PHYS 321 - Electricity and Magnetism I

Institution:

Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania

Subject:

Description:

First of two courses aimed at providing a solid grounding in electricity and magnetism. Topics include: electrostatics: Coulomb's law, Gauss' law, electric potential, energy and conductors. Electric fields in matter; magnetostatics: Lorentz force, Biot-Savart law, magnetic fields in matter; Maxwell's equations; radiation by charges. Three hours lecture/week, two hours lab/biweekly. Recommended co-requisite for physics majors: PHY331.

Credits:

4.00

Credit Hours:

Prerequisites:

PHYS 221, PHYS 222, and (PHYS 301 (Grade of C or Higher) or ELEN 210 (Grade of C or Higher))

Corequisites:

Exclusions:

Level:

Instructional Type:

Lecture/Lab

Notes:

Additional Information:

Historical Version(s):

08/30/2012 - 08/25/2024 

Institution Website:

www.ship.edu/

Phone Number:

(717) 477-7447

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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