PHYS 6561

Last Updated

  • Schedule of Classes - January 11, 2024 7:32PM EST
  • Course Catalog - January 11, 2024 7:07PM EST

PHYS 6561
Electrodynamics

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2023-2024. Courses of Study 2023-2024 is scheduled to publish mid-June.

Covers special relativity, Maxwell's equations, electromagnetic potentials, conservation laws, Green's functions, electromagnetic waves, dispersion, radiation theory, and scattering. The practical application of appropriate mathematical methods is emphasized. At the level of Modern Electrodynamics by Zangwill.

When Offered Fall.

Comments Undergraduate students must take class for letter grade.

View Enrollment Information

Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  3693 PHYS 6561   LEC 001

  •  

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Students unable to enroll in open class components during their pre-enroll window can join the waitlist at www.physics.cornell.edu/waitlist. Students will be placed in available spots prior to the start of classes when possible.