PHYS 7302 — Electromagnetic Theory

4 semester hoursGraduateLectureusually offered: falltypical days: ThBostonTraditional

Analyzes Maxwell’s equations in vacuum and special relativity. Topics include electric and magnetic fields due to known sources with boundary conditions, radiation fields, bremsstrahlung, synchrotron radiation, the energy-momentum tensor for the electromagnetic field, fields in material media, boundary conditions at the interface between two media, and scattering of radiation. May include additional topics as time permits.

Offering history

TermSectionsEnrolledCapacityFullOpen seats/section
Fall 20231223956%17.0
Fall 20241383997%1.0
Fall 2025184219%34.0

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 12% · T 0% · W 12% · Th 88% · F 0%

Common patterns: R (88% of sections), MW (12% of sections) — in patterns, R means Thursday

Professors

Fall

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