It provides a different perspective on many concepts which should reinforce and enhance the command of the material read in the required textbooks. This is also the reference book of your math teacher. These textbooks covers the concepts of contemporary physics both fairly intuitively and quantitativel y, as compared to other textbooks. In addition, they present a wealth of recent discoveries These additional books will be on reserve at the Noble Library . Lectures are not intended to give readings of the textbook, but to discuss the material after exposing the students to electromagnetic phenomena, via experimental kits in recitations, take-home experiments, or demonstrations.
Recitations consist of active discussion and problem-solving sessions.
The instructor will cover in depth the key points. This will be done by selecting important topics at the expense of the anecdotal ones, and present them in a somewhat different manner or sequence than in the book. Assignments and exams questions will draw both from the material presented in class, recitations and the textbook. This course is run in a workshop format. This means that formal lectures will be only a part of the course and that active participation from and interaction between students in conceptual problem solving, questioning, answering, concept applications and presentations are an integral part of the lecture and recitation.