College of Chemistry Course Guide

PHYS 110B - Electromagnetism and Optics (4 Units)

(Taken from the UC Berkeley Course Guide)

Course Overview

Summary

Part II. 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, and PHYS 110A

Workload

Time Commitment

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




UC Berkeley Course Guide