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Physics 402 --- Electricity and Magnetism

Fall 2007

Professor: Carl Carlson

Office: Small 219 (enter first Small 221)

Phone: 1-3509

Office Hours: Wednesdays, 2-4 PM

Lectures: Tuesday and Thursday, 9:30-10:50 AM in Small 238

Text: David J. Griffiths, Introduction to Electrodynamics, 3rd ed., (Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, New Jersey, 1999); ISBN 0-13-805326-X

Grader: Joshua Hoskins, Trailer Office C

Tests: A final plus two others, scheduled for Tuesdays 25 September and 13 November.

Grading: 25% homework, 40% two midterms, 35% final

Homework: 4-6 problems per week due Thursdays at beginning of class

Material: Chapters 7-12

Reserve Shelf: In the Physics Library

Computing Resources: Small 101, Small 151

Symbolic Mathematics if needed: LiveMath or Mathematica

Web Site: http://www.physics.wm.edu/~carlson/phys402.html