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Course Info for PHYS - 231 - 22, Spring 2026
Class number: 2317 Title: Electricity and Magnetism Department: Physics
Career: Undergraduate Component: Laboratory Session: Regular
Instructor's Permission Required: No Grading Basis: Regular Units: 1.25
Enrollment limited to 12 Current enrollment: 11 Available seats: 1
Start date: Tuesday, January 20, 2026 End date: Friday, May 8, 2026 Mode of Instruction: In Person
Schedule: W: 1:30PM-4:10PM, MC - 219 Instructor(s): Palandage, Kalum
Prerequisite(s): Prerequisite: C- or better in Physics 141 and concurrent registration in or previous completion of Mathematics 132 with a C- or better.
Distribution Requirement: Meets Natural Science Requirement
Course Description:
This second part of the three-term calculus-based introductory sequence is devoted to the study of electromagnetism. The emphasis is on the description of electric and magnetic phenomena in terms of fields. Topics to be covered include electrostatics and magnetostatics, electromagnetic induction, and Maxwell's equations. Three lecture periods and one laboratory period per week.