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PHYS 415: Electromagnetic Theory I
Prof. S. Teitel: stte@pas.rochester.edu ---- Fall 2023

Overview

Course Overview and Introduction

Welcome to Electromagnetic Theory I. And since most of you are new first year graduate students, welcome to the University of Rochester!

The course meets for two lecture periods a week on Monday and Wednesday morning. There will be a midterm and endterm exam. Your grade will be based on your performance on the Problem Set assignments and on the two exams. See the Course Information page for further details.

This course will review the Classical Theory of Electromagnetism. You should already be familiar with most of the concepts we will discuss in this course from your undergraduate studies. If you have not already a taken an undergraduate course in electromagnetism at the level of the textbook by Griffiths, please contact Prof. Teitel.

For the historically minded, here is A Brief History of Electromagnetism.

To access many features of the class website, such as viewing lecture videos, emailing classmates, uploading homework, and viewing your grades, you must first login to the University's Blackboard system using your UR NetID.

The class website is structured as outlined below.

Use the Home page to see announcements for the class.

Use the Instructors page to see contact information for the class instructors and office hours.

Use the Course Information page for general information and policies concerning the class

Use the Communications page for information about the various means we will use to communicate with one another.

Use the Calendar page for a calendar for the class, noting significant dates.

Use the Notes page for links to class notes.

Use the Videos page for links to pre-recorded video lectures.

Use the Problem Sets page for links to Problem Sets and Solutions.

Use the Zoom link to see the Zoom links for the course.

Use the Email link to send email to your classmates or the instructors.

Use the Slack link to launch the class Slack channel.