This website serves 2 different courses: APHY 150 and 477(Y)/577
Electromagnetism, and Computational Methods (Undergraduate, and Graduate Core)
Spring 2024 (3 units course credit each)
Tu-Th 09:00 A.M. - 10:20 A.M. Physics Builiding (building code PH) Room 225 (150); 10:30 - 11:50 Room 224 (477/577)
Zoom: should the need arise
Professor: Matthew Szydagis
Teaching Assistants (TAs) / Graders: Shane Carney (577) and Monireh Pourrahimi (150)
Prof's Office Hours: 4:30 - 6:30pm Tuesdays and Thursdays in 312, in person, for BOTH classes; personal appointments outside these days and times are also possible
Teaching Assistants' Office Hours -- Shane for x77: Mon. 9-10 Rm 224 and 12-1, the Optics Lab (Room B033) in the basement of the Physics building. Monireh for 150: Wed. 9-10 Rm 224
Text for 150: Physics for Scientists and Engineers, R.A. Serway and J.W. Jewett (10th edition) Hybrid (with WebAssign). If physical book you use is a used copy of an earlier edition that should also be fine. Text for 577/477: None.
The following table logs topics, and your homework assignments, per class.
Date | Topics (APHY150 E&M) | Topics (APHY477 Comp) | |
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Th | 01.18 | Electric Fields, READ: Chapter 22 | Intro to C and C++, Hello, World |
Tu | 01.23 | Continuous Q Distributions, READ: Ch. 23 | Second Example, Third Example |
Th | 01.25 | Gauss' Law, DO: H.W. #1 due TODAY | Golden Ratio HW, Fourth Example |
Tu | 01.30 | Gauss' Law, READ: Ch. 24 | Fifth Example, Guest Lecture |
Th | 02.01 | Electric Potential, DO: HW2 due TODAY | The Drake Equation, Random Numbers |
Tu | 02.06 | Capacitance, READ: Ch. 25 | The Monty Hall Problem, Boy vs. Girl? |
Th | 02.08 | Dielectrics, DO: HW3 due TODAY | MC Simulation, review all examples to date |
Tu | 02.13 | Current, READ: Ch. 26 | Reactor, Sphere, Integrator |
Th | 02.15 | Resistance, DO: HW4 due TODAY | MC Integration, Summation |
Tu | 02.20 | DC Circuits, READ: Ch. 27 | Reactor Solution, The C(++) Glossary |
Th | 02.22 | DC Circuits, DO: HW5 due TODAY | Diff Eq (Euler), Pendulum, Input File |
Tu | 02.27 | Magnetic Fields, READ: Ch. 28 | Diff Eq (RK4), Pendulum(Matlab) |
Th | 02.29 | Magnetic Fields, DO: HW6 due TODAY | SimUniverse, Input Params |
Tu | 03.05 | The Biot-Savard Law, READ: Ch. 29 | playing catchup |
Th | 03.07 | Ampere's Law, DO: HW7 due TODAY | playing catchup |
Tu | 03.12 | Review for Midterm | Diff Eq (Verlet), Rocket Solution |
Th | 03.14 | THE MIDTERM EXAM | The Earth-Moon System, Input Params |
Tu | 03.19 | SPRING.................................. | ..................................BREAK |
Th | 03.21 | SPRING.................................. | ..................................BREAK |
Tu | 03.26 | Faraday's Law, READ: Ch. 30 | playing catchup |
Th | 03.28 | Lenz's Law, DO: HW8 due 04/04 | playing catchup |
Please consult the PDF syllabus for 150 here for more information.
Please consult the PDF syllabus for 477(y)/577 here for more information.
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