Physics 323 B -- Electricity and Magnetism II
	Syllabus
	Winter 2010

Instructor:	Dr. Jorge Talamantes Rivera
		Science III, room 305
		phone:	654.2335
		fax:	654.2693

Office hours:	See http://www.csub.edu/~jtalamantes

Meeting times:	M W 3:10 - 5:15 in room 283 (Science II)

Furlough days:	I will be unavailable during furlough days. Students are
		responsible for those days' reading assignment.

Course Text:	Introduction to Electrodynamics, 3rd Edition, by David Griffiths.
		Prentice Hall, New Jersey (1999).

Reading:	The assigned reading (see the Schedule of Activities) is absolutely required.

Exams:		There will be three chapter quizzes (see the Lecture Schedule).

Final:		This exam will be comprehensive.

Attendance:	Attendance will not be checked, but it is definitely required.

Final grade  |	Chapter Exams (20% each):	60%
determination|	Final:				40%

This class is not graded on a curve. The following relation will be
used for assigning a final grade:

	90-100%		A
	80-89%		B
	70-79%		C
	60-69%		D
	00-59%		F

(N.B. +/- grades will be assigned at the discretion of the instructor.)

Academic dishonesty: The official policy of the University is: ``In all cases of
academic dishonesty, the instructor shall forward to the school dean and
Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs in writing the name of the
student and the nature of the offense. The first offense shall result in the
student receiving an ``F'' in the course; the second offense shall result in
the termination of the student's enrollment in the University. Such decisions
may be appealed by the student...'' This policy will be adhered to strictly.

	*** CELL PHONES MUST BE TURNED OFF DURING CLASS ***

	*** DO NOT BRING LAPTOP COMPUTERS TO CLASS. THE ONLY EXCEPTION IS FOR
	    SOMEONE WITH A LETTER FROM THE DISABILITY SERVICES OFFICE ***

	*** YOU MUST FOLLOW PROPER EMAIL ETIQUETTE ***
	*** See http://www.csub.edu/~jtalamantes/email_etiquette.txt  ***

Schedule of activities: 

Section numbers in the lectures refer to Griffiths.

** WEEK 1 **
01. W  01/06/10 Introduction to the course
02. M  01/11 	Section 5.1 Ther Lorentz Force Law

** WEEK 2 **
03. W  01/13	Section 5.2 The Biot-Savart Law
04. M  01/18	Holiday -- Martin Luther King Jr.

** WEEK 3 **
05. W  01/20	Section 5.3 The Divergence and Curl of B
06. M  01/25	Section 5.3 (cont.)

** WEEK 4 **
07. W  01/27	Section 5.4 Magnetic Vector Potential
		Last day to withdraw without a "W".
08. M  02/01	Section 6.1 Magnetization

** WEEK 5 **
09. W  02/03	Section 6.2 The Field of a Magnetized Object
		*** Furlough day ***
10. M  02/08	Exam 1 -- Chapter 5

** WEEK 6 **
11. W  02/10	Section 6.3 The Auxiliary Field H
12. M  02/15	Section 6.4 Linear and Nonlinear Media
		*** Furlough day ***

** WEEK 7 **
13. W  02/17	Section 7.1 Electromotive Force
14. M  02/22	Exam 2 -- Chapter 6

** WEEK 8 **
15. W  02/24	Section 7.1 (cont.)
		Last day to withdraw for a serious and compelling reason
16. M  03/01	Section 7.2 Electromagnetic Induction

** WEEK 9 **
17. W  03/03	Section 7.2 (cont.)
18. M  03/08	Section 7.3 Maxwell's equations

** WEEK 10 **
19. W  03/10	Section 7.3 (cont.)
20. M  03/15	Exam 3 -- Chapter 7

    W  3/17/10 	Final exam (comprehensive) -- 2-4:30 in room DDH 107E
    M  03/22	Grades available