ELECTROMAGNETISM

Major

Physics

Quarter

Fall

Year

2026

Course Number

PHYS CS 34-1

Enrollment Code

40675

Instructor(s)

Tengiz Bibilashvili
Ian Banta

Date & Time

TR 4:00 - 5:50 PM (Lecture)

R 9:00 - 10:50 AM (Problem Session 1)

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

Location

GIRV 2116 (Lecture)

BLDG 387, Room 1011 (Problem Session 1)

GIRV 2108 (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.**

Optional Text

Resnick, Halliday & Krane Physics, Volume 2 Wiley
Purcell and Morin, 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)