Schedule of Classes

Date	Topics/Reading in Griffiths	HW	Notes
M - 8/27	Introduction - Course Introduction, Vector Analysis, Curvilinear coordinates...	1.5, 1.10, 1.15(c),1.16,1.18(c),1.24,1.26-1.30 Due in class: 9/5	Sec 1.1, 1.4
W - 8/29	Differential Calculus: Gradient, Divergence, Continuity Equation, Curl		Sec 1.2
M - 9/3	Labor Day - No classes
W - 9/5	Integral Calculus: Line, Surface and Volume Integrals, Fund. Theorem of Gradients, Divergence Theorem & Stokes Theorem	HW: 1.31(c), 1.35(a,b),1.40, 1.42, 1.53 Due in Class 9/12.	Sec 1.3
M - 9/10	Stokes Theorem Examples, Dirac Delta Function. Vector Fields	HW: 1.47(a,b,d), 1.48, 1.50, 1.51, 1.58 Due in Class on 9/19	Finish Sec 1.3, Sec 1.5 & Sec 1.6
W - 9/12	Electrostatics: Coulomb's Law, Gauss Law, Examples in Spherical Coordinates		Sec 2.1-2.2
M - 9/17	Gauss Law, cont, Cylindrical and Cartesian coordinates Quiz on Chapter 1, open textbook (no notes) during last 15-20 min of class.	HW: 2.4, 2.17, 2.18, 2.24, 2.26, 2.29 Due in Class: 9/26	Sec 2.2, cont
W - 9/19	Electric Potential, Poisson's Equation		Sec 2.3
M - 9/24	Work and Energy	HW: 2.33, 2.34(a),2.36,2.39, 2.45,2.46 Due in Class: 10/3	sec 2.4
W - 9/26	Electric field in Conductors		Sec 2.5
M - 10/1	Boundary Conditions, Capacitors & Capacitance	HW: 2.40, 2.43, 2.51 (light week, catch up! ) Due 10/10	Sec 2.5 cont.
W - 10/3	Finish Capacitors, Surface Charge & Force on Conductor, Begin Ch 3		Sec 2.5 finish, 3.1
M - 10/8	Uniqueness of potential, Separation of variables - Cartesian	HW: 3.7, 3.12, 3.13, 3.14 Due 10/17	Sec 3.3.1 Example 3.3: (PDFs) Geometry, Solutions: 1D: V(0,y), 2D: V(x,y)
W - 10/10	Finish Separation of Variables, Image charges.		Sec 3.2
M - 10/15	Image charge, cont. Multipole Expansion	HW: 3.29,3.32,3.33,3.35,3.38	Sec 3.4
W - 10/17	Finish Multipole Expansion; Begin Chapter 4.		Sec 3.4, 4.1
M -10/22	Begin Ch 4		4.1
W - 10/24	Exam 1	CLOSED Book 1 5"x8" index card with any formulas you wish; NO Worked problems! No calculators	Last Year's Exam 1 (Note format may not be the same, also will limit Separation of Variables to Cartesian coordinates) Solutions here
M -10/29	Ch 4: Polarization, Linear Dielectrics	HW: 4.10, 4.15, 4.19, 4.31, 4.32, 4.33 Due 11/7	4.2 - 4.4
W- 10/31	Boundary Conditions, Capacitors with dielectrics, Work & Energy		4.4
M -11/5	Forces on dielectrics; Magnetostatics	HW: 4.28, 5.3, 5.6, 5.10, 5.13, 5.16 Due 11/14	4.4.4, 5.1
W -11/7	Finish Biot-Savart Law, Begin Ampere's Law		5.2-5.3
M -11/12	Ampere's Law, Vector Potential	HW: 5.15, 5.23⁺, 5.25, 5.31, 5.36, 5.39, 5.46 Due: 11/28	5.3-5.4
W -11/14	Vector Potential, Boundary Conditions & Mutlipole Expansion		5.3-5.4
M -11/19	Magnetic dipole moment, Examples, Begin Ch 6		5.4, 6.1
W - 11/21	Thanksgiving - No Classes
M -11/26	Magnetization, Auxiliary Field H	HW: 6.8, 6.17, 6.25, 7.8, 7.10, 7.12 Due: 12/5	6.2-6.3
W -11/28	Linear Media, Ferromagnetism		6.4
M -12/3	Begin Ch 7
W - 12/5

12/10	FINAL EXAM: 2:45 - 4:45