PHYS 3602 — Electricity and Magnetism 1

4 semester hoursUndergraduateLectureNUpath NDusually offered: fall, springtypical days: M/W/ThBostonTraditional

First course of a two-course sequence in electricity, magnetism, and electromagnetic theory. Covers electrostatics and dielectric materials, magnetostatics and magnetic materials, currents in conductors, induction, displacement currents, computer solutions of EM problems, and Maxwell’s equations.

Prerequisites

all of:
- one of:
  - PHYS 1155 (min D-)
  - PHYS 1165 (min D-)
  - PHYS 1175 (min D-)
- one of:
  - MATH 2321 (min D-)
  - MATH 316M
- one of:
  - MATH 2341 (min D-) (may be taken concurrently)
  - MATH 315M
  - MATH 2351 (min D-) (may be taken concurrently)

Offering history

Term	Sections	Enrolled	Capacity	Full	Open seats/section
Fall 2023	1	43	50	86%	7.0
Spring 2024	1	27	60	45%	33.0
Fall 2024	1	19	50	38%	31.0
Spring 2025	1	33	60	55%	27.0
Fall 2025	1	34	50	68%	16.0
Spring 2026	1	44	60	73%	16.0

Snapshots from scheduled scrapes — not live seat availability. "Full" can exceed 100% when sections over-enroll.

Meeting times

Share of recent sections by weekday: M 69% · T 10% · W 55% · Th 55% · F 0%

Common patterns: MWR (55% of sections), S (22% of sections), M (14% of sections), T (10% of sections) — in patterns, R means Thursday

Professors

Fall

Darien Wood (45% of students) · reviews
Thomas Kelley (35% of students) · reviews
J Timothy Sage (20% of students) · reviews

Spring

Yu Qing Tang (74% of students) · reviews
J Timothy Sage (26% of students) · reviews

Percentages are each professor's average share of the season's enrolled students in recent terms.

Unlocks

PHYS 3603, PHYS 5114

Courses that list PHYS 3602 in their prerequisites.

Links

Official catalog (PHYS course descriptions) · Student reviews on RateMyHusky · All PHYS courses · Plan it at numap.app