Instructor: B. Martin (office A207)
| MWF 8:00-9:00 | (lecture: S210) | |
| Friday: 11:00-12:30? | (lab/seminar: S210) |
A first course in relativity, electricity and magnetism with emphasis on the electric and magnetic properties of matter, development of the Biot-Savart Law, Ampere's Law and the laws of magnetic induction. Course will introduce Maxwell's equations. The rudimentary ideas of vector calculus will be developed in some of the weekly seminars accompanying this course.
| David J. Griffiths Introduction to Electrodynamics |
The Feynman Lectures on Physics
All of creation testifies to God and so it should be no surprise that Physics, by exploring the physical world, also explores God's relationship with creation and us. Relativity challenges many "taken-for-granted" ideas and shows a profound subtlety in Creation. Electricity and Magnetism illustrates breathtakingly beautiful underlying symmetries in the universe. In this course, we will take time to look at how the laws of the natural world are a reflection of the relationship between Creator and Creation. Clearly our task is to develop skills and understandings but we should also be able to look "beyond" these and see how and where ideas come from.
Every
10 days (or so) you will have a major assignment that reviews material
from previous classes!
| MT #1 | October 17, 2016 |
| MT #2 | November 21 2016 |
A final exam, based on the entire course (units R and E) will be scheduled for December.
Your final grade in the course will be comprised of the following:
| Unit exams (2) |
40% |
| assignments |
30% |
| final exam (1) |
30% |
Your final grade will be expressed using the alpha grade system used by The King's University College. See student calendar for more information