PHYS 6561

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PHYS 6561
Electrodynamics

Course information provided by the 2024-2025 Catalog. Courses of Study 2024-2025 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. The course will use Classical Electrodynamics by Jackson and Modern Electrodynamics by Zangwill.


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When Offered Fall.

Comments Undergraduate students must take class for letter grade.

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  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  3489 PHYS 6561   LEC 001

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  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    Undergraduate students must take this course for a letter grade.
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