Physics 30472 --- Electricity and Magnetism --- Spring Session 2011
GENERAL INFORMATION:
LECTURER: Professor G.B. Arnold, Office: Rm. 312 NSH, Phone: 574-631-5856, Email:
garnold@nd.edu Office hours: Wednesday, 2:30pm-3:30pm, Thursday and Friday, 4pm-5pm,
or by arrangement between student and instructor. I am usually in my office during the day, so feel
free to come by at other times as well. Every student is entitled to a reasonable amount of
individual help from the teacher and TA. When you seek aid, you are expected to demonstrate that
you have attempted the material on your own, i.e., bring your work with you.
TA:. Fengqiao Luo. Office: Rm. 103 NSH., Email: fluo@nd.edu. Office hours: Monday, 4-5pm .
REQUIRED TEXT: Griffiths, David J. Introduction to Electrodynamics. 3rd ed. Upper Saddle
River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1999. ISBN: 0-13-805326-X.
RECOMMENDED BOOKS:
At a lower level than our course you may consult:
Halliday, Resnick, and Krane. Physics. Vol. 2. New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons, 2001.
Feynman, R. P. The Feynman Lectures on Physics. Vol. II. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley, June
1970.
Purcell, E. M. Electricity and Magnetism. 2nd ed. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, August 1, 1984.
At a level similar to our course, the following offers useful insights:
Stump, Daniel R., and Gerald Pollack. Electromagnetism. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley, 2002.
At a level higher than our course, you may consult:
Jackson, J. D. Classical Electrodynamics. 3rd ed. New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons, 1998.
Landau, L. D., and E. M. Lifshitz. The Classical Theory of Fields. Burlington, MA: Elsevier
Science Ltd., 1980.
Brau, Charles A., Modern Problems in Classical Electrodynamics, Oxford University Press, 2004
ISBN:0-19-514665-4.
Julian Schwinger, Lester L. DeRaad, Jr., Kimball A. Milton, Wu-yang Tsai, Classical
Electrodynamics, Perseus Books, 1998, ISBN 0-7382-0056-5.
EXAMS:
There will be a 75 minute in-class mid-term exam and a final exam.
The Mid-term will be on Thursday, 10 March.
GRADING:
Activities
Percentages
Homework
25%
Mid-term Exam
35%
Final Exam
40%
HOMEWORK:
There will be approximately 10 problem sets. Collaboration and discussion in doing the homework
are very much encouraged, but you must write your own solutions and not copy someone else's.
Obviously, this includes solutions which you may find on the web. All assigned problems may be
found on the course web site. All problem sets are due in the TA’s mailbox by 4 pm on the Friday
immediately following the lecture number indicated:
Lecture
4
6
8
10
12
Assignment
Problem Set 1
Problem Set 2
Problem Set 3
Problem Set 4
Problem Set 5
OTHER INFORMATION:
1. Attendance at all lectures is the norm, but no records are kept. Therefore excuse slips are
unnecessary.
2. Excuse slips are REQUIRED if you miss any examinations. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES
WILL A STUDENT BE EXCUSED FROM AN EXAM WITHOUT AN EXCUSE SLIP.
3. The HONOR CODE applies to the examinations in this course.
 Adequate space will be provided for each student, subject to total space assignments made
by the Registrar's Office. You may be assigned to, or required to move to, a specific seat.
 Teaching assistants may be present to distribute and collect test materials and to serve as
resource persons. Any information that they give you is not authoritative.
 In any examination, you are required to remove all written material from your vicinity.
This includes any cards or booklets in your calculator case.
 The use of a calculator's memory or any other electronic device to bring either expressions
(formulas) or pre-programmed solutions into an examination constitutes intentional
deception and is forbidden.
 The "new" Code of Honor explicitly cites "false reasons for taking a makeup examination"
as an example of academic dishonesty.