PHYS 6561

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PHYS 6561
Electrodynamics

Course information provided by the 2025-2026 Catalog.

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.


Last 4 Terms Offered 2025FA, 2024FA, 2023FA, 2022FA

When Offered Fall.

Comments Undergraduate students must take class for letter grade.

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  2569 PHYS 6561   LEC 001

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    • TR
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025

    • Deppe, N

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    Undergraduate students must take this course for a letter grade.
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