Physics 62L is taught using lectures,
weekly
recitation sessions, and labs.
The
course is intended principally for students in engineering and the
physical
sciences. Topics include: electric charge, electric fields, Gauss's
Law, potential, capacitance, electrical current, resistance, basic
circuit
concepts, magnetic fields, magnetic and electric forces, Ampere's Law,
magnetic induction, Faraday's Law, inductance, Maxwell's Equations,
electromagnetic waves, geometrical optics, and physical optics.
Not open to students
having credit for Physics 42L, 52L, or 54L. Prerequisites: Physics 61L
and Mathematics 32 or equivalents.
Instructors
for Fall 2007: Mohammad Ahmed (recitation
instructor); Harold
Baranger (recitation instructor); Albert Chang (recitation
instructor); Al Goshaw (lecturer); Stephen
Teitsworth (course coordinator
and
recitation instructor); Chris Walter (recitation
instructor).
Lectures are held on Mondays and Fridays in Physics Room 128;
the first lecture period is 10.05 am - 11.20 am
and the second
lecture period
is 11.40 am - 12.55 pm.
Additional information is available at the course Blackboard website
(http://blackboard.duke.edu/home.do) or by contacting the course
coordinator at teitso@phy.duke.edu.