sears, Zemansky and Young: University Physics
6. Serway: Physics for Scientists and Engineers

ii) Intermediate

1. Corson and Lorrain: Electromagnetic Fields and Waves
2. Griffiths: Introduction to Electrodynamics
3. Marion: Classical Electromagnetic Radiation
4. Nayfeh and Brussel: Electricity and Magnetism
5. Ohanian: Classical Electrodynamics
6. Portis: Electromagnetic Fields: Sources and Media
7. Reitz, Milford and Christy: Foundations of Electromagnetic Theory
8. Schwartz: Principles of Electrodynamics

B) Graduate Level (Advanced)

1. Jackson: Classical Electrodynamics
2. Landau and Lifshitz: Electrodynamics of Continuous Media
3. Landau and Lifshitz: Classical Theory of Fields
4. Panofsky and Phillips: Classical Electricity and Magnetism

1. Halpern: 3000 Solved Problems in Physics
2. Rees: Physics by Example: 200 Problems and Solutions
3. Wells: Schaum's Outline of Theory and Problems of Physics and Engineering

1. Hague: An Introduction to Vector Analysis
2. Schey: Div, Grad, Curl, and All That
3. Speigel: Schaum's Outline: Vector Analysis