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Physics 1304 Section 002
Introductory Electricity and Magnetism
Spring 2026 Course Information
- Lecturer:
Professor Randall J. Scalise
- Lecture meeting times and place: TTh 11:00AM-12:20PM
- Office hours: after lecture and by appointment.
- Contact:
- Call or leave a message at 768-2504, or
- Leave a note in the Physics Department Office - 102 Fondren Science, or
- send me e-mail:
<scalise@smu.edu>
- Text: Halliday, Resnick, and Walker
Fundamentals of Physics, 12th edition, Volume 2.
This is the official textbook for the course, but you are welcome to
use any calculus-based physics text that you like. We will cover chapters 21-36.
The version listed includes Wiley Plus which gives you access to an
electronic version of the book and online learning tools. The
homework problems are listed below and will not require Wiley Plus or HRW10.
- Plagiarism
- Objective:
Upon completion of this course students will be able to demonstrate
basic facility with the methods and approaches of scientific
inquiry. In particular, 1) Students will demonstrate basic facility
with the problem-solving methods related to electric fields, magnetic
fields, Maxwell's equations, circuits, and optics.
2) Students will be able to explain how the concepts and findings of
physics shape our world.
- Lecture Notes:
- Practice Exams:
- Exam Dates: Open book, open notes, closed other humans, closed Google, closed Chegg, etc. All work must be your own.
- Exam 1 - Friday 5 March 2021 online in Canvas during the lecture period
- Exam 2 - Friday 16 April 2021 online in Canvas during the lecture period
- Final Exam (Cumulative) - Thursday 6 MAY 2021 11:30 AM - 2:30 PM online in Canvas
- Make-up Exams: You must present me with a verifiable excuse
in writing. No make-up will be given for the final exam.
- Homework Quizzes: 20 minutes long, at the beginning of lecture,
open book, open notes, closed other humans, closed Google, closed Chegg, etc. All work must be your own.
- Make-up Quizzes: There are none.
- Reading Quizzes: Unannounced, based on the assigned reading,
very short, very easy (if you have done the assigned reading)
- Homework: Due on the day of the quiz at the beginning of lecture.
- Laboratory: If you need the one-credit laboratory course, you
must register separately for Physics 1106.
- Grading: (Absolute, not curved)
Letter Grade Break Points
- Exam 1 - 25%
- Exam 2 - 25%
- Final - 25%
- Homework Quizzes - 15% (Drop lowest)
- Homework - 5% (Drop lowest)
- Reading Quizzes - 5% (Drop lowest) There are no reading quizzes this semester
- Course grade = (Exam 1 + Exam 2 + Final + Quiz Average + Homework Average) / 0.95
- Grade Summary -
All the individual test grades arranged by code number
- Syllabus
- Disability Accommodations, Religious Observance, Excused Absences, Covid-19, Campus Carry, etc.
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Official University Calendar
- Homework Assignments (Click the links; these are NOT from HRW10.)
Q=Question, P=Problem, X=Extra problem (not for credit, but for practice)
- Ch21 - Q: 3, 4, 10; P: 2, 6, 11, 13, 19, 23, 57; X: 7, 12, 33, 41.
- Ch22 - Q: 3g, 4, 5, 10, 11; P: 7, 9, 22, 24, 39; X: 33.
- Ch23 - Q: 2, 6, 8, 9; P: 5, 7, 12, 20, 34, 44, 49; X: 40, 48, 50, 73.
- Ch24 - Q: 1, 2, 3, 4, 9, 10; P: 1, 4, 11, 13, 15, 19, 24, 28, 37, 43, 62; X: 8, 27, 35.
- Ch25 - Q: 2, 7, 8, 9, 10; P: 4, 6, 14, 19, 25, 32, 33, 37, 50; X: 26, 27, 34, 39.
- Ch26 - Q: 3, 6; P: 2, 16, 25, 28, Solve the "Chocolate Crumb Mystery": Ch23-P60, Ch24-P70, Ch25-P60, Ch26-P60.
- Ch27 - Q: 3, 5, 7, 9, 11; XQ: 6, 8; P:15, 17, 19, 20, 22, 30, 63; X: 33, 35.
- Ch28 - Q: 1, 3, 4, 7, 11; P: 2, 14, 17, 42, 58; X: 22.
- Ch29 - Q: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5; XQ: 6; P: 4, 5, 20, 23, 29, 43, 53; X: 77, 87.
- Ch30 - Q: 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10; P: 2, 8, 19, 26b), 29, 34, 37, 54; X: 26a), 95.
- Ch31 - Q: 1, 3, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12; P: 1, 15, 29, 30, 44, 45, 56; X: 87.
- Ch32 - Q: 1, 2, 9; P: 5, 9, 13, 56.
- Ch33 - Q: 1, 3, 4, 7, 9; P: 8, 11, 20, 32, 39, 48, 58, 93; X: 29,
Can the electromagnetic fields from transmission lines
cause cancer? How about fields from mobile phones?
- Ch34 - Q: 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10; XQ: 7; P: 7, 41, 43, 45, 106; X: 101, 111, 112,
In William Golding's Lord of the Flies the
character Piggy uses his glasses to focus the sun's rays and kindle a
fire. Later, the boys abuse Piggy and break his glasses. He is unable
to identify them even at close range because he is nearsighted. Find the
flaw in this narrative. It is still possible to start a fire with
Piggy's (unbroken) glasses; how could this have been done?
- Ch35 - Q: 1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12; P: 6, 14, 23, 35, 80, 100.
- Ch36 - Q: 1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11; XQ: 12; P: 1, 4, 22, 25, 45, 64; X: 16, 77.
- Homework Solutions
- The Mechanical Universe and Beyond
- The Feynman Lectures
- 8.02x - MIT Physics II: Electricity and Magnetism by Walter Lewin
- MIT Open Courseware (Physics)
- Yale University Opencourseware -
Prof. Ramamurti Shankar - Fundamentals of Physics II
- Khan Academy
- Circuit Construction Kit: DC - PhET
- Lenses and Mirrors applet
- Demonstrations
by Professor Julius Sumner Miller
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