Office
Hours TuTh BPB 227,
3-4 PM http://www.physics.unlv.edu/~bernard/ ; email:
bernard@physics.unlve.edu
Text: Classical Electromagnetism in a Nutshell, Anupam Garg, Princeton University Press.
Course Policy on Grading: Homework assignments will be collected and graded on a Pass/Fail basis. Two midterm exams account for 30 % each, and a final 2 hour exam determines 40% of grade. The letter grade will be based on a curve of the class average of exam grades. Homework assignment average (P/F) will determine grades that are bordeline (e.g. exam average of C+ will translate into a B- by satisfactory HW and class participation outcomes.) Homework assignments will be announced in class, as well as the mid-term schedule. Typically the latter are given in eraly October and mid-November respectively.
Course Outline &
Learning Outcomes
|
Topic |
Text
Reading |
|
Overview
|
Chapter
1 |
|
Review
of mathematical concepts |
Chapter
2 |
|
|
|
| Electrostatics II | Chapter 13 |
| Electrostatics III | Chapter 14 |
| Magnetostatics I | Chapter 4 |
| Magnetostatics II | Chapter 16 |
Supplementary Texts:
Classical Electrodynamics, J. D. Jackson, 3rd Edition, Wiley-Interscience, John Wiley and Sons.
The Mathematica Book, Stephen Wolfram, Cambridge University Press
Homework assignments will not be
accepted after due date. Handwritten assignments will not be accepted,
possible computer generated formats include Mathematica, Latex, Google
Docs etc.
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Misconduct
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example
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orideas of another, from the Internet or any source, without proper
citation of the sources. See the Student Academic Misconduct
Policy (approved
December 9, 2005) located at: http://studentconduct.unlv.edu/misconduct/policy.html.
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Resource
Center (DRC) – The
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“reasonable” inpromoting the equal access of a student reporting a
disability to the general UNLV learning experience. In so doing, the
DRC also balances instructor anddepartmental interests in maintaining
curricular standards so as to best achieve a fair evaluation standard
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the end of the first two weeks of classes,September 7, 2012, of his or
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on state holidays or periods of class recess. This policyshall not
apply in the event that administering the test or examination at an
alternate time would impose an undue hardship on the instructor or the
university which could have been avoided.
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