{"id":123,"date":"2025-02-26T13:56:02","date_gmt":"2025-02-26T13:56:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/people.mtsu.edu\/wroberts\/?page_id=123"},"modified":"2026-10-20T20:51:24","modified_gmt":"2026-10-21T01:51:24","slug":"phys4310","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/people.mtsu.edu\/wroberts\/phys4310\/","title":{"rendered":"Physics 431: Electromagnetism"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Course Goal<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To provide a thorough introductory understanding of the concepts and&nbsp; principles of electromagnetism and to develop a working understanding of the subject through problem solving.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Prerequisites<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Theoretical Physics II (PHYS 316).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Text<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Electrodynamics by Griffiths (3rd Edition). I will be using this text for the first time during the Fall 199 semester.&nbsp; The course outline will be updated closer to the start of the semester.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Grading<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Electromagnetism is a central subject of physics with a long and well-developed history.&nbsp; Many of the important concepts and techniques of the subject involve being able to solve complex problems, a capacity that cannot be adequately tested in conventional exams.&nbsp; For this reason the homework is a very important part of this course. You must get at least 10% (of the 30% assigned) of the homework points to pass the class.&nbsp;&nbsp; This stipulation is to ensure that you make a serious effort at all of the assignments, and that you seek help when you are having difficulties.&nbsp;&nbsp; The lowest 5% of individual homework problem scores will be neglected in calculating the final homework grade.<br>&nbsp;The three tests will be 50 minute in-class affairs over the material covered since the last test.<br>The final exam is comprehensive over the material covered in class and in the homework.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Course Goal To provide a thorough introductory understanding of the concepts and&nbsp; principles of electromagnetism and to develop a working understanding of the subject through problem solving. Prerequisites Theoretical Physics II (PHYS 316). Text Electrodynamics by Griffiths (3rd Edition). I will be using this text for the first time during the Fall 199 semester.&nbsp; The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-123","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.mtsu.edu\/wroberts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/123","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.mtsu.edu\/wroberts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.mtsu.edu\/wroberts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.mtsu.edu\/wroberts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.mtsu.edu\/wroberts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=123"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/people.mtsu.edu\/wroberts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/123\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":489,"href":"https:\/\/people.mtsu.edu\/wroberts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/123\/revisions\/489"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.mtsu.edu\/wroberts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=123"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}