Dr. Nick Lepeshkin
Office: TH 317
Phone: 415-338-2944
E-mail: nlepeshk@stars.sfsu.edu
Course website: http://www.physics.sfsu.edu/~nlepeshk/460/phys460.html

Class time: 10:10-11:00, MWF, TH 425

Office Hours: 11:10-12:00 M; 12:10-13:00W

Physics 460 presents the concepts and relationships of electricity and magnetism. We will use calculus and vector analysis to develop equations which relate the physical quantities.

Prerequisites: Physics 360

Texts

Primary: David J. Griffiths: Introduction to Electrodynamics , 3rd edition

Reference and additional reading:

Any good introductory-physics textbook. Use you favorite text. If you took intro physics here at SFSU, Lea&Burke will make a good reference book. Another excellent book is Matter and Interactions , vol. 2 by R. Chabay, B. Sherwood.

Prof. Lea's lecture notes on E&M from previous years (available here )

Your notes and textbooks (especially div, grad, curl and all that) from Physics 385

R. Feynman, The Feynman lectures on physics , vol. 2 (3-volume edition)

Assignments: There will be weekly required homework assignments. You may discuss the homework problems with me and with other students, but the writeup of the problems must be done on a totally individual basis. No late homework will be accepted.

Exams and Grades: There will be two midterm exams, a final exam, and quizzes. You will be given a fractional score for each assignment, quiz and exam, , e.g 67 points out of 100. To determine your final grade the scores will be weighted as follows

homework, 20%;
quizzes, 10%;
two midterms, 20% each;
final, 30%.

Grading scale (numerical grade vs. letter grade)

90+ % A
75+ % B or better
50+ % C or better
50- % assigned on a case-to-case basis

Efficient Method of Study: Before the lecture, read at least the indicated text sections and study the examples. Read the sections again after the lecture. At the very least, attempt all the assigned problems and if at all possible, work through some additional problems. Ask questions in the lecture and in office hours. Finally, keep up with the material as it is covered. Each new section will build on the previous material, and you will lose much of the benefit of the lectures and assignments if you fall behind.