College of Chemistry Course Guide

PHYS 110A - Electromagnetism and Optics (4 Units)

(Taken from the UC Berkeley Course Guide)

Course Overview

Summary

Part I. A course emphasizing electromagnetic theory and applications; charges and currents; electric and magnetic fields; dielectric, conducting, and magnetic media; relativity, Maxwell equations. Wave propagation in media, radiation and scattering, Fourier optics, interference and diffraction, ray optics and applications.

Prerequisites

PHYS 7A, PHYS 7B, PHYS 7C

Workload

Time Commitment

3 hours of lecture and 1 hour of discussion per week.




UC Berkeley Course Guide