PHYS313

Electricity and Magnetism I

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A first course in electricity and magnetism at an advanced level. Electrostatics; solutions to the Laplace and Poisson equations in cartesian and spherical coordinates; electric fields in matter; and magnetostatics. Study of boundary value problems and extensive use of vector calculus.

Spring 2026

Xiangdong Ji

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Fall 2025

Howard Milchberg

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Victor Yakovenko

5 reviews
Average rating: 4.40

Kushan Panchal

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Spring 2025

Kaustubh Agashe

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Paulo Bedaque

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Xiangdong Ji

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Past Semesters

Victor Yakovenko

5 reviews
Average rating: 4.40

Kaustubh Agashe

0 reviews
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During the Spring 2020 and Spring 2021 semesters, students could choose to take some of their courses pass-fail mid-semester which skews grade data aggregated across multiple semesters.

Average GPA of 2.87 between 192 students*

PHYS313 Grade Distribution+-0510152025303540% of studentsABCDFWother
A-: 13.02%
A: 15.1%
A+: 8.85%
B-: 9.9%
B: 16.67%
B+: 9.38%
C-: 5.73%
C: 8.85%
C+: 2.08%
D-: 0.52%
D: 0.52%
D+: 0.52%
F: 2.6%
W: 5.73%
other: 0.52%
* "W"s are considered to be 0.0 quality points. "Other" grades are not factored into GPA calculation. Grade data not guaranteed to be correct.