ELECTROMAGNETISM AND OPTICS

Major
Physics
Quarter
Winter
Year
2026
Course Number
PHYS CS 35, Section 1
Enrollment Code
40014
Instructor(s)
Date & Time
TR 3:00 - 4:50 PM (Lecture)
R 9:00 - 10:50 AM (Problem Session 1)
R 1:00 - 2:50 PM (Problem Session 2)
Location
GIRV 2108 (Lecture)
GIRV 1115 (Problem Session 1)
GIRV 2108 (Problem Session 2)

Course Description

Magnetic induction. Magnetic Materials. AC Circuits. Maxwell's equations. Electromagnetic waves. Fermat's principle. Ray optics. Wave optics. Diffraction. Polarization of light.

Required Text

Resnick, Halliday & Krane Physics, Volume 2 Wiley
Purcell, Electricity and Magnetism 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.)