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Physics 4392

Introduction to Electromagnetic Theory - Spring 2026

Course Information

Lecturer: Professor Randall J. Scalise
Lecture meeting times and place: MWF 2-2:50pm in room 351 Dallas Hall
Office hours:
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>
Professor Dalley's Syllabus
Text:
- Introduction to Electrodynamics by Griffiths
Lecture Notes
- Lecture 1
- Lecture 2
- Lecture 3
- Lecture 4
- Lecture 5
- Lecture 6
- Lecture 7
- Lecture 8
- Lecture 9
- Lecture 10
- Lecture 11
- Lecture 12
- Lecture 13
- Lecture 14
- Lecture 15
- Lecture 16
- Lecture 17
- Lecture 18
- Lecture 19
- Lecture 20
- Lecture 21
- Current density and Lorentz force
- Ampere's Law
- Lecture 22
- Lecture 23
- Lecture 24
  
  Thanks to Malachi for the notes!
- Lecture 25 see also Magnetic monopole
- Lecture 26 see also Maxwell's equations
- Lecture 27 see also Biot–Savart law
- Lecture 28 see also Ampere's Law
- Lecture 29 see also Solenoid, Toroid
- Lecture 30see also Vector Potential, Gauge fixing
- Lecture 31 see also Aharonov–Bohm effect, Feynman Lectures: III 2158:30min
- Lecture 32 see also
- Lecture 33 Dia-,Para-,FerroMagnetism; Maxwell Correction to Ampere; EM waves
- Lecture 34 see also
- Lecture 35 see also
- Lecture 36
Official University Calendar
Homework Assignments
- Homework #13 - due Wednesday 01 April 2026 at 2:00:00pm
- Homework #14 - due Wednesday 08 April 2026 at 2:00:00pm
- Homework #15 - due Wednesday 15 April 2026 at 2:00:00pm
- No homework due Wednesday 22 April 2026 at 2:00:00pm because of the exam.
Homework solutions
Recommended Reading:
- Classical Electrodynamics by Jackson (2nd or 3rd edition)
- Fundamentals of Electromagnetic Phenomena by Lorrain and Corson
- Electromagnetic Fields and Energy by Herman A. Haus and James R. Melcher

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