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
| Term | Sections | Enrolled | Capacity | Full | Open seats/section |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall 2023 | 1 | 22 | 39 | 56% | 17.0 |
| Fall 2024 | 1 | 38 | 39 | 97% | 1.0 |
| Fall 2025 | 1 | 8 | 42 | 19% | 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
- Adrian Feiguin (100% of students) · reviews
Percentages are each professor's average share of the season's enrolled students in recent terms.
Links
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