ELECTROMAGNETISM

Major

Physics

Quarter

Fall

Year

2025

Course Number

PHYS CS 34, Section 1

Enrollment Code

41012

Instructor(s)

Date & Time

TR 3:00 - 4:50 PM (Lecture)

R 1:00 - 2:50 PM (Problem Session 1)

R 9:00 - 10:50 AM (Problem Session 2)

Location

PHELPS 1444 (Lecture)

PHELPS 1444 (Problem Session 1)

Bldg 494, Room 164B (Problem Session 2)

Course Description

Electric fields. Electric Potential. Electric Currents. DC circuits. Magnetic Fields. The Vector Potential.

Prerequisite: Physics CS 33 or equivalent, vector calculus and consent of instructor.

**Note: All enrolled students must attend both the lecture and weekly assigned problem session.**

Required Text

Resnick, Halliday & Krane, Physics, Volume 2, 5th Edition Wiley

Purcell, Electricity and Magnetism, 3rd ed. Cambridge University Press

Feynman, R.P., Leighton, R.B. and Sands, M., The Feynman Lectures on Physics, Vol. II, The New Millennium Edition: Mainly Electromagnetism and Matter Basic Books (There is an online free edition on the Caltech website).