Lectures: Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, 11.15am-12.05pm,
Rockefeller Hall 110.
Makeup classes held: Friday, 2.30pm-3.20pm, Rockefeller Hall 102.
Professor: Itai Cohen,
508
ic64@cornell.edu.
Office hours: Monday 10:00-11:00am, Friday 3:30pm-4:30pm and by appointment.
Teaching Assistant: Dean
Robinson
office, PSB 425K,
djr233@cornell.edu.
Office hours: Monday 3:00-4:00pm, Tuesday 3:30-4:30pm
Study Hall hours: Tuesday 1:30-4:30pm in Clark 620
Course webpage: http://cohengroup.ccmr.cornell.edu/courses/phys3327/phys3327.htm
Literature:
Classical electromagnetic radiation, Heald and Marion,
Thomson Learning, 1995.
div grad curl and all that, H. M. Schey ,
Norton and Company, 1973.
Additional or alternative literature:
Link to Retarded Field Applet:,
Course syllabus and reading assignments Homework: Approximately 11 weekly homework
assignments. Quizzes: Think of them as practice exams. The first Quiz will be held in class on Sep. 21st. Prelims: In class October 7th and
November 16th Makeup exams/quizes will be oral unless the original exam date conflicts with a
religious holiday or students have made alternative arrangement with the
instructor. Final grade: based on homework (20%), quizzes and
participation (10%), one class project (15%), two prelims (40%) and a final
examination (15%). Academic Integrity: Each student in this course is expected to abide
by the Cornell University Code of Academic Integrity. You are allowed to
discuss the subject and the homework problems with others. However, you should
write up the homework by yourself and acknowledge all sources including a list
of people you worked with. Moreover, only you will be held responsible for all
the content you submit. http://cuinfo.cornell.edu/Academic/AIC.html Socratic Teaching Method: Class participation is mandatory. Everyone
is expected to participate in discussions relating to reading materials,
homework, exams and lectures. Guaranteed Recipe for Success:
Introduction to Electrodynamics,
D. J. Griffiths
Extra Credit: The boy who harnessed the wind , By William Kamkwamba, Bryan Mealer ,
HarperCollins, 2010.
Homework is due on Wednesdays.
Final exam: Friday, December 9, 2:00-4:30pm Rockefeller 115.
1) Take notes during lecture and sections.
2) After each lecture but before the next lecture review your notes. Identify
the parts you do not understand.
3) Come to each lecture and discussion section with specific questions.
4) Keep up with the reading so that you have some familiarity with each topic
prior to hearing about it in the lecture
5) Find at least one "partner" in the class with whom you can meet at
least once or twice a week to discuss materials from the lectures, the reading
assignments and the homework.
6) Take the homework assignment seriously. Do not try to do the whole
assignment the night before it is due. Some version of the homework questions
will appear on the exams.