PHYS 435 :: Physics Illinois :: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Physics 435 Advanced Electromagnetism I
Announcements
Physics 435 Final Exam ...
...will take place in class, 124 Burrill Hall, on Wed., Dec. 18, 1:30-4:30 pm. The exam will cover Chs. 2-7 of Griffiths, i.e., Lectures 1-35 excluding electromagnetic waves. The exam will be open book meaning you can bring any static print materials including the text, printouts of lecture notes, homeworks, or a pre-prepared equation sheet of your own making. Electronic devices of any sort are not permitted. Calculators will be neither allowed or needed.
Physics 435 hour exam #3 ...
...will take place in class on Wed., Dec. 4. The exam will cover Chs. 5-6 of Griffiths, i.e., Lectures 18-27. The exam will be open book meaning you can bring any static print materials including the text, printouts of lecture notes, homeworks, or a pre-prepared equation sheet of your own making. Electronic devices of any sort are not permitted. Calculators will be neither allowed or needed.
Physics 435 hour exam #2 ...
...will take place in class on Mon., Nov. 4. The exam will cover Chs. 3-4 of Griffiths, i.e., Lectures 8-17. The exam will be open book meaning you can bring any static print materials including the text, printouts of lecture notes, homeworks, or a pre-prepared equation sheet of your own making. Electronic devices of any sort are not permitted. Calculators will be neither allowed or needed.
Note that this exam was originally scheduled for Mon., Oct. 28. It is being rescheduled to better synchronize with the Discussions, which have been running a week behind because of Labor Day.
Physics 435 hour exam #1 ...
...will take place in class on Wed., Oct. 2. The exam will cover Ch. 2 of Griffiths, i.e., Lectures 1-7. The exam will be open book meaning you can bring any static print materials including the text, printouts of lecture notes, homeworks, or a pre-prepared equation sheet of your own making. Electronic devices of any sort are not permitted. Calculators will be neither allowed or needed.
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Welcome to Physics 435! Class starts on Monday, August 26, 2019 in 124 Burrill Hall. Hpefully Prof. Abbamonte will not be late the first day, since he is not sure where this room is, though he can read a map.
Phys 435 is the first semester of a year-long course in Classical Electrodynamics. E&M is more than just a way of computing E and B fields: It is the first field theory, the first gauge theory, and a deep look at the way physical theories of nature are structured. The text is Introduction to Electrodynamics by David Griffiths. I will usually refer to reading from the 3rd edition, though as far as I can tell the 4th edition is identical.
We will use iClickers in this course. Please register yours using the links on the student gradebook webpages.
Contact Information
Please use the email addresses ( + [at] illinois [dot] edu ) listed below if you have any questions about any of the course components listed below.
| Name | Role | Office Hour | Office Hour Location | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peter Abbamonte | Professor |
Wednesdays 10-11 am |
104 Materials Research Laboratory (not to be confused with MSEB) | abbamont@illinois.edu |
| Astha Sethi | Discussion TA |
Wednesdays 11 am - 12 pm |
279 Loomis | asethi8@illinois.edu |
| Kevin Ly | Discussion TA |
Tuesdays 3-4 pm |
279 Loomis | kkly2@illinois.edu |
| Chenghao Zhang | Grader |
Tuesdays 4-5 pm |
279 Loomis | cz38@illinois.edu |
| Ming-Wei Liu | Grader |
Tuesdays 2-3 pm |
279 Loomis | mwliu2@illinois.edu |
| Pin-Yi Li | Grader |
Tuesdays 10-11 am |
279 Loomis | pinyili2@illinois.edu |
Academic Integrity
All activities in this course, including documentation submitted for petition for an excused absence, are subject to the Academic Integrity rules as described in Article 1, Part 4, Academic Integrity, of the Student Code.