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PHYS051A HM - Electromagnetic Theory & Optics

Credit(s): 3

Instructor(s): Sahakian

Offered: Fall

Description: An introduction to electricity and magnetism leading to Maxwell’s electromagnetic equations in differential and integral form. Selected topics in classical and quantum optics. A more in-depth version of its sister course Physics 51, targeted to students with prior exposure or strong interest in the subject. HMC students by permission only. 

Prerequisite(s): PHYS023 HM  and PHYS024 HM  
Corequisite(s): MATH082 HM